Technical Sales Manager – Brewing at Kerry

Job Description

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Kerry is a company rich in heritage and resources. Over the past five decades, our focus on changing lifestyles, the globalisation of food tastes and ever-evolving consumer needs has brought us to a market-leading global position. At Kerry, we are proud to provide our customers’ some of the world’s best-known food, beverage and pharma brands with the expertise, insights and know-how they need to deliver products that people enjoy and feel better about consuming.

Key responsibilities

Lead with technical insights and leverage customer/consumer insights to feed into innovation/renovation of our offerings To Grow and manage the alcoholic business in the Greater Africa, specifically beer brewing Align with RDA team to deliver overall cross functional excellence and consistent ways of working Drive Competitive Advantage – continuously drive the adoption of Kerry technologies and capabilities, ensuring attraction and retention, and high levels of customer satisfaction Maintain and develop customer success strategies and best practices to share with other commercial teams Customer Intimacy and Partnership – in-depth knowledge of our focussed customer set, with enriching relationships with critical stakeholders across Customers and Industry. Bringing to the table Credibility, Competence & Presence that makes Kerry the Partner of Choice. Educate the team in best practices and develop sales capability

Qualifications and skills

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology or Food Marketing 8 – 10 years of experience in communications, marketing, sales, account management, or customer service – preferably from a food science background, Experience in Brewing Strong verbal and written communication, strategic planning, and project management skills Analytical and process-oriented mindset Comfortable working across multiple departments in a deadline-driven environment Active team player, self-starter, and multitasker who can quickly adjust priorities, Passionate Strong execution skills with the ability to remain agile, tracking to the fast-paced business environment