Job Description

Requisition ID: 54510 Position Type: FT Permanent Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite

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

This position will focus on the delivery of new product commercialization to our factories, ensuring site readiness and RM visibility, cross-functional collaboration, and end to end process alignment. The purpose of this role is to support delivery of top line growth for our business while focusing on 'right first time' quality accuracy and speed to market requirements of our customers.

Location: Jeddah Saudi Arabia Mobility: Up to 15% Reporting to: Commercialization Manager, Middle East

Key responsibilities

Oversee and project manage the completion of commercialization related activities on site ensuring factory readiness for all new products and transfer products from approval through to delivery to the customer

Lead and coordinate all RM related checks and activities - manage early raw material (RM) checks, ensure RM system readiness for order, track raw material status with Material Planning team, status report on RM, manage RM risks and escalations with MP team

Assess and analyze options for faster product lead times -, analyze forecasting data and prepare recommendations, prepare production options with Supply Planning team, review RM alternatives with RDA

Collaborate closely with cross-functional groups (R&D, Regulatory, Operations, Supply and Material Planning, Quality, Commercialization, Purchasing) to ensure cross functional alignment of all sites related activities such as label preparation, export certs, sample support.

Support Must Win process through early BOM review, product lead-time assessment and early site alignment

Identify and troubleshoot risk & issues; act as an escalation point for any problems and work with teams and commercialization manager to mitigate any risks to the project in question

Embed best practice, identifying and implementing any process improvement initiatives that support speed to market or efficiencies in the NPI process

Maintain data and files on Commercialization RM and product lead times

Assist Commercialization Manager and Supply Chain Manager with any ad hoc, additional tasks when required such as preparing and maintain data, running reports, identifying process improvements.

Qualifications and skills

Minimum bachelor's degree required in appropriate field of study Minimum 2 years' experience within the Food Manufacturing Industry in a project management or Supply Chain role Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities with an ability to assess data, analyze scenarios and propose solutions Strong interpersonal communication, relationship management and influencing skills to lead and work across functions and levels within the organization. Big-picture thinker, assertive and agile, able to positively challenge the existing norm. Excellent planning and organizational skills, with strong focus on fast and rigorous execution. Ability to develop project plans, spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document needs. Project Management certification is a plus e.g. PMP / PRINCE II Strong MS Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint Experience in SAP is desirable

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a "starter kit," investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name. Recruiter: #LI-SSM1 Posting Type: LI