R&D Project Manager

Main Functions

In order to support the Animal Nutrition (LAN) business unit’s development, LALLEMAND SAS is seeking a Junior Ruminants R&D Project manager.

Part of the R&D team and reporting to the Applied R&D Manager, the Project manager will have the following principal roles and responsibilities:

Management of a selected number of R&D projects linked to ruminants nutrition and health:

• Prospect for experimental facilities, design and discuss study protocols for business access purposes;
• Write the efficacy section of registration dossiers;
• Management of research collaboration (project management) with selected third parties related to existing solutions’ continuous documentation;
• Participate in statistical analysis of applied research trials;
• Prepare scientific summaries for the technical team;
• Review and monitoring of the scientific literature related to the monitored projects;
• Provide technical support to marketing and commercial team for commercial trials set-up and data analysis when required.

 

Technical skills

Required

• Familiar with project management
• Comfortable with experimental designs and statistical analyses
• Mastering at least one of the main current statistical packages (SAS, SPSS, R Studio…);
• Proficient in English (writing and speaking), any other language being a plus
• MSc in animal sciences (ruminants) ; Engineer School of Agriculture/Agronomy (animal productions)
• 1-2 years working experience in a R&D position in the feed industry or with feed additives is a plus

Personal abilities

Required

• Autonomous and prone to team work
• Rigorous
• Regulatory minded
• Be a force of proposition

General criteria

Required

• Travels: <20% of the time, internationally (Europe)

An asset

• Ideally located in Toulouse (France)

Organization

Lallemand is a privately held Canadian company founded in the late 19th century, which develops, produces, and markets microorganisms for various markets. The administrative offices of the parent company are in Montreal, Canada. Today, Lallemand employs more than 5,000 people working in more than 45 countries on 5 continents.

Lallemand Animal Nutrition is committed to optimizing animal performance and wellbeing with specific microbial product and service solutions. We develop, produce and market silage additives, probiotics, antioxidants and yeast derivatives for animal nutrition, as well as microbial solutions for animal environment. We serve all livestock markets: ruminant, swine, poultry, aquaculture as well as equine and companion animals. We like to define ourselves as a “field-led science supported” company. As such, our solutions are supported by a strong commitment to R&D and technical support with a team of experts in the field. Our solutions are marketed in over 80 countries around the world, through our own sales teams or local distributors.

Please take note that accommodations will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.