Production Specialist - Blends

Job Description

The Role & Key Responsibilities Job Title:Product Specialist – BlendsLocation:UK Remote role with some travel to Leeds required on average 1 - 2 times per monthShift:Permanent / Full Time – Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Do you have a deep understanding of ruminant animals and their unique dietary needs If you dream of making a positive impact on the agricultural industry and improving animal health, we have an exciting opportunity for you!At KW feeds (part of AB Agri), we take pride in being at the forefront of innovation in the agricultural sector. As a leading provider of high-quality ruminant feed and nutritional solutions, we are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable product specialistto join our dynamic team.This is a key role in ensuring the profitability of the Blends team.This will be a varied, highly commercial role managing the blend category, focused on understanding market trends, new product development and pricing changes whilst building strong customer and supplier relationships to enable the business to be as successfuland efficient as possible.We are looking for a pro-active and driven approach who can manage contracts and positions effectively whilst driving sales, retention, and new business. This is a great time to join the dairy team as we continue to experience rapid growth with our marketleading products.What you will be doing / Responsibilities

• Manage the Performance feed relationships with direct to farm customers within retail segments across the UK, with ownership of aligned accounts
• You will work as part of the Blends team to achieve / exceed Budget, managing contracts and positions effectively, maximising profitability through blends pricing and formulating, driving sales, retention, and new business within this sector
• Be a key driver in sharing market insight across your aligned Customers to take advantage of market opportunities, the right time to buy and drive sales.
• Manage the product sales and purchase contracts with integrity to meet the needs of customers and suppliers, ensuring balances are cleared and closed appropriately in a timely manner.
• Adhere to business sales processes and maintain AX and database systems in line with business objectives to facilitate the targeting and segmenting of customers and prospects to maximise contribution
• Adhere to trading controls.

What you’ll bring

• Experience of demonstrating technical knowledge to livestock farmers.
• Ability to understand ruminant diets and raw material application.
• Previous B2C Sales experience.
• Practical commercial experience and entrepreneurial flair with a demonstrable track record of achieving targets.
• An understanding of the fundamental drivers of the UK agriculture industry.
• Experience of using CRM would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills with good commercial awareness and the ability to interpret market data & emerging trends.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills, (customer facing; internally across functions)
• A natural team player with a flexible, collaborative outlook

Join our dedicated team of industry professionals.About The CompanyRewarding your passionWhen you join us, youll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it.From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you -from day one.About usWe’re AB Agri, part of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-foodindustry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a signlanguage interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.Application NotesWe hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soonas you can – it will only take a few minutes.When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. Youcan choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.Agencies and media salesAB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.