Head of Pet Nutrition

The Company is seeking a Head of Pet Nutrition to lead business strategy and commercial development in Japan. Responsibilities include setting commercial priorities and financial objectives, building business plans and customer pipelines, leading negotiations, and managing customer relationships. The role also owns the product portfolio and innovation roadmap, while coordinating with finance, operations, research and development, quality, production, and supply chain teams to ensure plans are commercially viable and operationally feasible. The successful candidate will track business performance and recommend actions to address gaps and support sustainable growth. Candidates should have more than 10 years of experience in pet food, pet nutrition, animal nutrition, or a closely related sector, including direct experience in one of these fields. Strong commercial and business development skills are required, along with a record of building a business, customer pipeline, commercial function, or new market from an early stage. Applicants should bring negotiation experience and familiarity with manufacturing operations, technical teams, quality assurance, research and development, supply chain, and finance. They should understand how production capacity and constraints affect commercial decisions, be skilled in KPI tracking and financial analysis, and have fluent English.