17 Oct
Quality Select Recruitment
Johannesburg
An established animal health company is looking for a Product Manager for their Animal Nutrition Division.
The Product Manager will be responsible for increasing the profitability of existing products and for identifying, assessing, and developing new products to enhance the current product portfolio.
The Product Manager will partner with the sales team and their existing and new customers to analyse needs and develop outside the box products and strategies and will be responsible for sourcing and developing new product leads from either internal or external sources.
Requirements:
- MSc (Animal Science) non-negotiable
- Evidenced knowledge of animal nutrition, health, and production of animal nutrition-related products.
- At least 5 years of solid commercial or account management experience in animal health and monogastric nutrition with a solid understanding of application and product formulations non-negotiable
- Understanding and experience in feed formulations involving probiotics and enzymes is an added advantage.
- Experience and understanding of consumer insights and consumer behaviours.
- Experience in building customer relationships across diverse cultures, countries and industries.
- Proven track record in successfully launching animal feed products and services will be advantageous.
- Own transport