International Product Manager

About the Business:

A world wide business strongly focused to provide natural solutions to the Animal Nutrition industry. They are thinking outside the box with their approach, finding and extracting active substances from plants in new and innovative ways, bringing a wide range of natural feed supplements to the market. Helping to improve farm animal performance and maintain health in the context of the over use of antibiotics within the industry. Innovation is at the forefront of their thinking; never wanting to stand still, organic collaborative R&D is supported and widely used. Now after a number of successes, they need to solidify and continue their growth by hiring a Product Manager who can manage their product portfolio.

Role Overview:

The business has experienced excellent growth globally. This has meant there is a need to solidify and expand their presence, with a hire of an International Product Manager who is capable of managing and increasing the product line. Overall purpose for International Product Manager: The main aim is to develop and strengthen the product portfolio. Working alongside the technical and commercial functions the role will become the focus for marketing materials, product positioning, product launches, contributing to strategic development and collaborating with external partners. Along with managing external partners who will be involved in future innovations and products in order to keep moving forward and not get left behind.

Main Responsibilities:

• Be a key part of the European development team.
• Liaise with R&D and commercial teams acquiring essential market intelligence to ensure the best possible positioning of products.
• Identify, supervise and coordinate external partners (laboratories, universities, market experts etc.) during the research and development stage.
• Develop and execute strategic plans, as well as identify potential new products and applications by being fully aware of the market trends and competitor activity.
• Prepare product presentations and ensure successful product launch campaigns, including coordination with relevant business units.
• Participate actively in conferences and exhibitions as required.

Key Requirements and Qualifications

• Essential: Ideally Masters in Animal Nutrition or a comparable qualification.
• Essential: Due to the flexibility of the position (new role in the company), the role would be suitable for an experience professional, someone with their first years of successful permanent work experience.
• Relationship manager and communicator, comfortable to train and inspire others.
• Strong ability to present and communicate complex technical knowledge.
• Excellent negotiating and presentation skills.
• The ability to strategically plan and execute.
• Fluency in English and ideally a second language such as French/Spanish would be preferred.
• Willingness to travel 40% over European locations.

This is a unique opportunity to join a newly created position in a growing and well respected company which believes strongly in sustainable business growth and passionately the need for natural solutions within the feed and nutrition world. They have a real drive to expand and to invest in their teams and product portfolios in the long-term. You will be at the forefront of developing their product line and play a key role in evolving the structural organization of the business unit as well as contribute to the overall global development. You will have a prosperous career plan for upwards progression within the company.