Assistant Product Manager

Company Description

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

Job Description

1. Product & Portfolio full life cycle management

• Build product positioning, target species/application priorities and value propositions, execute product strategy and roadmap by region/channel/species.
• Contribute to SKU-level decisions (launches, repositioning, upgrades, phase-outs) with structured analysis on volume, margin and competitive fit.
• Design product Go-to-Market strategy (marketing activity plan and promotional materials of PPT, brochure, manuals, videos, etc).

2. Market & Customer Insight

• Conduct market intelligence on the animal nutrition value chain: market sizing by species and region, growth drivers, competitor benchmarking, pricing dynamics and substitution risk.
• Translate Voice-of-Customer from key accounts (integrators, feed mills, pet food producers) and distributors into clear product, technical and service requirement