Job Description:

Why join us

Get ready to Own digital transformation as a Global Digital Lead – Aquaculture at Skretting, a Nutreco company. As global leaders in animal nutrition and aquafeed, our shared purpose of Feeding the Future is making a positive global impact for generations to come. Join us in this strategic leadership role as you Own your innovation, Own your impact and Own your expertise.

What you’ll do

As the strategic digital partner to Skretting leadership, you’ll translate business priorities, customer needs and growth ambitions into a focused aquaculture digital agenda.
You’ll identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities across precision feeding, farm performance, customer experience, formulation, value selling and operational efficiency.
You’ll shape and drive the Aquaculture digital roadmap, aligning investments, capabilities and resources with strategic objectives and measurable business outcomes.
Working closely with business leaders, Digital & Technology teams and Finance, you’ll ensure digital initiatives deliver sustainable growth, customer value, margin improvement and operational efficiencies.
You’ll maintain an external perspective on aquaculture, customer and technology developments, converting insight into innovative and scalable solutions.
Through collaboration with internal and external partners, you’ll help bring new capabilities from concept to adoption while ensuring long-term value realization.
Leading a small digital team and mobilizing cross-functional stakeholders globally, you’ll drive governance, prioritization, adoption and continuous improvement across the Aquaculture digital portfolio.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who is responsible, accountable and ready to Own this role. Someone who is a strategic thinker, influential relationship builder and experienced transformation leader who can connect technology opportunities with business value and customer outcomes.

You’ll also need:

Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Technology, Engineering, Digital Transformation or a related discipline.
More than 10 years of experience in digital transformation, strategy, consulting, technology leadership or business transformation within complex global organizations.
Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix environment.
Strong understanding of digital technologies, data analytics, AI, automation and enterprise platforms, coupled with a value-driven mindset.
Experience within aquaculture, agriculture, animal nutrition or a related industry, with strong commercial awareness and understanding of customer value drivers.

What you’ll receive

As part of Nutreco, you’ll be a member of the SHV family, a diverse group of companies with a global footprint. Join us and you’ll gain access to a wide network of expertise and global career paths. You’ll also benefit from the backing of one of the world’s largest privately owned businesses, known for its stability and long-term focus.

In addition, you’ll receive:

A rewarding opportunity to shape the future of digital innovation within aquaculture.
Exposure to global stakeholders, customers and industry-leading digital initiatives.
Ongoing learning, leadership development and career growth opportunities across Nutreco and SHV.
A flexible and collaborative international working environment.
The opportunity to contribute directly to Feeding the Future through sustainable innovation and value creation.

How and why to find out more

We can offer you a rewarding career with real meaning and purpose. Where you’ll help shape the future of aquaculture through digital innovation while creating measurable value for customers, colleagues and the business. So, if you’re interested in joining us, get ready to Own your innovation, your impact and your career. We aim to review all applications as quickly as possible and look forward to hearing from you.

#OwnIt

Our organisation:
Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Our advanced nutritional solutions are at the origin of food for millions of consumers worldwide. Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles, embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for agriculture and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Nutreco is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, military status or any other status protected by applicable local law. Please advise us at any point during the recruitment and selection process if you require accommodation. Nutreco is committed to compliance with all applicable legislation, including providing accommodation for applicants with disabilities.

About the company

Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed, delivering nutritional solutions that form the basis of food for millions of people. Its products and services span from research and raw material sourcing to feed formulations, supplements, and practical support for livestock farming and aquaculture, helping farms optimize growth, health, and efficiency. Nutreco translates scientific findings into feed ingredients, premixes, additives and advisory services that meet production goals and regulatory standards. The company differentiates itself through a century-long heritage, a worldwide presence in 35 countries, operations in over 90 markets, and a strong commitment to quality, sustainability and responsible sourcing—backed by SHV. Its goal is to enable sustainable, efficient animal nutrition across global food systems by combining science, careful material sourcing, and practical farm support for millions of consumers.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$4.8M

Headquarters

Utrecht, Netherlands

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

Skretting launched Necto in October 2025, its first fish feed with EDGEOS.
Lorica and Optiline launched in Ecuador in 2025, expanding Nutreco’s shrimp platform.
Nutreco’s 2025 annual report says EBITDA should improve again in 2026, driven by volume growth.

What critics are saying

Necto, Lorica, and Optiline depend on premium pricing; farmers reject them by 2026.
Trouw Nutrition Ireland closes Belfast on September 30, 2026, cutting 29 jobs.
Spain’s 2025 Supreme Court upheld Nutreco España’s tax denial; further audits can follow.

What makes Nutreco unique

Nutreco Exploration’s EDGEOS Phyto-complexes are patented, plant-specific feed ingredients.
Garden of the Future, opened 2024, industrializes proprietary plant and bacteria discovery.
Skretting and Trouw Nutrition co-develop market-specific formulas, like Ecuador shrimp feeds in 2025.

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Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
HSA
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation
Flexible Work Hours
Hybrid Work Options
PTO/vacation
Family Planning Benefits
Fertility Treatment Support

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth

Feed and Additive

Oct 16th, 2026

Trouw Nutrition to present livestock nutrition technologies at EuroTier 2026.

Trouw Nutrition to present livestock nutrition technologies at EuroTier 2026. 16 October 2026 Trouw Nutrition will present precision nutrition tools, digital technologies and sustainability programmes at EuroTier 2026. The programme will include product demonstrations, expert presentations and the launch of two initiatives. Trouw Nutrition, Nutreco's livestock feed business line, will feature the company's newest precision nutrition tools, technologies, and programmes at EuroTier 2026, 10-13 November, in Hanover, Germany. Visitors to Trouw Nutrition Stand A16 in Hall 22 can learn about science-based nutrition, explore a variety of hands-on digital technologies including a virtual reality experience, attend in-stand sessions with experts, and discover programmes designed to support sustainability across the animal protein value chain. Throughout the event, Trouw Nutrition will highlight sustainability-focused tools and early life nutrition solutions to help lower emissions, improve animal performance, and contribute to farm profitability. NUTRITION INNOVATIONS RECOGNISED BY DLG INNOVATION COMMISSION Visitors can explore two innovations recognised by the independent DLG Innovation Commission-Milkiwean ActiBar and BroilerSim. "We are proud to be recognised for these innovative technologies," said Trouw Nutrition CEO Eduardo Alberto. "Trouw Nutrition has long been an innovation leader in animal nutrition. Our goal is to deliver integrated solutions to improve performance, strengthen resilience, enhance efficiency, and help create a more sustainable future for the animal feed industry." HANDS-ON DIGITAL DEMOS An in-stand demonstration area will invite visitors to interact with technologies designed to support sustainable livestock production. Trouw Nutrition lists the following technologies and demonstrations for visitors to explore at its stand: - Trouw Nutrition's Mycotoxin Monitor helps customers manage mycotoxin risk by identifying the mycotoxins most prevalent in their region and highlighting emerging risks to watch for. - The NutriOpt On-site Adviser provides precise, on-the-spot feed analysis to help users create precision feeding strategies aimed at improving performance and reducing costs. - The renewed MyFeedPrint and MyMilkPrint and MyEggPrint, MyChickenPrint and MyPorkPrint are part of Trouw Nutrition's Carbon Reduction Programmes. They calculate the carbon footprint of feed or products like milk and eggs, helping producers make informed decisions on formulation, raw material selection, and feeding strategies while achieving greater transparency throughout the value chain. - The BroilerSim and LayerSim models let users create digital twins: "what if" feeding scenarios and evaluate potential outcomes to see how changes in formulation might affect animal development, including growth rate, feed conversion, carcass, and breast yield in broilers as well as egg production in layers, across different breeds. Being able to predict likely responses helps improve operational efficiency and decision-making. - Trouw Nutrition's VR Experience for its PhytoComplex Solutions is an interactive virtual reality tour that showcases the benefits and applications of phytotechnology in animal nutrition, showing how these solutions may enhance animal resilience and performance. EXPERT PRESENTATIONS Trouw Nutrition will launch its Sow Excellence Programme on 11 November at its stand. The programme connects science, nutrition, digital intelligence, management, expertise, and performance across every lifecycle stage. The global launch of Trouw Nutrition's Carbon Reduction Programme will be held on 12 November and presented by Trouw Nutrition ECA Director Pieter Bastiaanssen and Marketing Director Bettina Stier. Trouw Nutrition experts will also share insights on science-based strategies to support more sustainable feed production, precision farming, and livestock production in seminar presentations. Seminar topics include "Navigate. Sustain. Succeed. Transforming the dairy value chain through lifetime nutrition, digital decision support and predictive modelling" with Liz Homer; "Every Sow Starts with Potential" with Francis Simard; and "From Biosecurity to Immunity: Building Resilient and High-Performing Poultry Flocks" with Morvarid Rezvani. Further information on speakers, topics, and other presentation details is available on the Trouw Nutrition EuroTier 2026 event page.

Feed and Additive

Jun 26th, 2026

Trouw Nutrition advances poultry nutrition science at WPC 2026.

Trouw Nutrition advances poultry nutrition science at WPC 2026. 26 June 2026 Trouw Nutrition will present its latest poultry nutrition research at WPC 2026, highlighting advances in nutrient utilization, predictive modelling and PhytoComplex innovations. The studies aim to improve flock performance, resilience and production efficiency through science-based nutritional strategies. Trouw Nutrition, Nutreco's livestock feed and animal nutrition business, will share poultry science findings on nutrient utilization, predictive modelling, and PhytoComplex innovations at the World's Poultry Congress 2026 (WPC 2026), 13-17 July at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada. During the scientific gathering, researchers will share study findings that provide new insights into nutritional approaches to address challenges affecting modern poultry production systems. "Trouw Nutrition's research presented at WPC aims to help stakeholders navigate the complexity of today's production environment, including flock performance, regulatory compliance, and environmental stewardship," said Jose Manuel De La Fuente Garcia, Global Marketing Manager Poultry at Trouw Nutrition. "Scientific research is essential for developing solutions that support more precise feeding programmes, achieve better production metrics, and support both animal welfare and the environment. Highlights of Trouw Nutrition research presented at WPC 2026 include: OPTIMIZING CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS IN THE DIET Broiler Responses to the Interaction Between Dietary Total Calcium and Digestible Phosphorus Levels During the Grower Phase: Presenter Lewis Aguirre will review a study evaluating how dietary calcium (CA) and phosphorus (P) affect broiler performance and bone mineralization during the grower phase. Impact of Varying Calcium and Digestible Phosphorus Levels on Growth, Skeletal Development, and Nutrient Digestibility During the Complete Rearing Pullet Phase: Presenter Clara Alfonso-Carrillo will review a study evaluating the effects of varying dietary Ca and P on performance, bone quality, and apparent total tract retention of minerals during the rearing period. Evaluation of Phase-Specific Calcium and Phosphorus Feeding Strategies on Growth Performance and Body Composition of Broiler Chickens: Presenter Midian McCulligh will remark on a study evaluating the effects of different depletion and repletion feeding strategies of Ca and digestible P on broiler chicken growth and body performance. DRIVING DECISION MAKING WITH PREDICTIVE MODELLING Challenging a Broiler Growth Model Designed for Technical & Economic Decision Support: Presenter Matheus Reis will share findings from a study evaluating a mechanistic broiler growth model designed to predict how various feeding strategies may affect birds' technical performance and producers' economic outcomes. GUT HEALTH, RESILIENCE AND PRECISION NUTRITION Fatty Liver Syndrome Challenge Induces Persistent Nutrient Utilization Variability and Jejunal Transcriptomic Shifts in Late-Laying ISA Brown Hens: Presenter Reza Akbari will review a study exploring whether a dietary fatty liver syndrome challenge induces persistent effects on nutrient utilization and intestinal function in late-laying hens. Enhancing Broiler Performance with a Novel Combination of PhytoComplex and Target-Release Butyrates: Presenter Lane Pineda will review a study evaluating a combination of plant-derived bioactive compounds (PhytoComplexes) and target-release butyrates in improving the zootechnical performance of broilers. Interaction Between Low Crude Protein (LCP) and Raised-Without-Antibiotics (RWA) Concepts on Growth Performance, Organ Weight, and Feeding Cost in Broiler Chickens: Presenter Sylvester Mutinda will review a study that looked at the interactive effects of LCP and RWA on growth performance, organ weights, and body chemical composition in broiler chickens. In addition to its scientific oral presentations, Trouw Nutrition will host From Insight to Impact: Transforming Poultry Nutrition, on 14 July at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in room 401. The event programme will feature Trouw Nutrition scientists discussing how nutritional modelling, trace mineral strategies, and PhytoComplex solutions can help enhance poultry performance, resilience, and profitability. Organized by the World Poultry Association, WPC convenes scientific stakeholders every four years to exchange knowledge, explore innovations, and shape the future of the global poultry sector.

Aquafeed.com

Nov 3rd, 2025

Phytotechnology solutions to improve resilience and sustainability in aquaculture

Phytotechnology solutions to improve resilience and sustainability in aquaculture. In 2021, Nutreco created Nutreco Exploration, an entity that acts as a creative engine to nourish the Innovation Groups of Skretting and Trouw Nutrition with the novel solutions they need. One of its main programs is Phytotechnology, which focuses on the development of EDGEOS Phyto-Complexes: plant metabolites that, when incorporated into the feed, produce a specific physiological effect with the aim of addressing concrete problems and strengthening the resilience, performance, and well-being of farm animals. The first commercial products for aquaculture incorporating EDGEOS PhytoComplexes have been launched by Skretting. At AQUAEXPO 2025, the first two feeds for shrimp incorporating these new products were presented. Lorica includes a plant that helps manage inflammatory stress in shrimp, preventing them from overreacting to their environment. Optiline incorporates a plant that improves glucose absorption and metabolism, optimizing production in more demanding culture systems. "These plants have been developed for and in collaboration with the Ecuadorian shrimp industry, which presents very specific characteristics," explained David Bravo, Nutreco's Scientific Director, in an interview at AQUAEXPO 2025. "Inflammation and glucose metabolism are very specific problems in highly technological production systems, such as the Ecuadorian one. Production is very advanced, and high-quality extruded feeds are used. These particular conditions have allowed us to launch products like these. In other, less technified markets, these products would not have the same effect; the challenges there are different, and it will be necessary to develop solutions adapted to those realities," Bravo added. "These are the first products under the EDGEOS brand developed on our innovation platform, but many more will come, not only for aquaculture but also for livestock and pet food," Bravo highlighted. The EDGEOS Phyto-Complexes. "Phyto-Complexes do not compete with phytogenics; they are different products. We use whole plants or specific parts of them that contain Phyto-Complexes with the aim of addressing concrete problems in animals," Bravo explained. Phyto-Complexes differ from traditional phytogenics in concept and thought model. David Bravo, who has worked with conventional phytogenic products for many years, explains that while these are good products, they were developed under the paradigm of the "Mechanical Universe," which is based on causality, reductionism, determinism, and stable equilibrium. "This thought model led us to simplify plants into a few key compounds and explain their effects on animal physiology. That work was pioneering, but it also trivialized the complex nature of plants, reducing them to individual active compounds within a pharmaceutical approach oriented towards replacing chemicals in feed," Bravo noted. Bravo added that traditional phytogenics usually have very broad applications. "The same product can improve performance in shrimp, production in chickens, or milk quality in cows. That is very good, but I think that in 2025, if we want to produce truly sustainably, we must develop more specific products," he emphasized. "However, this mechanical universe approach worked very well when our world, our industry, was complicated. Now it is so connected and interdependent that this true complexity requires a shift in how we think about the solution to our complex problems. This is what we do at the Nutreco Garden of the Future. We change the way we think about our solutions." The plants used are not the species typically employed in animal nutrition. The development process is carried out in the Garden of the Future, officially inaugurated in 2024. The process involves identifying the right plant, not only at the species level but also the variety and even the part of the plant, to select those that contain the most appropriate Phyto-Complexes. Subsequently, these plants are domesticated and produced on an industrial scale. "We develop a specific algorithm for each plant used, ensuring they are always the same and that the Phyto-Complexes remain constant. In fact, if we are not able to preserve that complexity, we simply do not use the plant," Bravo explained. The Nutreco team works directly with Skretting, identifying industry problems and development opportunities. In fact, given the positive results obtained with the Phyto-Complexes, Skretting and Trouw Nutrition are re-evaluating more ambitious challenges that they had previously ruled out due to a lack of solutions, for example, in the case of salmon, and now consider them viable. The bactocomplexes. Bravo describes his group's work as "a story of the Three Kingdoms," which means that with the animal experts from Skretting and Trouw Nutrition, our team at the Garden of the Future works in two other kingdoms: plants and bacteria. Although the development platform has mainly focused on plants, it also has a second line of research based on bacteria to develop Bacto-Complexes. "It is the same approach. We are not talking about the microbiome or probiotics, but Bacto-Complexes. We incorporate bacteria into the feed, but they are not alive; what we are looking for are their metabolites," Bravo explained. "We do not use known bacteria, so we must discover, domesticate, and produce them, exactly the same process we follow with the plants." The team, in collaboration with Skretting, already has products developed based on Bacto-Complexes that will be launched soon. Innovation with impact and customer-centric sustainability. One of Skretting's priorities is to continue developing new products within the framework of its strategic lines. "One of our pillars is 'innovation with impact', focused on the development of products like these, which represent the future and a clear opportunity to continue differentiating ourselves," said Jorge Díaz, Skretting's Director of Sustainability and Communications. "These products improve performance and help shrimp be more robust and better resist environmental challenges. This reduces mortality and makes production more sustainable and profitable for the farmers," Díaz explained. Skretting recently launched its new value proposition: ACT: Action, Connection, and Transparency. "The strategy is based on co-creating with clients, because we understand that sustainability in Ecuador, for example, is very different from that in Norway. The challenges are distinct, the clients' approaches are also different, and that is why we need to work more closely, co-creating solutions aligned with local sustainability ambitions," Díaz added. "For us, sustainability is not an extra, but part of the core of the business. Furthermore, it is not a matter of black or white. Of course, we will continue to reduce our carbon footprint, but that cannot be the sole focus. We must adapt to market needs and co-create with our clients and the value chain," he emphasized. Moreover, the challenges will continue in the future. "Problems in animal production evolve, and we will evolve with them," David Bravo concluded.

Undercurrent News

Aug 19th, 2025

New CEO at Skretting as Van Tilburg moves to lead Nutreco

Skretting CEO Bastiaan van Tilburg has been promoted to lead parent company Nutreco as chief executive, the Dutch feed giant announced [...]

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