Technology Lead Pet, Global
Company: Cargill
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: June 29, 2025
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Job Description:
Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in
the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe,
responsible and sustainable way.Cargill is a family company
providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial
products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets
so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they
can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily
essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to
alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70
countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives
each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill. This
position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business,
where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team
researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy
results for our customers.Job Purpose and ImpactThe Technical Lead,
Pet supports a multi-cultural global team to execute global
priorities. We seek an experienced professional who will identify
and execute new business development projects and lead, prioritize
and report on the portfolio of new business development projects.
In this role, you will drive process improvements supporting tools
and metrics.Key AccountabilitiesSupport global teams on nutrition,
formulation, new offering development (portfolio, positioning, and
differentiation of product offerings and technical support).
Develop strong relationships with key internal and external
stakeholders. Collaborate with technical, formulation, sales and
marketing leaders from the different markets to define priorities
and identify opportunities.Collaborate with R&D teams to
translate scientific discoveries into market-ready products.Promote
integration of Cargill ingredients in new offering
developmentDevelop training resources to provide guidance to the
wider technical community to improve our value creation and sales
effectiveness.Support implementation of new global product concepts
and claim development for finished products.Provide technical
guidance and facilitate palatability and digestibility
trials.Support market specific regulatory discussions.Develop and
maintain the community of pet technical experts within CargillYou
will serve as an expert in your field and work with limited
direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify
issues/problems. You may provide direction to lower-level team
members and be a key contributor.Other duties as
assigned.LI-AE3FGBthemuseQualificationsMINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONSBachelor’s degree in animal nutrition or related
degreeSix or more years related work experience in Canine and
Feline nutritionKnowledge of pet food ingredients and
formulationCustomer-facing technical service experienceExperience
presenting technical information to both technical and
non-technical audiencesAbility to travel globally up to
50%PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSMaster’s or PhD in animal
nutritionAbility to converse in a secondary language (Spanish or
Mandarin)Equal Opportunity Employer, including
Disability/Vet.Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour
for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless
otherwise provided by law. Salary: . Date posted: 06/18/2025
Keywords: Cargill, Topeka , Technology Lead Pet, Global, Science, Research & Development , Kansas City, Kansas
