Company Profile: Founded in 1927 in the Netherlands, Provimi is a leading provider of innovative products and services for animal nutrition. Supported by Cargill’s unparalleled knowledge in animal nutrition needs, Provimi harnesses a global network of research, innovation and technical know-how to deliver the right solutions for your business. With premixes, additives and specialties such as piglet feeds and milk replacers, Provimi offers solutions backed by expertise in compound feed, supply chain and risk management that work together to create value for you. From ingredient evaluation all the way through complete feed formulations to productivity solutions, we can help you differentiate your business and improve profitability. They have a Premium & Base mix factory in Vietnam and an office in Ho Chi Minh.
Key areas of responsibility & Key Contributions:
1. Identifying customer requirements/issues and recommending an appropriate nutrition solution (technologies and services);
2. Design and conduct products and services/solutions presentations/discussions to the customer’s technical staffs and managers, R & D specialists and managers, formulators, purchasers, etc.;
3. Support more than 30 clients and prospective customers in 3 main customer segmentation (including feed mills, feed mills with their own internal farms, and self-mixed farming systems). Livestock species in focus include, but not limited to monogastric animals;
4. Continuous effort to enhance sales capability (especially in understanding and solving complex customer issues) through product/digital nutrition, NIR, and lab services/skill training programs (≥ 40 meetings in total) for the sale team. Explore opportunities to develop new support tools;
5. Connect the sale team with related multiple supportive functions (both globally and locally) to share and leverage knowledge and experience within the organization.

Reason for resignation: Changes in the direction of the company's business organizational system.

Manna is the European Joint Doctorate in Molecular Animal Nutrition - European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program H2020-MSCA-ITN-017-EJD: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks - Grant Agreement Nº: 765423. 01
Key areas of responsibility & Key Contributions:
1. As a representative of 11 PhD MANNA students, I have involved in supervising and assisting the activities of project members, including PhD students, PI, and supervisors;
2. Researcher on molecular animal nutrition, involving zootechnical performances, fatty acid biochemistry, and proteomic analysis of plasma, serum, and intestinal wall;
3. Project title “n6/n3 Fatty acid (FA) ratio effect on piglet microbiome and immunity”.

Key areas of responsibility & Key Contributions: Teaching and doing research projects on applied animal science, specifically in pigs and poultry nutrition, pigs and poultry welfare such as:
1. Dietary supplementation with sesame products to improve semen quality of Ho and Dong Tao chickens (Jan 2017 – Dec 2018);
2. Improve meat quality and production efficiency of swine production households by self-mixing of available local raw materials (Jan 2017 – Dec 2018);
3. Study on supplement of Red worms (Perionyx excavatus) to the diet of broiler chicken (Sep 2007 – Jul 2009).