Director Animal Production

Travel: Regular travel across Germany required

A unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced poultry leader to take on a high-impact Director of Live Production role within a well-established agricultural business.

The company combines long-standing expertise with modern, sustainable production methods and innovative technologies. With a strong focus on quality, animal welfare and operational excellence, this is a chance to play a key role in shaping the future of a large-scale poultry production operation.

The Opportunity

As Director of Live Production, you will take overall responsibility for the company’s grandparent and parent-stock operations across more than 100 sites.

This is a broad, strategic and hands-on leadership role, offering significant scope to shape performance, lead investment projects and drive continuous improvement across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the operational management of poultry production across a large, multi-site network.
• Drive improvements in productivity, efficiency, quality and animal-welfare standards.
• Provide strong leadership, motivation and development for teams across the operation.
• Own strategic and operational investment planning, including the delivery of key capital projects.
• Ensure compliance with relevant animal-welfare, environmental, health and safety, quality, planning and construction regulations.
• Take responsibility for budgets, operational performance and delivery against business objectives.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to shape the future direction of the live-production function.

About You

You will be an accomplished leader with substantial experience in poultry production, ideally within breeder, parent-stock, grandparent-stock, hatchery or farm-management environments.

You will bring:

• A degree in Agricultural Science, Veterinary Medicine or a related discipline.
• Proven senior leadership experience within the poultry industry and primary production.
• Strong knowledge of poultry production, animal welfare, biosecurity and farm operations.
• A sound understanding of relevant agricultural, environmental, planning and animal-welfare legislation.
• Experience leading large teams and complex, multi-site operations.
• Commercial awareness, strategic thinking and a results-focused mindset.
• Experience managing investment plans and operational improvement projects.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to travel regularly across Germany.

Why Apply?

This is a challenging and highly visible leadership position with genuine autonomy and the opportunity to make a lasting impact. You will join an established, forward-thinking agricultural business where you can shape the live-production strategy, develop people and drive meaningful operational change.

If you are a senior poultry-production leader looking for your next challenge, we would be keen to hear from you.