Commercial & Technical Manager China in Peterborough

Location: China - Remote with 60% traveling across the country.

Contract: 2 years fixed term

Package includes: Competitive salary and locally selected benefits.

We’re seeking a Sales Technical Manager – Monogastric (China) to join AB Agri China during a key growth phase, supporting our ambition to become a leading monogastric additives player through innovation and a strong product portfolio. This is a home-based role with flexibility to travel across China and North Asia, offering the opportunity to work within an international company in a growing market, while combining sales and technical responsibilities to keep your day-to-day work diverse and engaging.

What you’ll be doing:

• Take ownership of sales targets by managing key accounts and distributors in China’s monogastric market
• Execute technical and marketing initiatives tailored to customers and distribution partners
• Grow the existing customer base and support successful new product launches
• Build, manage, and support distributor and dealer relationships to drive consistent sales performance
• Provide nutritional expertise, technical solutions, and feed formulation support to customers
• Monitor market trends and act as a technical ambassador to strengthen the company’s reputation

What you’ll bring:

• Master’s degree (or above) in animal nutrition, feed industry, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in feed additives and/or biologics in technical and/or sales roles
• Commercial and technical experience with products such as yeast, gut health solutions, and preferably enzymes
• Strong knowledge of feed formulation and application optimization
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence decisions
• Established relationships with key feed customers and pig/poultry producers in China, with ability to work cross-functionally

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 shaping a world where responsible nutrition is accessible to all. With a big goal comes equally big opportunities to make a career that truly feels like your own. As a team we’re collaborative, purpose-driven and encourage trying new ideas. We also find ways to nourish your individual journey, so everyone can feel proud of the difference that they make in their own way.

We’re thrilled to share that AB Agri has been recognised as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. This is a proud moment for us all. It highlights the real progress we’ve made to build a workplace that is inclusive, supportive, and fair for everyone. Over the last 5 years we have rebuilt our talent management practices, from inclusive hiring, to transparent pay frameworks, flexible work, and the momentum of our Employee Network Groups. Our actions are embedding inclusion at the heart of how we operate and creating a culture where people can be themselves.

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 sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

We’re looking for trail-blazers, non-conformists, innovators. When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, company car/allowance, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us: We’re AB Vista an animal nutrition technology company offering pioneering products and technical services to the global animal feed industry. We’re part of the AB Agri community of leading animal nutrition products and services businesses. 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.

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.