The Director Operations is accountable to deliver a Strategic Operations plan, enable Operational Excellence and manage the Global Operations of BU Feed Additives in an efficient way in line with all rules and regulations.
Nutreco’s mission “feeding the future” stands for the ambition to address the challenge the world is facing in producing more food for the growing population while resources are more and more limited. Nutreco’s ambition is to be the global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed through innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions. Nutreco’s main brand names in the market are Trouw Nutrition for animal nutrition and Skretting for the aqua feed
Trouw Nutrtition & Skretting aim to increase profitability and accomplish sustainable competitive advantage in today’s and future main feed markets and want to be the partner excelling in “nutrition based business optimization” for their customers.
Selko Feed Additives is a Business Unit within the Nutreco Animal Nutrition Division and serves clients around the world with innovative feed additive solutions.
Selko uses technologies such as organic acids blends, toxin binders and organic trace minerals to deliver food safety (preservation), animal health and efficient customer solutions.
This Director Operations manages the Global Operations of the Business Unit Feed Additives (global production and global supply chains of all Selko products):
- He defines strategies and business plans to organise the global Production & Supply Chains from suppliers to customers in the most effective and efficient way, to enable operational excellence.
- Ensures efficient production output while constantly paying attention to people, product quality, overall safety, equipment, maintenance, environment, hygiene and compliance to all relevant rules and legislations.
- Ensures delivery reliability at lowest possible costs of feed additives for the animal feed industry.
- This position manages globally the people and processes of all Feed Additives Operations, production, maintenance, customer service, raw material call off, production planning, subcontracted production, warehousing and logistics.
- Furthermore the Director Operations is responsible for the strategic partnership and the decisions on outsourcing production in operations in order to maintain best practices in the operations plants worldwide.
- Also the decisions of choosing optimal locations (plants) for the feed additives production strategy is key in this position.

Job Description:

The Director Operations is accountable to deliver a Strategic Operations plan, enable Operational Excellence and manage the Global Operations of BU Feed Additives in an efficient way in line with all rules and regulations. 
Nutreco’s mission “feeding the future” stands for the ambition to address the challenge the world is facing in producing more food for the growing population while resources are more and more limited. Nutreco’s ambition is to be the global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed through innovative and sustainable nutritional solutions. Nutreco’s main brand names in the market are Trouw Nutrition for animal nutrition and Skretting for the aqua feed
Trouw Nutrtition & Skretting aim to increase profitability and accomplish sustainable competitive advantage in today’s and future main feed markets and want to be the partner excelling in “nutrition based business optimization” for their customers.  
Selko Feed Additives is a Business Unit within the Nutreco Animal Nutrition Division and serves clients around the world with innovative feed additive solutions. 
Selko uses technologies such as organic acids blends, toxin binders and organic trace minerals to deliver food safety (preservation), animal health and efficient customer solutions. 
This Director Operations manages the Global Operations of the Business Unit Feed Additives (global production and global supply chains of all Selko products): 
- He defines strategies and business plans to organise the global Production & Supply Chains from suppliers to customers in the most effective and efficient way, to enable operational excellence.  
- Ensures efficient production output while constantly paying attention to people, product quality, overall safety, equipment, maintenance, environment, hygiene and compliance to all relevant rules and legislations.  
- Ensures delivery reliability at lowest possible costs of feed additives for the animal feed industry.  
- This position manages globally the people and processes of all Feed Additives Operations, production, maintenance, customer service, raw material call off, production planning, subcontracted production, warehousing and logistics.  
- Furthermore the Director Operations is responsible for the strategic partnership and the decisions on outsourcing production in operations in order to maintain best practices in the operations plants worldwide.  
- Also the decisions of choosing optimal locations (plants) for the feed additives production strategy is key in this position.

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.