Animal Nutritionist job at Lafab Solutions

Our client is seeking to recruit a qualified and experienced Animal Nutritionist to oversee herd feeding operations and ensure optimal animal performance.

Job Purpose:

The role is responsible for coordinating all herd feeding activities, ensuring the timely provision of high-quality feeds and adequate water to livestock. The successful candidate will also monitor feed quality and manage feed stock inventory in line with best farm management practices.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

• Feed management
  • Develop, lead, and monitor the farm feeding plan generate /formulate feeding formulars for different animals’ categories and monitor the budget in line with the company goals.
• Animal feeds and feeding
  • Coordinate recording and requisition of feeds from the stores and issue of the same to the hammer mill operators and cattle feeders
  • Present monthly feedback stock inventories and feed purchases plan for approval
  • Present weekly feed consumption and milk production for analysis in a management meeting
  • oversee and coordinate field and cow barns activities to ensure that cow comfort is prioritized, feeds are always available.
  • Coordinate the feed mixing and distribution of feeds through use of a well-maintained tractor, feed mixer and other implements.
• Leadership, innovation and feed quality control.
  • Coordinate the allocation of department staff tasks, working schedules, performance assessment, disciplinary actions in line with the Organisation HSE and HRM guidelines.
  • Analyze and advise on the cost implications of the department intervention in relation to the company goals.
  • Laboratory feeds analysis and data interpretation to advise procurement and to inform ration formulation

Education and Professional Qualifications:

• BSc. Animal Nutrition

Working Experience:

• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in Agriculture / Agricultural-Mechanization

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Technical
  • Good knowledge of the dairy industry
  • Feed analysis and data interpretation
  • Silage and hay making
  • Crop agricultural practices
  • Animal Husbandry
• Core and Behavioral
  • Communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Customer focus
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Results orientation
  • Communication
  • Decision making
  • Planning and organizing skills
  • Business acumen
  • Good strategic planning skills
  • Good financial skills
  • Coaching and developing Others
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Driving for results
  • Negotiation skills
  • Persuading and Influencing
  • Entrepreneurial Thinking

• Feed management
• Develop, lead, and monitor the farm feeding plan generate /formulate feeding formulars for different animals’ categories and monitor the budget in line with the company goals.
• Animal feeds and feeding
• Coordinate recording and requisition of feeds from the stores and issue of the same to the hammer mill operators and cattle feeders
• Present monthly feedback stock inventories and feed purchases plan for approval
• Present weekly feed consumption and milk production for analysis in a management meeting
• oversee and coordinate field and cow barns activities to ensure that cow comfort is prioritized, feeds are always available.
• Coordinate the feed mixing and distribution of feeds through use of a well-maintained tractor, feed mixer and other implements.
• Leadership, innovation and feed quality control.
• Coordinate the allocation of department staff tasks, working schedules, performance assessment, disciplinary actions in line with the Organisation HSE and HRM guidelines.
• Analyze and advise on the cost implications of the department intervention in relation to the company goals.
• Laboratory feeds analysis and data interpretation to advise procurement and to inform ration formulation

• Good knowledge of the dairy industry
• Feed analysis and data interpretation
• Silage and hay making
• Crop agricultural practices
• Animal Husbandry
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Customer focus
• Innovation and creativity
• Results orientation
• Communication
• Decision making
• Planning and organizing skills
• Business acumen
• Good strategic planning skills
• Good financial skills
• Coaching and developing Others
• Emotional intelligence
• Driving for results
• Negotiation skills
• Persuading and Influencing
• Entrepreneurial Thinking

• BSc. Animal Nutrition