Ruminant Nutrition Specialist - South Island - Invercargill
Ruminant Nutrition Specialist – South Island
Real On-Farm Impact | 100% NZ-Owned | Fun and Innovative Work Environment
Do you love seeing healthier herds and stronger farm performance thanks to your sound nutrition advice? Do you want a role where your expertise directly drives positive results for our Mainland farmers?Ruminate is a proudly New Zealand–owned agribusiness delivering innovative animal nutrition advice and solutions across the country. As our business expands, we’re looking for a Ruminant Nutrition Specialist to join our team
The Opportunity
Based in the South Island (exact location flexible), you’ll step into an established area with a loyal customer base and develop new opportunities, while nurturing long-standing relationships with Farmers, Veterinarians, feed mills and rural retailers.Supported by our experienced Napier and Timaru teams, you’ll be empowered to deliver top-tier nutrition advice and solutions.
An integral part of your role will be working with Doc Taylor®, Ruminate’s cutting-edge nutrition software. You’ll use it to interpret data and help farmers feel confident in making smart feeding decisions, manage mineral premixes and drive farm productivity – all while keeping wastage low and animal health high.
What You’ll Do- Drive growth: Plan and execute sales strategies to hit and exceed regional targets.
- Strengthen relationships: Provide exceptional service and support to a loyal customer base while building new connections with Farmers, Vets, feed mills and ag-retailers.
- Analyse farm-specific data using Doc Taylor® software to produce nutrition reports, project production and reproduction gains, identify inefficiencies, and recommend customised mineral premixes where suited – adjusting with each monthly visit to reflect the seasons and production phases.
- Passion for animal health, farm performance, nutrition strategies and a keenness to help farmers get the most out of the Doc Taylor® software.
- Comfortable using software tools and data, interpreting dashboards, projections and feeding metrics.
- Strong communicator who can establish trust with farmers, explain technical information plainly, and follow-through.
- Career growth
- Cutting-edge tools
- Tight knit team
- Competitive Remuneration
Package offered with all the required tools such as Ute, phone and laptop. A competitive base salary with a rare, no-cap commission on your earning potential.
If you’re ready to use your sales skills, data aptitude, and agricultural know-how to make a real difference for South Island farms, we’d love to hear from you.
Applications Close 03 October 2025