Job Purpose
The Regional Product Application Manager (Shrimp Hatchery) bridges Product Management and the market by translating local customer needs, application experience and field data into actionable product improvements.
The role is responsible for generating high-quality market evidence through local application trials, protocol validation and customer feedback, enabling the Product Manager to continuously optimize products, application guidelines and commercial argumentation.
The Regional Product Application Manager works closely with:
- Product Manager Diets portfolio, to prioritize evidence generation and product optimization
- Global Technical Experts to ensure trials follow global technical standards and application protocols
- Regional Technical Support and Commercial teams to identify customer needs, execute local trials and validate solutions under commercial conditions
Key Responsibilities
Product application intelligence
- Collect and analyse regional market needs, customer feedback and application data to identify opportunities for product and protocol optimisation.
- Translate local insights into actionable recommendations for Product Management and contribute to the Local-for-Local innovation strategy.
Application validation & product optimisation
- Plan and coordinate regional application validation activities in collaboration with Regional Technical Support and Commercial teams.
- Analyse trial results and field data to optimise product application, dosage, protocols and positioning for regional markets.
Technical evidence & knowledge transfer
- Develop regional application protocols, technical argumentation and evidence-based documentation to support Product Management, Marketing and Commercial teams.
- Contribute validated regional insights and case studies to global product documentation and best practices.
Cross-functional collaboration
- Work closely with Regional Technical Support to identify customer opportunities and coordinate field validation.
- Collaborate with Global Technical Experts to ensure technical consistency and incorporation of global best practices.
- Support Product Managers with evidence required for portfolio decisions and product lifecycle management.
- Provide technical input to Marketing for product positioning and communication materials.
Qualifications and experience
- Strong understanding of aquaculture production systems and product application.
- Hands-on experience in shrimp farming operations in the region, particularly in hatchery
- Experience designing, coordinating or analysing technical field trials.
- Ability to analyse biological and commercial data and translate findings into practical recommendations.
- Experience working in cross-functional, international organisations.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Fluent English; additional regional language is an advantage.
- Good knowledge of MS Office platforms
Reports to: Product & Business Development Manager – Diets
Location: Ecuador
Travel: Frequent travel is required in the assigned region (60%)
Interested?
We offer a challenging job in a dynamic sector and growing company with a compatible salary package in-line with your experience. If you want to apply for this job, then please forward your CV and motivation letter to Mr. Marc De Feyter, HR Director, at HRM@inveaquaculture.com