Poultry Micronutrition and Health Technical Lead

Cargill • Olathe, KS

198d • $165,000 - $195,000 • Remote

About The Position

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. This position is in Cargill's animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Requirements

• DVM or PhD.
• Experience collaborating with customers to identify and create innovative solutions.
• Experience leading and working in cross-functional teams.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience (can include experience gained in academia).
• Able to travel 60% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Master's of Avian Medicine.
• ACPV certification.
• Experience with meat bird and/or layer additive technology.
• 5+ years of US experience in academic (University faculty or Research Organization lead) or industry (Broiler/Turkey/layer production or allied tech service experience preferred).
• Expertise on gut health and sustainability.
• Experience with postbiotics and Phytogenics or similar feed additives/health technologies.
• Involvement in PSA, AAAP, and other professional organizations and academic institutions related to poultry.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to identify jobs to be completed and apply learnings to product development, building customer relationships through sharing technical expertise to grow value added sales.
• Provide technical leadership in product and process development and improvement, quality systems, training, and regulatory oversight.
• Contribute to the development and direct the implementation of innovation roadmaps and plans aligned with the business objectives.
• Define Micronutrition and Health strategy into actionable implementation with commercial leadership.
• Support commercial team as customer facing key opinion leader on the Micronutrition and Health space by developing technical content, marketing assets and pathways for customer problem solving.
• Collaborate with research and commercial brand to develop short and long term testing programs for experimental and commercial products and hybrids.
• Partner with sales, business management, marketing and customers to identify needs and translate these into new product development opportunities and solutions, from product inception through commercialization.
• Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems.
• Provide applied science leadership in gut health and microbiome innovation, driving impactful solutions across the business.
• Champion and advance sustainability initiatives within the ANH Poultry North America market.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked.
• Discretionary incentive award based on company performance and personal performance.
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree