RD&A Technologist - Retail Coatings (Pan Europe)

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

As part as the Retail Coating Team (Pan Europe), based out of our new co-creation centre in Frankfurt, you will be instrumental in providing support to the Meat Coating business across Mainland Europe 

Key responsibilities

• Commercially focused development and application lead creating market suitable, innovative products for key retail customers. 
• Support Foodservice and regional RD&A Teams on key projects. 
• Manage projects from ideation and bench development, through to scale-up and launch. 
• Develop a strong knowledge and understanding of the meat and meat alternative coating products portfolio. 
• Link consumer and customer insights into development of new products and renovation of existing products 
• Work in line with business strategies to help deliver ambitious growth targets. 
• Develop processing expertise to support customers in achieving the best possible product and possess the ability to problem solve and work through processing issues. 
• Strongly collaborate with Production sites in improving efficiency through recipe and process optimisations.  
• Be a Subject Matter Expert in Coatings. 

Qualifications and skills

• BSc in Food Science/ Technology or related field 
• Experience in Coatings Industry.  
• Laboratory experience  
• Processing/Manufacturing experience – to support on industrial trials and troubleshooting at customers.  
• Interest in Food: creativity, practical skills & enjoyment of food 
• Teamwork is essential, the role requires excellent interpersonal and rapport-building skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to share learnings, manage timelines & feedback results. 
• Ability to work cross-functionally and inter-departmentally. 
• Be adept at prioritising your work and managing a variety of projects/briefs. 
• Possess good organisational and PC skills and knowledge of MS Office  
• Availability to travel to customers and production sites.  
• Languages: German – native or high level. English: high level.