Summary:

The Formulations Administrator is responsible for maintaining the integrity of product formulations, feed tags, mixed feed margins and historical data for all of Gold Star Feed & Grain’s formulations department. Excellent communications and attention to detail are crucial.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Closely coordinates with sales and private nutritionist and GM to manage local formulation in the following areas: >Formula maintenance, additions, modifications and deletions, Tag maintenance.
• Manages and maintains contract ingredient specs and pricing.
• Updates all costs monthly.
• Determines cost formulation of “house” formulas and coordinates mixed feeds into production procedures.
• Responsible for maintaining price lists for sack and bulk.
• Coordinates with Purchasing to monitor average daily usage of individual formulation ingredients.
• Coordinates with the GM in implementing monthly formula ingredient pricing and margin management and inventory control.
• Communicate and facilitate ingredients substitutions when needed.
• Develop new procedures for keeping track of customers’ patterns as well as formulation changes monitoring.
• Support the outside nutrition partners.
• Maintaining close contact with customers to keep customer contracts in formulas current.
• Coordinates with operations and purchasing teams on least-costing for inventories at plants
• Comply with the companies Safety and Health policies as listed in the Employee Handbook
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science or related field preferred.
• Dairy industry/marketplace knowledge and strong agricultural business aptitude preferred.
• Strong attention to detail required.
• Strong computer skills required.
• Strong customer service commitment required.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member with the ability to effectively train staff members, customers, and sales/nutrition representatives.
• Must have superior verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot, problem solve, and follow up is required.