Jobs at Kerry Group Plc

Requisition ID: 50856

About the Role

• We are looking for a talented and motivated RD&A Scientist with experience in Sauce technologies (Savoury or Sweet sauces experience).
• This is a hands-on, end-to-end Ideation to Commercialization role, working with a Global company with a significant Application and Manufacturing footprint across Greater Africa. 

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to the R&D, Regulatory, Marketing, Commercial, Operations and Quality teams
• Evaluate the totality of the existing scientific evidence and translate into product positioning and messaging, within the context of existing regulations
• Provide ongoing technical support to position Kerry’s capabilities in sauces (savoury and sweet) development for food service
• Holistic product development of sauces with formulation excellence and processing know how
• Ingredient competencies especially fat emulsion, protein stabilization, dairy ingredients, texturant systems, buffering systems and flavourings
• Support rapid innovation for new product development and new business opportunities to meet ever changing food service customer and consumer needs
• Identify opportunities for new product development and positioning across food service and retail channels
• Identify and evaluate technologies and ingredients for new product development; leverage existing technologies to identify and promote innovation opportunities
• Provide application support to relevant business and RD&A teams on food service development projects
• Assist in formulating wet sauces platform across multiple market End Uses and its implementation; Articulate and translate program to top-line and bottom-line impact to business growth and be able to engage with business leaders on business impact
• Interface with internal and external scientific experts, to advance in product innovation and support business growth
• Lead and participate in proactive and reactive projects
• Present technically complex scientific data to internal and external customers to progress business objectives
• Collaborate on new product development and introductions with interdepartmental teams on Project Management initiatives
• Attend trade shows and scientific conferences
• Present to customers, sales and other stakeholders

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Food Science, Food Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or other related fields with a minimum 5 years relevant experience
• Food and Beverage research experience – protocol development, study design, recruitment, monitoring, laboratory analysis, project management, etc
• Sauce product development with ingredient competencies, especially fat emulsion, protein stabilization, dairy ingredients, texturant systems, buffering systems and flavourings (sweet or culinary sauce experience will be beneficial)
• Application expertise in food service areas is of great benefit, but not essential
• Sensory evaluation skills to support product development
• Product upscale with processing knowledge in terms of product and its application
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Fluency in English is essential
• Works well with cross-functional teams –has the ability to link between applications groups / Marketing / Production in order to achieve the end goal
• Strong team player with a clear focus on stakeholder engagement and solution delivery
• Takes personal accountability and ownership of actions to completion
• Stays abreast of current literature, research, industry developments and market trends
• Displays the creativity to independently identify experimental work necessary to achieve project objectives and contribute workable ideas

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Requisition ID: 49520

About the Role

• The focus of the Marketing Analyst is on Market Research and Consumer Insights (MRCI) to help the business understand consumers and the market.
• This is a dedicated resource to focus on gaining market knowledge and consumer insights to help inform strategic direction for the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver market and consumer insights to facilitate the creation of commercial presentations and strategy development
• Works with the MRCI team to develop proactive consumer insights that are relevant and meaningful to the market
• Generate strong understanding of market & consumer trends and behaviour
• Support Kerry’s ‘Insight Sales’ approach to selling by developing market and consumer insights to help shape Kerry’s value proposition and messaging
• Compile reports containing actionable recommendations as required by the Marketing & Sales teams
• Create insight driven, visually compelling presentations, infographics and any other asset to pitch or communicate internally
• Analysis and interpretation of market and consumer data
• Determine market and consumer needs through qualitative and quantitative research, surveys, and focus groups
• Designing or assisting in the development of questionnaires and moderator guides to ensure the necessary data is captured
• Applies analytical techniques, methodologies, and processes to interpret the data, eliciting insights and delivering substantiated recommendations
• Identifies and ensures that all relevant consumer data is incorporated into analysis to ensure a comprehensive view of consumer behaviour
• Manage specific insight projects or challenges, where consumer and market data are the most significant dimension, and work with other teams to produce and communicate final results and recommendations
• Manage the process to facilitate information/knowledge sharing and transfer, including monthly/quarterly reporting and planning forums
• Management of Market Research agencies

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Business, Marketing, Mathematics, or the Sciences with at least 3 to 5 years within the Market Research industry
• Prior experience in the Food & Beverages, marketing or B2B marketing environment preferable
• Strong experience conducting consumer, market, and customer research
• Strong experience in industry and market analysis, segmentation, consumer, sales, and customer analysis

Competencies:

• Strong analytic and critical thinking and interpretation skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including creating & making presentations to large audiences.
• Problem solving ability 
• Information gathering techniques 
• Project management and cross functional team working 
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a hyper speed environment.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills