Business Director - Animal Nutrition

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Job Title : Business Director - Animal Nutrition

Reporting to : APAC Head, (BL - Animal Nutrition)

Business Line : Animal Nutrition

Workplace : Thane

Entity : Evonik India

Purpose of the Position

• The role is responsible for managing all sales activities related to Essential Nutrition and supporting the sales activities of Specialty Nutrition.
• The position entails developing, coordinating, and executing strategic sales plans to achieve business objectives and sales/profit targets. This will be done in close collaboration with the regional team as well as the local team in India.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

Regional Demand and Supply Analysis:

• Understand the regional demand and supply landscape in relation to pricing and product value proposition.
  
  

Sales Strategy Development:

• Develop a strategic sales plan (roadmap) to achieve business objectives, including country market strategies and strategic posture for regional/local accounts.
  
  

Customer Opportunity Assessment:

• Identify and evaluate customer opportunities and determine priorities and strategies to pursue them effectively.
  
  

Sales Tactics Execution:

• Make decisions on sales tactics (e.g., contracts vs. spot sales) based on demand plans provided by the strategic marketing function.
  
  

Customer Relationship Management:

• Manage customer relationships, segmentation, commodity price steering, and market/competitive intelligence to support sales plans and annual budgeting processes.
  
  

Innovation and Continuous Improvement:

• Ensure continuous innovation and improvement are integrated into all sales activities.
• Execute targeted commodity pricing and product allocation approaches based on customer segmentation.
  
  

Education, Certification, And Relevant Experience Required

• Educational Background: A Science graduate with a minimum of 10–12 years of experience in a leadership position in the relevant animal nutrition field.
• Candidates with a BVSc./MVSc in Animal Nutrition or Veterinary Medicine are preferred.
• An MBA qualification would be advantageous
  
  

Your Application

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Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

Sagar Khedekar

Company is

Evonik India

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