• Provide technical leadership for ADM's Health & Wellness business in ANZ, with a primary focus on microbiome solutions (pre-, pro- and postbiotics) and their applications across Functional Food & Beverage, Dietary Supplement and Pet & Animal Wellbeing (PAW) categories.
• Partner with the ANZ Sales team to identify, develop and progress new business opportunities and customer projects, providing technical expertise throughout the innovation and product development process.
• Build strong technical-to-technical (T2T) relationships with customer R&D, formulation, scientific and regulatory teams and act as a trusted technical contact for ADM.
• Lead technical customer engagements, including presentations, workshops, technical discussions and troubleshooting, and represent ADM at relevant conferences, seminars and trade shows across ANZ.
• Translate customer technical requirements into actionable projects, coordinating with ADM's global and regional R&D, Applications, Regulatory and technical teams to deliver appropriate solutions.
• Support the successful introduction of new ADM Health & Wellness solutions into ANZ, including technical readiness, regulatory considerations and prioritization of local registrations.
• Maintain strong connections with APAC and Global Health & Wellness leadership, ensuring alignment with global strategy, innovation priorities and new product introductions while communicating ANZ market and customer needs.
• Monitor developments in microbiome science, nutrition, functional foods and dietary supplements and translate relevant trends and insights into customer opportunities and internal business priorities.
• Ensure all customer and project activities are managed in accordance with ADM policies, processes and relevant FSANZ and TGA requirements.
• Participate in relevant internal and external technical forums, conferences, seminars, exhibitions and industry events to strengthen ADM's technical profile and identify emerging opportunities.
• Represent ADM professionally with customers, industry organizations, technical communities and other external stakeholders.

• University degree qualification in Food Science, Nutrition, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Science or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years' relevant industry experience in food, nutrition, health & wellness, ingredients or related industries.
• Strong technical understanding of food and/or nutrition product development.
• Demonstrated experience or exposure to microbiome solutions and biotics, including prebiotics, probiotics and/or postbiotics.
• Working knowledge of Australian and New Zealand regulatory requirements, including FSANZ and TGA.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with customer R&D, formulation, scientific and/or regulatory teams.
• Ability to understand customer technical requirements and translate them into practical product development solutions.
• Strong understanding of ingredient functionality, formulation and application development.
• Strong project management capability, with the ability to manage multiple customer projects and priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Good computer software skills including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

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