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 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 integral environment.

About the role
Lead and develop a Supply Planning Hub team to deliver best-in-class planning performance, ensuring optimal service levels, inventory management, and cost efficiency. This role drives alignment across stakeholders, enables operational excellence through standardized processes, and builds a high-performing team capable of delivering business objectives through people, systems, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

Build and stabilize a high-performing Planning Hub with standardized and scalable and sustainable processes

Achieve inventory performance while ensuring service level targets are consistently met

Embed S&OP; discipline across stakeholders and planning cycles

Develop team capabilities, leadership pipeline, and succession readiness





Drive continuous improvement and digital adoption in planning processes

Key Individual Accountabilities

Lead end-to-end supply planning activities within the Hub, ensuring alignment with regional and global strategies

Ensure optimal inventory levels, balancing service, working capital, and cost efficiency

Drive S&OP; process adherence, ensuring high-quality inputs and cross-functional alignment

Develop, coach, and manage team performance, fostering engagement and capability building

Establish and monitor KPIs, ensuring data-driven decision-making across planning activities

Drive continuous improvement initiatives (CI) to enhance planning accuracy, service, and efficiency

Ensure effective use of planning systems (e.g., SAP, advanced planning tools)

Manage stakeholder relationships across Supply Chain, Commercial, and Operations

Key Shared Accountabilities

Collaborate with Demand Planning, Production, and Procurement to ensure integrated planning

Support business decision-making through scenario planning and risk mitigation

Contribute to regional/global planning transformation initiativesEnsure governance, compliance, and adherence to standard planning processes

Qualifications and skills

Strong stakeholder management

Leadership and team development

Planning process standardization

Decision-making under uncertainty

Cross-functional collaboration

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

Results-oriented

Collaborative and influential

Proactive and ownership-driven

Strong communication skills

Continuous improvement mindset

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field

Experience

5+ years in Supply Chain / Planning

Experience working in shared services or hub environments preferred

Hands-on experience with SAP or planning tools

3 years managing teams and developing people preferred

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