“Nutreco really embraces and feeds new technologies.” - Lucia Luijben, investment associate
- Amersfoort, Netherlands
- Full time
Are you ready to lead a dynamic team of laboratory professionals and drive innovation in animal nutrition? Join us as the Trouw Nutrition Laboratories Network Manager and take on the challenge of optimizing our global network of laboratories to meet the needs of a growing world population sustainably.
As the Trouw Nutrition Laboratories Network Manager, you will lead and optimize the activities of five major labs (the Netherland, Spain, UK, Canada, and Brazil) within our organization.
Your primary focus will be on fostering a cohesive and efficient network by overseeing the managers and teams of these laboratories as a coordinated entity. By coordinating their competences and synchronizing their activities with Trouw Nutrition's commercial and innovation endeavors, you will ensure that our network of laboratories delivers on the Strategy/Value Proposition defined by the TN VP Global Innovation.
As the linchpin of this network, you will be tasked with making trade-off and organizational decisions, based on customer needs, capabilities, and costs, and fostering effective collaboration among the laboratories, business units, Opcos, and Trouw Nutrition's Innovation and Marketing leadership.
Additionally, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining quality assurance, enhancing business support, and developing commercial services that meet our customers' evolving needs.
Reporting to the Nutreco Supply Chain leadership and as a member of the Trouw Nutrition Innovation Leadership team, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization's success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Successfully integrating the services and capabilities of the five major laboratories into a unified Trouw Nutrition laboratory team.
- Driving overall performance of the One Trouw Nutrition laboratory team, measured by improved customer service, enhanced agility, and optimized costs.
- Making strategic decisions for network and footprint optimization resulting in improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- Fostering collaboration, standardization, and knowledge sharing among lab managers to enhance overall performance and innovation.
- Ensuring high-quality standards are maintained through effective quality assurance and control processes.
What we offer
As Nutreco our mission is ‘feeding the future.’ In a world with limited natural resources, our ambition is to meet the rising food needs of a growing world population in a sustainable manner. Working for Nutreco means an impactful role in an international, dynamic environment with complex and diverse topics. We offer you the opportunity to grow professionally, within Nutreco and the SHV group. Nutreco belongs to the SHV Family with more than 60.000 employees.
What else is in it for you?
- We will offer you a fulltime position, 40 hours per week;
- Competitive remuneration package with a good pension scheme;
- You will get 30 vacation days, with the possibility to sell or purchase a limited number of days;
- You will have the opportunity to grow within Nutreco and SHV Group;
- Flexible work environment with option to work from home several days per week.
What we ask
You possess extensive senior leadership experience, particularly in coordinating teams and managing complex networks. You are proficient in stakeholder and change management, ensuring smooth transitions even amidst organizational shifts. Your adeptness in project management and budget control underscores their strategic acumen, enabling effective decision-making and long-term success. Your adaptability is a core trait, allows you to thrive in dynamic environments and adapt to evolving priorities. As a natural connector and manager, you consistently deliver measurable results, making them an invaluable asset to our team.
What you bring
- Bachelor's or master's degree in biology, Chemistry, Food/Feed Science, or related fields.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in managing complex teams, with extensive senior leadership experience.
- Proficiency in stakeholder and change management, project management, and budget control.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, coupled with adaptability and flexibility.
- Proven capability to deliver measurable results, driving quality assurance and innovation within the laboratory network.
Extra information / Apply direct
This is not just a job—it is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the world of animal nutrition. If you are ready to take on this challenge and be part of our innovative team at Nutreco, we invite you to apply and join us.
For more information regarding this vacancy, you can contact Jeffrey Duyzer (Talent Acquisition Manager EMEA) at Jeffrey.duyzer@nutreco.com. In case you apply, we would like to thank you for sharing your ambition with us!
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About Nutreco
Every day, Nutreco’s 11,000 dedicated employees in more than 40 countries across the globe relentlessly pursue our purpose of Feeding the Future in a way that ensures sustainability is front and centre in all we do. Our solutions go beyond nutrition – we provide best-in-class advice and technology to help our customers produce more food, in a sustainable way, to feed our growing population.
With over 100 years of experience, Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition through our Trouw Nutrition division, and in aqua feed through our Skretting division. Our NuFrontiers team works to identify, develop and invest in next-generation breakthrough innovations throughout the value chain.
Nutreco is proud to be part of the SHV Family of Companies, unifying over 64,450 people around the world.
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