Position Type: FT Permanent
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. 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
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We’re Dairy Consumer Foods – a leading name in the food industry with over €370m sales revenue globally. Alongside famous British & Irish brands such as Strings and Things, Pure, Dairygold and Coleraine, we’re also a leading producer of fantastic supermarket private label Butters, Spreads and Margarines. We are looking for a New Product Introduction Technologist (Process Technologist) that will work cross functionally, as part of the R&D Team, ensuring standardised approach to New Product Introduction in our Dairy Butter Spreads and Plant Based Butter Alternatives manufacturing facility. This individual will play a key role in transitioning product and packaging developments from the product development team to production readiness in collaboration with operations teams. Carry out recipe trials on dairy and plant-based products in the factory. Establish process control parameters, manufacturing instructions (including recipe information) and validate product standards which will enable Operations Team to manufacture products consistent with Product Design.
Communicate the product quality standards as part of the NPI process and provide training to facilitate understanding and effective implementation.
Organise and co-ordinate new packaging trials and ensure that outcome if effectively communicated to relevant stakeholders.
Own activities related with introduction of new products into the factory using various systems (internal and customer)
Work cross functionally with internal teams, suppliers, customers, and brand marketing.
Support the delivery of Process & Profit Improvement Projects at site level, ensuring changes are introduced in accordance with defined site capabilities, ensuring product quality attributes are preserved and Food Safety and Legal requirements are met.
Build relationships with Marketing, Operations and Commercial and ensure Customer care and adherence to our Purpose, Dairy Strategy, Vision, and Values
BSc in food science or equivalent, MSc desirable but not essential
Experience in food industry
Project management and organisational skills: demonstrate flexibility & adaptability.
Numerical ability to record & analyse key process data.
Highly organized multi-tasker, able to interpret data from multiple sources.
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., 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.