Senior Strategic Marketing Manager - Food Service

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

• Work as the internal marketing leader to Food Service Global Accounts as top priority, focusing on Savoury and dessert categories.
• Also act as Sub-EUM marketing expert and provide relevant support to team members for other FS customers.

Key responsibilities

• Act as marketing lead in all customers’ projects, based on solid market insights and customer understanding.  Proactively and actively lead menu innovation for customers.
• Develop proactive KA marketing plan through innovation workshop, proactive technology introduction to better sell Kerry products.
• Build up professional marketing reputation in front of customers through daily projects.
• Partner with and influence stakeholders at all levels, providing well-grounded strategic recommendations and delivering on marketing executional excellence. Collaborate with cross function teams to dig out more business opportunities and gain new wins.
• Build up know-how and expertise of relevant sub-EUM and respond actively to internal marketing team with professional support.
• Other tasks assigned by the line manager.

Qualifications and skills

Competencies Required:

• Excellent capabilities in analysing market trends and data to generate ideas and concepts for customers by providing reason to believe in Kerry.
• Self-motivated working spirit under high pressure with customer-oriented mindset.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Strong team spirit and project management skills.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in food technology, business, or a relevant discipline.
• Minimum 5-8 years’ working experiences in B2B marketing within food and beverage industries, global KAC marketing experiences are more preferred.
• Solid understanding of FS market, customer and consumer insights with working background in multinational companies.
• Good command of English in both writing and speaking.