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Supply Plannning Team Leader

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

Lead and develop a Supply Planning Hub team to deliver best-in-class planning performance, ensuring optimal service levels, inventory management, and cost efficiency. This role drives alignment across stakeholders, enables operational excellence through standardized processes, and builds a high-performing team capable of delivering business objectives through people, systems, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

  • Build and stabilize a high-performing Planning Hub with standardized and scalable and sustainable processes
  • Achieve inventory performance while ensuring service level targets are consistently met
  • Embed S&OP discipline across stakeholders and planning cycles
  • Develop team capabilities, leadership pipeline, and succession readiness
  • Drive continuous improvement and digital adoption in planning processes

Key Individual Accountabilities

  • Lead end-to-end supply planning activities within the Hub, ensuring alignment with regional and global strategies
  • Ensure optimal inventory levels, balancing service, working capital, and cost efficiency
  • Drive S&OP process adherence, ensuring high-quality inputs and cross-functional alignment
  • Develop, coach, and manage team performance, fostering engagement and capability building
  • Establish and monitor KPIs, ensuring data-driven decision-making across planning activities
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives (CI) to enhance planning accuracy, service, and efficiency
  • Ensure effective use of planning systems (e.g., SAP, advanced planning tools)
  • Manage stakeholder relationships across Supply Chain, Commercial, and Operations

Key Shared Accountabilities

  • Collaborate with Demand Planning, Production, and Procurement to ensure integrated planning
  • Support business decision-making through scenario planning and risk mitigation
  • Contribute to regional/global planning transformation initiatives
  • Ensure governance, compliance, and adherence to standard planning processes

Qualifications and skills

Role Specific Knowledge & Skills:

 

  • Strong stakeholder management
  • Leadership and team development
  • Planning process standardization
  • Decision-making under uncertainty
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Personal Attributes / Behaviours:

  • Results-oriented
  • Collaborative and influential
  • Proactive and ownership-driven
  • Strong communication skills
  • Continuous improvement mindset

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field

Experience:

  • 5+ years in Supply Chain / Planning
  • Experience working in shared services or hub environments preferred
  • Hands-on experience with SAP or planning tools
  • 3 years managing teams and developing people preferred

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