Manager, R&D Operations - Velddriel

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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 Impact

The Manager, R&D Operations will provide direction to a team of experienced professionals, oversee the animal care activities, the infrastructure and overall facilities management in Animal Nutrition Innovation Center in Velddriel, Netherlands. In this role, you will lead the team to organize and execute animal trials and deliver high quality data into research projects by collaborating with the essential leads and ensure all regulations related to health, safety, environmental, and animal welfare are adhered. You will also be accountable for the site profit and loss, the permits to operate animal research and charged with administration related to the facility.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead a team that conducts research across three species segments in understanding vision and align performance and proficiency goals to maximize productivity and efficiency to meet business needs.
• Lead the team to meet research project timelines and ensure proper data capture to maintain research excellence.
• Partner with trial application to improve trial quality.
• Ensure employees across the site adhere to company policies including animal welfare and employee safety.
• Lead and direct special data collection procedures.
• Responsible for the maintenance and currency of procedure documentation.
• Lead and develop a team, coach and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
• Other duties as assigned

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Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in animal science or veterinary medicine or a related field
• Minimum of four years of related work experience with proven supervisory experience
• Fluent in English

• EU PhD or Master's degree in animal science or veterinary medicine
• Three years of supervisory experience
• Experience working with large animals
• Project Management certificate or equivalent experience
• Candidate meets or can meet within 1 year Article 9 of the Dutch Experiments on Animals Act
• Experience and proven track record of managing and developing high performing teams
• Ability to work in matrixed environments
• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Manages complexity: makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Fluent in Dutch