Are you passionate about animal nutrition and ready to make a real impact? United Petfood is looking for a skilled and driven Nutritionist to join our international R&D team. In this key role, you will help ensure the health, well-being and happiness of pets by developing balanced, nutritious food formulas that meet both scientific standards and market demands. You’ll lead and support product development projects—from launching innovative new products to optimising existing recipes—always with a strong focus on quality, performance and customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Develop innovative formulas: Create and optimize nutrition formulas based on deep knowledge of raw materials and animal nutrition, ensuring they meet the specific dietary needs of animals across various markets.
• Recipe optimization: Analyze existing formulas and identify opportunities for improvement in terms of health, cost, and quality.
• Innovation and continuous improvement: Actively contribute to the development of new products and the improvement of existing ones, ensuring that we stay ahead in the competitive pet food market.
• Market research and trend analysis: Continuously monitor market trends, emerging ingredients, and consumer preferences to ensure that product offerings remain competitive and innovative.
• Collaborate across international teams: Engage with production and R&D teams within the United Petfood Group to ensure consistent product quality and formula implementation across different manufacturing sites.
• Manage formulation programs: Manage formulation programs at both recipe and ingredient levels, including overseeing pilot productions and ensuring consistency in product quality.

Profile

• You have a master degree in Animal Nutrition, Food Science, Chemistry or a related field. You can count on several years of experience in a similar role.
• You have a passion for animal welfare and a commitment to developing high-quality products.
• You are structured and can see the big picture in a dynamic work environment.
• You’re goal oriented and focused on delivering high quality.

• You’re used to working with MS Office (especially Excel) and database systems.
• You have strong communication skills and frequently interact with the operations team, the quality team, and production managers.
• You fit into an open structure where tasks are not always clearly defined, and you can adopt a flexible approach.
• You have fluent communication skills in English as this is the working language.

What we offer

• A market competitive salary package that fits your needs and experience.
• A challenging position within a rapidly growing and dynamic organization.
• A company culture where entrepreneurship, a doer mentality, down-to-earthiness, and flexibility are central. We encourage career growth, allowing you to take control of your own development opportunities.
• The opportunity to take on a lot of responsibility and contribute to building qualitative products and streamlined processes.