Business Head📣 Job Ad

About Mindfield Resources and Our Client

Mindfield Resources is seeking a Business Head for its client, a prominent Saudi-based agri-processing business. This client maintains a strong footprint across milling and animal feed, operating at scale and playing a crucial role in the Kingdom’s food security ecosystem.

The Opportunity: Head of Animal Feed

The business is focused on strengthening its animal feed vertical as a core growth engine, with a sharper focus on commercial excellence, product differentiation, and customer-led value creation. As the Head of Animal Feed business, this full-time role, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, involves full accountability for the vertical, owning its strategy, performance, and growth. This techno-commercial leadership position requires balancing nutrition credibility, customer outcomes, and commercial discipline.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the overall performance of the feed business, including revenue growth, margin quality, and market positioning.
• Define and execute the medium-term strategy across key customer segments such as poultry, ruminant, and livestock producers.
• Develop differentiated offerings based on feed performance, productivity, and customer economics.
• Lead commercial levers including pricing, product mix, and demand planning in alignment with supply chain and manufacturing.
• Build and manage relationships with key customers, distributors, and large farm operators.
• Ensure alignment with quality and regulatory standards, including compliance with local feed and safety requirements.
• Identify opportunities for innovation in formulations, services, and value-added solutions.
• Build and lead a technical-commercial team across sales, key accounts, and field support.
• Track market dynamics including raw material trends, competitor activity, and evolving customer needs.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 15+ years of experience in animal feed, animal nutrition, agribusiness, or related sectors.
• Proven ownership of a business unit, category, or regional P&L.
• Strong technical grounding in feed, livestock performance, or nutrition-led products.
• Experience working with farms, distributors, and large commercial customers.

Desired Skills and Market Exposure

• Ability to operate effectively at the intersection of technical expertise and commercial leadership.
• Exposure to Saudi Arabia or GCC markets is strongly preferred.

Work Environment and Compensation

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The salary for this role is not disclosed and will be discussed with qualified candidates during the recruitment process.