Description

Requisition ID 38404

Position Type FT Permanent

Recruiter #LI-JT1

Posting Type LI

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.

Key responsibilities:
• Supporting the order review process, highlight customer orders in review status and potential misses ensuring orders are meeting On Time in Full
• Proactively facilitate and chair meetings to ensure crossfunctional involvement in the supply chain process to address challenges within the process/order process and develop solutions to resolve conflicts and inefficiencies
• Focus on challenging supply planning parameters, including safety stock, minimum order quantities and optimal production quantities in accordance with targeted working capital targets.
• Lead Sales & Operation Planning (S&OP) supply review monthly meetings with relevant stakeholders
• Support order versus demand gap analysis for financial projection visibility of the business
• Work with Demand Planning team on forecast concerns and question to improve supply targets based on market demand changes and trends
• Work with sales, RDA and supply counterparts for key sites on action plan for aged/SAR inventory.
• Run analysis and draft reports as required
• Manage projects where required
• Occasionally requires customer interactions and representing the company in customer calls/meeting.

Qualifications and skills:

Technical Skills & Experience
• Experience working in a high sku/volume or highly complex supply chain matrix environment
• Preferred experience/proficiency with SAP as an advantage, APO, ECC BI reporting
• Advanced skills with Excel and analytical abilities
• Strong understanding of supply planning, forecasting techniques, and operational systems
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or its equivalent in relevant area Supply Chain/Manufacturing Operations, Business, Economics, Engineering
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or its equivalent in relevant area Supply Chain/Manufacturing Operations, Business, Economics, Engineering
• 3+ Years Professional experience
• 3+ Years Industry Specific experience
• Have a very strong commercial and market understanding.
• Arabic language proficiency is a plus
Personal Competencies
• Must be a team player who has ability to be proactive, flexible and develop in the role.
• Customeroriented individual and an outstanding problemsolver
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Process and procedurally oriented
• Detailoriented
• Change management skills