Position Type: FT Permanent
We’re Kerry 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.
This is an exciting role with huge opportunity for the right person and will also include some European travel. The person will be a self starter and able to demonstrate the skills and qualities required to manage such an important account. Due to the nature of the role, candidates need to have exceptional stakeholder management skills and be confident in dealing with all levels up to and including CEO. At Kerry DCF, we operate a hybrid working model with 2 days a week in our Staines, Surrey, based office.
Delivery of sales budget and target on an annual basis
Accountable for customer performance, creating and ensuring JBP is a working document bought into by all stakeholders and reflects and achieves sales, profit & volume objectives for Kerry
Responsible for ensuring all price and commercial agreements are agreed with customers and aligned to Kerry strategies and fully implemented with the customer
Responsible for driving availability and customer orders as well as Kerry service levels (order fulfillment through to accounts received)
Actively work with Demand Planning to ensure that the customer sales forecast is accurately reflected in the business sales forecast
5 years+ Top 5 Retail experience in a food and beverage account management environment
~ Highly knowledgeable of the food industry
~ Strong communication and stakeholder management qualities
~ Excellent knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint
~ Consistent with our policy of providing equality of opportunity for all, we are required to seek particular information from applicants. 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.