Job Description:
Join Our Purpose - Feeding the Future
Role: Technical Sales Representative, Feed Additives & Premix
Location: Friona, Texas (Primary) or Comanche, Texas
Hours: Full-time, Monday-Friday
Get ready to Own your career as a Technical Sales Representative, Feed Additives & Premix at Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company. As global leaders in animal nutrition and aquafeed, our shared purpose of Feeding the Future is making a positive global impact for generations to come. Join us as you Own your ideas, Own your direction and Own your success.
What You'll DoAs a Technical Sales Representative, Feed Additives & Premix, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and sales teams, helping drive business growth through specialized product knowledge and industry expertise. You will work closely with producers, nutritionists, and commercial livestock operations, providing technical support, identifying customer needs, and recommending solutions that deliver value.
You will:
- Provide technical support and consultation to customers and sales professionals.
- Conduct farm visits and work directly with customers in the animal production industry.
- Interpret field data and provide recommendations related to nutrition, production, housing, transport, and equipment.
- Support sales activities by identifying customer needs and developing value-based solutions.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations, customer training, and educational programs.
- Assist with product trials, implementation, and technical problem-solving.
- Collaborate with internal teams including sales, marketing, product development, quality, and manufacturing.
- Contribute to process improvements, customer communications, and industry outreach activities.
- Maintain technical expertise through ongoing training and professional development.
To succeed in this role, you'll bring a strong combination of technical expertise, relationship-building skills, and commercial awareness. You enjoy working directly with customers, solving complex challenges, and translating technical knowledge into practical solutions that create value.
You'll Also Need- Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, Agriculture, or a related field.
- 3-5+ years of relevant technical sales, nutrition, or livestock industry experience.
- Strong knowledge of feed additives, premixes, nutrition programs, and animal production systems.
- Ability to analyze data, identify customer needs, and develop value-based recommendations.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to influence customers and build long-term business relationships.
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
- Ability to travel regularly within the assigned territory.
- Effective time management and organizational skills.
- Passion for delivering results and supporting customer success.
As part of Nutreco, you'll be a member of the SHV family, a diverse group of companies with a global footprint. Join us and you'll gain access to a wide network of expertise and global career paths. You'll also benefit from the backing of one of the world's largest privately owned businesses, known for its stability and long-term focus.
In addition, you'll receive:
- Competitive health benefits – Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA/FSA
- Disability and Life Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave and Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off including vacation, sick days, and floating holidays
- Annual Bonus
We can offer you a rewarding career with real meaning and purpose. Where you'll feel proud of the impactful role you perform every day and the part you play in Feeding the Future. So, if you're interested in joining us, get ready to Own your progress, your potential and your career.
We aim to review all applications within five business days and will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Please note that candidates applying to U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. Employer sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Our organisation:
Trouw Nutrition is the global leader in innovative feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for the animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition provides species-specific nutritional solutions consisting of feed concepts, products and nutritional know-how. The unique combination of products, models and services Trouw Nutrition offers, boosts productivity and supports animal health through all life stages, contributing to our customers' peace of mind. Trouw Nutrition's nutrition solutions have met the need of farmers and home-mixers, feed producers, integrators and distributors. Trouw Nutrition has locations in 25 countries and around 5000 employees. Our mission is Feeding the Future.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Trouw Nutrition is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Trouw Nutrition is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, Agriculture, or a related field
- 3-5+ years of relevant technical sales, nutrition, or livestock industry experience
- Strong knowledge of feed additives, premixes, nutrition programs, and animal production systems
- Ability to analyze data, identify customer needs, and develop value-based recommendations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proven ability to influence customers and build long-term business relationships
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities
- Ability to travel regularly within the assigned territory
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Passion for delivering results and supporting customer success
- Authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship
Nutreco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nutreco and has not been reviewed or approved by Nutreco.
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. roles commonly advertise medical, dental and vision coverage with HSA/FSA options, plus disability and life insurance. Descriptions frequently characterize the overall benefits package as good.
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Retirement Support — U.S. positions cite employer‑matched retirement plans, and Netherlands roles reference robust pension provisions. These programs are presented as a core component of total compensation across locations.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑off offerings include PTO and paid holidays in U.S. postings and generous vacation allowances in the Netherlands. Paid parental leave appears in some postings.
Nutreco Insights
What We Do
Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed. Our advanced nutritional solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for livestock farming and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future. Nutreco employs approximately 11,000 people in 35 countries, with sales in over 90 countries.
