About Kerry

About the role

Key responsibilities

• Support the business lead to develop a commercial plan that drives sustainable & profitable growth, aligned with Kerry’s strategic growth platforms.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of customers, markets, competitors, and trends to identify actionable insights.
• Identify new sales opportunities & ensure a strong pipeline of new business with existing and new customers.
• Ensure the smooth execution of projects by managing the pipeline proactively across functions and business units.
• Development of proactive customer campaigns with Marketing and R&D that create significant value for key customers.
• Build collaborative and cross-functional relationships with existing and new accounts.

Qualifications and skills

• Proven experience working successfully with multifunctional teams to ensure achievement of strategic business goals.
• Sound knowledge of the New Zealand Food and Beverage market.
• Exceptional communication skills and a genuine passion for food and beverage, with proven capacity to relay this in all your customer and stakeholder engagements.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Builds partnerships based on trust and integrity and collaborates to maximize value from cross- functional teamwork.
• Well-developed planning and organisational skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Food Science preferred with relevant work experience.