{"id":107223,"date":"2026-08-12T05:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/head-of-nutrition-npd-business-development\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T05:40:51","slug":"head-of-nutrition-npd-business-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/head-of-nutrition-npd-business-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Nutrition, NPD &#038; Business Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Head of Nutrition, NPD & Business Development\", \"description\": \"Role Purpose:\\nThe Head of Nutrition, NPD and Business Development role purpose is to be the driver of nutrition formulations, innovation, new products, margins optimization, business development and partnerships that are beneficial to the organization.\\nKey Duties and Responsibilities:\\nPeople and Culture\\nDrive a culture of integrity, customer\/consumer first and speed of execution within the nutrition and business development team.\\nLead, inspire, guide and motivate the nutrition and business development team to achieve excellence and be high performing in their roles.\\nCoach and train the team on nutrition and business development.\\nNutrition\\nOwn and manage formulations\/diets for all animal types\/products in the business.\\nContinuously review and update formulations\/diets for performance and cost.\\nEnsure that formulations developed are optimal for both performance and cost Simplify formulations for the business to enable easier material planning and sourcing.\\nBusiness Development\\nBe the business\u2019 key representative on industry bodies and industry seminars and conferences and ensure the company\u2019s profile is elevated\\nIdentify and engage with potential businesses that we can partner with to advance research, product development or potential distributorship for their line of products\\nEnsure that Unga Farmcare\u2019s profile as a thought leader and go to partner for Animal Nutrition is well established to enable us to attract potential customers and partnerships\\nWork with the field team sales to win over major accounts\/customers by delivering and implementing diets\/formulations and technical solutions that solve their problems.\\nNew Product Development and Innovation\\nDevelop a new product pipeline for the business and work towards launch of the same with the quality, marketing, supply chain, production and sales team\\nKeep abreast of changing market trends and innovations and propose adoptions for the business\\nMarket Intelligence and Knowledge Deepening\\nCarry out research and keep abreast of new industry developments and advise the business accordingly to make relevant adjustments\\nCurate and develop and seek out relevant training for the field salespersons and have the same implemented\\nManage technical expertise and professional networks by maintaining relationships with animal health institutes, laboratories, universities, research bodies, feed additives suppliers, equipment supplies etc.\\nSourcing, Quality and Milling Support\\nProvide technical support to the production team on addressing milling challenges occasioned by raw materials and new formulations\\nWork with QA team to get to the root cause of customer complaints and address the technical issues if any surrounding product quality issues\\nSimplify materials that the business uses to enhance production efficiencies and to ensure availability brought about by focused sourcing\\nSupport procurement by directing them to the right sources of raw materials based on requirement, price, quality and availability\\nSupport procurement team with the clearing and registration of imported raw materials\\nJob Requirements\\nQualifications & Experience\\nCritically Required\\nBachelor of Science degree in Animal Health and Production and\/or Nutrition\\nAt least 10+ years\u2019 experience in animal science\/health\/nutrition\/technical sales of which at least 5 must have been in animal nutrition\\nDemonstrable experience in handling feed and minerals formulations\\nExperience with laboratory tests and techniques relevant to checking feed quality and nutritional values\\nWide knowledge of relevant feed additives and their suppliers\\nMembership of industry bodies e.g. AKEFEMA\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-11\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Unga Holding\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-21T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Unga Holding<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-21<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Role Purpose:<br \/>The Head of Nutrition, NPD and Business Development role purpose is to be the driver of nutrition formulations, innovation, new products, margins optimization, business development and partnerships that are beneficial to the organization.<br \/>Key Duties and Responsibilities:<br \/>People and Culture<br \/>Drive a culture of integrity, customer\/consumer first and speed of execution within the nutrition and business development team.<br \/>Lead, inspire, guide and motivate the nutrition and business development team to achieve excellence and be high performing in their roles.<br \/>Coach and train the team on nutrition and business development.<br \/>Nutrition<br \/>Own and manage formulations\/diets for all animal types\/products in the business.<br \/>Continuously review and update formulations\/diets for performance and cost.<br \/>Ensure that formulations developed are optimal for both performance and cost Simplify formulations for the business to enable easier material planning and sourcing.<br \/>Business Development<br \/>Be the business\u2019 key representative on industry bodies and industry seminars and conferences and ensure the company\u2019s profile is elevated<br \/>Identify and engage with potential businesses that we can partner with to advance research, product development or potential distributorship for their line of products<br \/>Ensure that Unga Farmcare\u2019s profile as a thought leader and go to partner for Animal Nutrition is well established to enable us to attract potential customers and partnerships<br \/>Work with the field team sales to win over major accounts\/customers by delivering and implementing diets\/formulations and technical solutions that solve their problems.<br \/>New Product Development and Innovation<br \/>Develop a new product pipeline for the business and work towards launch of the same with the quality, marketing, supply chain, production and sales team<br \/>Keep abreast of changing market trends and innovations and propose adoptions for the business<br \/>Market Intelligence and Knowledge Deepening<br \/>Carry out research and keep abreast of new industry developments and advise the business accordingly to make relevant adjustments<br \/>Curate and develop and seek out relevant training for the field salespersons and have the same implemented<br \/>Manage technical expertise and professional networks by maintaining relationships with animal health institutes, laboratories, universities, research bodies, feed additives suppliers, equipment supplies etc.<br \/>Sourcing, Quality and Milling Support<br \/>Provide technical support to the production team on addressing milling challenges occasioned by raw materials and new formulations<br \/>Work with QA team to get to the root cause of customer complaints and address the technical issues if any surrounding product quality issues<br \/>Simplify materials that the business uses to enhance production efficiencies and to ensure availability brought about by focused sourcing<br \/>Support procurement by directing them to the right sources of raw materials based on requirement, price, quality and availability<br \/>Support procurement team with the clearing and registration of imported raw materials<br \/>Job Requirements<br \/>Qualifications &#038; Experience<br \/>Critically Required<br \/>Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Health and Production and\/or Nutrition<br \/>At least 10+ years\u2019 experience in animal science\/health\/nutrition\/technical sales of which at least 5 must have been in animal nutrition<br \/>Demonstrable experience in handling feed and minerals formulations<br \/>Experience with laboratory tests and techniques relevant to checking feed quality and nutritional values<br \/>Wide knowledge of relevant feed additives and their suppliers<br \/>Membership of industry bodies e.g. AKEFEMA<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Unga Holding on career55.sapsf.eu to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1304177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-21 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Unga Holding Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-21 Job Description Role Purpose:The Head of Nutrition, NPD and Business Development role purpose is to be the driver of nutrition formulations, innovation, new products, margins optimization, business development and partnerships that are beneficial to the organization.Key Duties and Responsibilities:People and CultureDrive a culture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1425,1413,1412,1496],"class_list":["post-107223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-unga-holding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}