Lhoist

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Summary The Expert Application Engineer Animal Nutrition & Health will be accountable for driving the innovation projects (new products, services or applications), coordinating & delivering advanced technical support to the regions, organizing technical market intelligence and coordinating regional marketing & branding. Responsibilities, Skills & Experience The Role The Expert Application Engineer Animal Nutrition & Health will be accountable for driving the innovation projects (new products, services or applications), coordinating & delivering advanced technical support to the regions, organizing technical market intelligence and coordinating regional marketing & branding. The Animal Nutrition &Health segment is broad for Lhoist including, animal feed, aquaculture, barn sanitization and animal health. The focus of the role is to evolve and expand the Lhoist offer in order to meet existing demands and future market requirements. Identified as a growth market segment within Lhoist, this will be a high profile newly created role within the organization. The role will involve the following: Manage the innovation product pipeline & services – from research to product introduction: This means assuring that strategic products are managed through the innovation and product introduction process whilst assuring appropriate shareholder management and creating regional buy-in. It also includes continuous assessment in order to meet existing demands and future market requirements. Provide advanced technical support for animal nutrition & animal health products & services to all Lhoist regions: this will involve providing in-depth technical support to those regions who require it (launching new products & services, technical customer visits, supporting organization of local field trials,…). Lead market intelligence for animal nutrition & animal health: The global application manager will closely monitor global trends in product innovation and marketing as they pertain to animal feed and animal health. This will mean building appropriate information sources (external as well as creating the adequate internal network), organizing the sharing of this intelligence within the group and acting as the global expert. Coordinate the global animal nutrition & animal health branding and marketing: Proposing globally agreed materials for the branded products, providing up to date sales materials to the regions for further local customization, proposing product positioning for innovation projects as they go to market and coordinate any new brand creation within the Group. Functional Know How Minimum 5-10 years of similar practical experience in leading feed/agricultural player, related industries or consultancy Excellent track record in leading cross functional and multinational projects with strong commercial implications Expert in strategic business development and marketing Preferred background in agronomy, animal science or chemical engineering Personal Attributes Strong leadership skills & Team Player (cross cultural) Strategic Ability & Business Acumen Ability to deal with Ambiguity Innovation management Customer oriented, negotiation skills with external authorities The Company The Lhoist Group is a family owned shareholding founded in 1889, when Hippolyte Dumont established the company in Belgium. In 1926, Lhoist expanded to France, which marked the beginning of the international expansion. Today Lhoist is headquartered in Belgium, with over 100 operations and more than 6 500 employees spread over all 4 continents. The Lhoist Group develops high quality solutions from the finest natural mineral resources. The carbonates, lime, dolime and specially products bring essential functionalities to their customers' processes. Each manufacturing step is long-term oriented towards a sustainable methodology, from the first deposit exploration until the restoration of the quarries. While limestone deposits and product facilities are significant company assets, Lhoist considers their human capital as the most valuable resource. The hallmarks of their business are limestone deposits, manufacturing facilities, quality standards, and technical services. Lhoist is the global leader in lime based products and a global trendsetter in customer satisfaction. Lhoist is the technology leader striving to be the best in assurance of supply, consistency and innovation as well as the stewards of safety and the environment. Furthermore, Lhoist focuses on the quality from start to finish. From the optimization of their deposits through processing and timely delivery, the company pays attention to all the details. Using professional and innovative computerization and automated process control technology, Lhoist produces consistent product quality while maximizing productivity. The Group’s high standards set them apart from the competition. Over the last two decades Lhoist has developed a position as leading producer of oxide (lime & dolime) and carbonates (limestone & dolomite) based solutions across a variety of markets, including agriculture. Lhoist has already developed a number of specific applications in agricultural product and applications propositions, spanning from fertilizer to animal nutrition & animal health. The agriculture organizations are still strongly local and decentralized and not yet replicated on a group basis. Based on the initial strategic analysis of growth opportunities, the agriculture market has been identified as a global growth opportunity. The goal is to both extend the current applications as well as ensure there are a number of market specific new applications. In order to do so systematically, a new position within the global Business Innovation Center (BIC) has been created to drive the innovation in Lhoist’s Animal Nutrition & Health business, focusing on the transversal development and aligning the organization to grow the Lhoist offering. In order to drive this new initiative, we are looking to identify an outstanding expert to assume the role of Expert Application Engineer Animal Nutrition & Health. This individual will report to the Global Application Director Agriculture. Attractiveness of the Position The successful candidate for this position will have the opportunity to join a world-class organization within Lhoist Group. Lhoist Group is a family owned shareholding with a continuously growing reach. Lhoist develop high quality solutions from the finest natural mineral resources. The carbonates, oxides and specialty products bring essential functionalities to their customer processes. A potential next step may involve commercial or NBD roles within a Lhoist region, or growing into managerial roles inside the innovation department. Driven by passion for excellence and innovation, Lhoist is an equal opportunity employer.

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Company Type: Dochteronderneming of bedrijfssegment

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