Dairy Consultant - Technical - West Midlands

AB Agri Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Dairy Consultant - Technical (West Midlands Region)

Location: Home Based with 2 - 3 days per week travelling

Are you interested in agriculture and ruminant nutrition? Would you like to be a part of a professional team of consultants that have expert knowledge across the dairy market? Do you have technical ruminant animal nutrition knowledge with a consultative approach?

This is a great opportunity to work in an autonomous and trusted environment where you will always have the support of your team and other experts in the dairy industry. You will put your knowledge of Dairy cow nutrition, health, welfare and sustainable production at the forefront of everything you do.

You will oversee your own portfolio of farm clients to provide specialist support for herd management and rationing to promote their performance to premium levels. We are also in a position to utilise new technologies and advise farmers on market trends and how to reduce environmental footprints on farm.

What you will be doing:

• Maintain and develop a profitable dairy technical consultancy portfolio for the West Midlands region.
• Deliver effective technical and nutritional advice to our on-farm clients.
• Support local colleagues and corporate teams in project delivery.
• Develop opportunities for Advance or wider AB Dairy products and services to increase the value to and from Kite clients.
• Attend regular dairy conferences, events and training opportunities with enthusiasm to stay up to date with new technical and market changes.

What you will bring:

• Proven experience and knowledge of the agricultural and ruminant nutrition industry. Ideally a degree in Animal Science, Agriculture or Veterinary.
• An understanding of UK Dairy farming and market trends.
• Expert knowledge of Dairy cow nutrition, health, welfare and sustainable production.
• The ability to create sales opportunities for Kite and Advance with an enthusiasm for developing high value consultancy contracts.
• The ability to influence and engage customers, colleagues and stakeholders with proven relationship building skills.
• Enjoys working in a target-oriented environment with a commercial mindset.

So if you have a consultative approach and you would like to join our growing dairy division as we continue to expand our product offering, with a unique opportunity to develop and progress in your career, please don't hesitate to apply.

About The Company

The quality of our people makes us unique

Kite Consulting provides business services to the entire food supply chain from farmer to retailer. We are recognised as one of the UK’s leading dairy consultancy companies, and we are proud of our knowledge-base and relationships we form with our customers through practical imaginative advice focused on delivering excellence and building success through the success of our customers.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division 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-food industry. 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. If you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else), just let us know.

Application Notes

We 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 soon as 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. You can 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 sales

AB 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.