Role Overview:
Are you passionate about ruminant nutrition? Do you enjoy working directly with farmers to improve livestock performance and farm profitability? Can you combine nutritional expertise with commercial awareness to grow sales and build lasting customer relationships?
As a Ruminant Nutritionist, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with dairy,
beef and sheep farmers throughout your territory.
You will use your nutritional knowledge and commercial understanding to support customers, identify opportunities and deliver feed programmes that improve productivity, efficiency and profitability.
In addition to providing nutritional expertise, this role carries a strong commercial focus with responsibility for growing sales, retaining existing customers and winning new business.
We are looking for a motivated and customer-focused Ruminant Nutritionist to join our team. This is a dynamic role that combines technical nutritional support with commercial responsibility, helping livestock farmers maximise animal performance whilst driving profitable business growth.
Working closely with farmers, you will develop tailored nutritional solutions, provide trusted advice and support the growth of feed and forage sales across your designated region.
Responsibilities:
- Provide nutritional advice and support to dairy, beef and sheep farmers.
- Design and recommend feeding programmes that improve livestock performance and farm profitability.
- Develop strong long-term relationships with farming customers and become their trusted advisor.
- Achieve sales, margin and growth targets within your region.
- Identify and secure new business opportunities.
- Manage and grow existing customer accounts.
- Support customers with forage planning, ration formulation and performance reviews.
- Work alongside farm teams to identify opportunities for improvement and increased efficiency.
- Monitor market developments and communicate relevant opportunities to customers.
- Collaborate with sales teams, feed mills and technical specialists to deliver the best outcomes for customers.
- Present at farmer meetings, discussion groups and customer events.
- Maintain accurate customer records and territory plans.
What we’re looking for:
Essential:
- Strong passion for livestock farming and agriculture
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Commercial awareness and a proactive approach to growing sales
- Ability to translate technical information into practical farm solutions
- A customer-focused approach with a genuine desire to help farmers succeed
- Full UK driving licence
- Ability to work independently across a designated region
Desirable:
- Degree or qualification in Animal Science, Agriculture, Ruminant Nutrition or a related discipline.
- Previous experience in ruminant nutrition, feed sales or farm consultancy.
- Practical dairy, beef or sheep farming experience.
- Knowledge of forage management and ration formulation systems.
- BASIS, FACTS, SQP or other relevant agricultural qualifications.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary package
- Performance-related bonus
- Company vehicle
- Employee Assistance Programme with BUPA
- Mobile Phone and Laptop
- Life assurance of twice your salary following successful completion of probation.
- 25 days’ annual leave plus UK bank holidays.
- Ongoing technical and professional development
- Opportunities for career progression
- Employee discount at Wynnstay Stores.
Reporting to: Regional Director
Location: Southwest, Field Based
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have any questions about this role please contact careers@wynnstay.co.uk
