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Veterinary & Animal Nutrition Technical Officer
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Experience Required:
5-7years
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Posted:
21 August 2026 (27 days ago)
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Application Deadline:
18 November 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Job Title: Veterinary & Animal Nutrition Technical Officer
Location: Nakuru
Department: Animal Feed / Technical Services
Industry: Animal Feeds
Role Purpose
The Veterinary & Animal Nutrition Technical Officer will provide practical field support on animal health nutrition feed performance and customer complaints.
The role will work closely with Sales Quality Production Nutrition and Operations teams to identify root causes of animal/feed performance issues and recommend practical customer-focused solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Visit farms and customers to investigate feed animal health and performance issues.
Provide appropriate feed recommendations for dairy poultry swine and other livestock.
Work alongside Sales teams during customer visits product trials and technical discussions.
Investigate customer complaints and establish potential nutritional animal-health feed or farm-management causes.
Collect samples and coordinate investigations with Quality Laboratory Production and Nutrition teams.
Prepare comprehensive technical reports with clear findings conclusions and recommended corrective actions.
Follow up implementation and effectiveness of agreed corrective actions.
Train farmers customers and Sales teams on feeding practices animal management and biosecurity.
Provide technical guidance aimed at improving animal performance product performance and customer satisfaction.
Identify recurring field issues and provide feedback to internal teams for corrective or improvement action.
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
Degree in Veterinary Medicine Animal Science Animal Nutrition Livestock Production or a related discipline.
57 years experience within the animal feed industry.
Practical experience working with dairy poultry and swine is essential.
Good knowledge of animal nutrition feed ingredients and livestock production.
Relevant Kenyan veterinary or animal nutrition professional registration is required.
Experience handling customer complaints farm investigations and technical advisory assignments is desirable.
Key Competencies
Strong animal health and nutrition knowledge.
Strong analytical diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
Ability to translate technical findings into practical customer solutions.
Strong customer engagement and communication skills.
Good technical report-writing capability.
Ability to collaborate effectively with Sales Quality Nutrition Production and Operations.
Willingness to travel extensively for field assignments.
Required Education:
Qualifications & ExperienceDegree in Veterinary Medicine Animal Science Animal Nutrition Livestock Production or a related discipline.57 years experience within the animal feed experience working with dairy poultry and swine is knowledge of animal nutrition feed ingredients and livestock Kenyan veterinary or animal nutrition professional registration is handling customer complaints farm investigat
