Animal Nutrition Manager

🌟 We're Hiring: Animal Nutrition Manager

📍 Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time

💼 Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior

🌐 Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

About Us

We are an innovation-driven organization committed to advancing animal health, nutrition, and sustainable livestock production through science-based solutions and responsible resource management. Our distributed teams collaborate across Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Services, Research & Development, Feed Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, Sales, Sustainability, and Executive Leadership to deliver high-quality nutritional programmes that improve animal performance, welfare, and productivity.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Animal Nutrition Manager to lead animal nutrition strategies, feed programme development, nutritional research, and product performance initiatives. The ideal candidate will oversee feed formulation, nutritional analysis, technical advisory services, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional collaboration while supporting animal health, production efficiency, and sustainable agricultural practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement animal nutrition strategies, feed programmes, and nutritional management frameworks aligned with organizational objectives and industry best practices.
• Lead the formulation, evaluation, and optimization of nutritional programmes for livestock, poultry, aquaculture, companion animals, or other target species.
• Collaborate with Veterinarians, Animal Scientists, Feed Production, Quality Assurance, Procurement, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability, and Executive Leadership to deliver integrated nutrition solutions.
• Conduct nutritional assessments, feed evaluations, ingredient analyses, digestibility studies, and performance trials to improve animal health and productivity.
• Develop balanced feed formulations based on nutritional requirements, ingredient availability, production goals, and cost optimization.
• Evaluate raw materials, feed additives, supplements, premixes, enzymes, probiotics, vitamins, and minerals to ensure quality and nutritional effectiveness.
• Support research and development initiatives, field trials, product innovation, and continuous improvement programmes for animal nutrition products.
• Monitor animal performance indicators, feed conversion ratios, growth rates, milk yield, egg production, reproductive performance, and overall health outcomes.
• Coordinate with feed mills, laboratories, suppliers, producers, research institutions, government agencies, and industry partners to ensure effective programme implementation.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) including feed efficiency, nutritional performance, product quality, animal health outcomes, customer satisfaction, production costs, sustainability metrics, and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct nutritional audits, feed quality assessments, laboratory data reviews, benchmarking studies, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with UAE animal feed regulations, food safety standards, feed manufacturing requirements, animal welfare guidelines, environmental regulations, and organizational quality management systems.
• Manage animal nutrition budgets, laboratory services, research partnerships, feed ingredient suppliers, consultants, and strategic product development initiatives.
• Drive digital transformation through artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feed optimization, precision nutrition, predictive livestock analytics, digital farm management systems, automated formulation tools, and business intelligence solutions.
• Utilize formulation software, ERP systems, laboratory information management systems (LIMS), feed management platforms, Microsoft 365, Power BI, Tableau, agricultural analytics platforms, and nutritional modelling tools to optimize performance and generate actionable insights.
• Prepare executive dashboards, nutritional performance reports, research findings, feed programme evaluations, regulatory updates, product performance analyses, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.
• Lead, mentor, and develop animal nutritionists, technical advisors, feed specialists, laboratory personnel, and multidisciplinary teams while fostering a culture of scientific excellence, innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural Science, Livestock Production, Food Science, or a related field.
• Master's degree or PhD in Animal Nutrition, Animal Science, Veterinary Nutrition, Agricultural Sciences, Business Administration (MBA), or a related discipline is highly advantageous.
• Professional certifications or memberships with recognized organizations in animal nutrition, veterinary medicine, or feed science are preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in animal nutrition, feed formulation, livestock production, veterinary nutrition, agricultural research, or related roles.
• At least 2 years of experience managing animal nutrition teams, feed programmes, research projects, or technical advisory services preferred.
• Strong understanding of animal physiology, nutritional science, feed formulation, feed manufacturing, livestock production systems, ingredient evaluation, quality assurance, food safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with feed formulation software, ERP platforms, LIMS, Microsoft Office Suite, Power BI, Tableau, farm management systems, laboratory analysis tools, and agricultural analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with AI-powered precision nutrition, smart farming technologies, automated feed formulation, predictive livestock analytics, digital agriculture platforms, and advanced nutritional modelling solutions is highly advantageous.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, analytical thinking, project management, budgeting, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple nutrition programmes while balancing animal health, production performance, regulatory compliance, sustainability objectives, budgets, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment with distributed technical teams, veterinarians, researchers, producers, suppliers, regulators, consultants, and global stakeholders, with occasional travel for farm visits, feed mill inspections, research trials, industry conferences, and strategic planning sessions as required.

What We Offer

• Fully remote work arrangement with flexible collaboration across global agriculture, animal health, and nutrition teams.
• Competitive compensation package with performance-based incentives.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Professional development and animal nutrition leadership growth opportunities.
• Exposure to AI-powered precision nutrition, smart farming technologies, advanced feed science, digital agriculture platforms, and next-generation livestock management solutions.
• Collaborative culture focused on scientific excellence, sustainability, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to improve animal health, productivity, and sustainable food production through innovative nutritional strategies and cutting-edge agricultural technologies.