Feed Formulator

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the formula database for the companies California production facilities.
  
• Works with the Pricing and Formulations Manager, sales staff, nutritionists, and customers to maintain an accurate and efficient formulation process.
  
• Input formulas for pricing requests and work with the Pricing and Formulations Manager to appropriately margin and price new prospects in a timely manner.
  
• Creates new mixes, makes changes to existing formulas, prices current formulas monthly and prepares mixed feed formula price quotes as requested.
  
• Receive, put into production and give confirmation back to the consultants in a timely manner. Update pricing on each formula when a formula update occurs.
  
• Monitor ingredient specifications and maintain accurate nutritional specifications for all ingredients.
  
• Works in conjunction with the Purchasing and Formulation Department to keep contracted ingredients up to date for contracted ingredient maintenance.
  
• Maintains and updates contract related ingredients in the system.
  
• Works with the companies California production facilities to create and maintain accurate feed analysis tags that satisfy all state codes and regulations.
  
• Provide exact medication instructions and ensure that feeding instructions are accurate.
  
• Manages feed analysis tags for all current products by ensuring the accuracy of existing tags, maintaining an inventory of current tags for all products and distributing tags as requested.
  
• Interpret data from each mill s quarterly ingredient testing. Use these to maintain accurate ingredient analysis.
  
• Works in conjunction with the Pricing and Formulations Manager to maintain correct margins.
  
• Maintains an archive of formulas.
  

Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Animal Science or equivalent preferred.
  
• Minimum 3-5 years work experience related to dairy nutrition or formulations preferred.
  
• High level of detail, multi-tasking, and problem solving.
  
• Advanced Microsoft Suite skills required
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication, human relations and organizational skills;
  
• Accurate typing, spelling, punctuation, grammar and data entry skills;
  
• Skill in providing excellent customer service to both internal and external customers;
  
• Ability to learn and interpret formulas and product usage.