Business Head

Our Client:

A leading Saudi-based agri-processing business with a strong footprint across milling and animal feed, operating at scale and playing a key role in the Kingdom’s food security ecosystem. The business is now looking to strengthen its feed vertical as a core growth engine, with a sharper focus on commercial excellence, product differentiation, and customer-led value creation.

Your Role:

As the Head of Animal Feed business, you will be fully accountable for the vertical, owning strategy, performance, and growth. This is a techno-commercial leadership role where success comes from balancing nutrition credibility, customer outcomes, and commercial discipline.

You will shape how the business competes in the market from segment focus and product positioning to pricing and channel strategy while ensuring alignment with operations, quality, and regulatory frameworks. This role is about building a stronger, more differentiated feed business, not just maintaining volumes.

Responsibilities:

• Own and deliver the overall performance of the feed business, including revenue growth, margin quality, and market positioning
• Define and execute the medium-term strategy across key customer segments such as poultry, ruminant, and livestock producers
• Develop differentiated offerings based on feed performance, productivity, and customer economics
• Lead commercial levers including pricing, product mix, and demand planning in alignment with supply chain and manufacturing
• Build and manage relationships with key customers, distributors, and large farm operators
• Ensure alignment with quality and regulatory standards, including compliance with local feed and safety requirements
• Identify opportunities for innovation in formulations, services, and value-added solutions
• Build and lead a technical-commercial team across sales, key accounts, and field support
• Track market dynamics including raw material trends, competitor activity, and evolving customer needs

Must Have:

• 15+ years of experience in animal feed, animal nutrition, agribusiness, or related sectors
• Proven ownership of a business unit, category, or regional P&L
• Strong technical grounding in feed, livestock performance, or nutrition-led products
• Experience working with farms, distributors, and large commercial customers
• Exposure to Saudi Arabia or GCC markets is strongly preferred
• Ability to operate at the intersection of technical expertise and commercial leadership