Volac Animal Nutrition - Nutritional Sales Development Manager (Northern Ireland)

Volac’s Animal Nutrition Business is a leading product specialist in sustainably advancing livestock efficiency in the key areas of young animal nutrition, feed fats and forage conservation and most recently feed additives. This is a position that reflects our combined emphasis on being a strong technically-led market leader and customer focused company. The Nutritional Sales Development Manager will establish and drive forward sales and technical development with a specific emphasis on feed additives, forage additives and fats as well as managing the merchant trade milk replacer business in Northern Ireland and provide technical support to sales colleagues when needed. Key responsibilities include: • Launching new products • Sales/technical support • Key customer management • Work closely with central Technical Team to input market insight, developing a sales plan and delivering commercialisation in support of key growth plan projects • Work with Product Managers to develop regional technical messaging • Interact, where appropriate regionally, with academic relationships • Develop and deliver regional technical support strategy The successful candidate will have a degree in Agricultural Science, have good connections to the feed industry, pre-mixers, and feed millers, especially in Northern Ireland. It is a prerequisite to have practical experience of ruminant nutrition and familiarity with a range of formulation models, and be up to date on all areas of nutritional topics.