RD&A Senior Technologist II

<div><div style='padding 10px 0px;border 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size16px;word-wrap break-word;'><H2 style='font-size 1em; margin 0px'><b>About Kerry</b></H2> </div><div>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.</div></div><div style='padding 10px 0px;border 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size16px;word-wrap break-word;'><H2 style='font-size 1em; margin 0px'><b>About the role</b></H2> </div><div><p style=margin 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>We are recruiting for a<strong> Senior RDA Technologist</strong> to be based in Portbury, Bristol. </span></p><p style=margin 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;> </p><p style=margin 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>The position will be responsible for the development of Meat Coatings systems and meat seasonings in conjunction with the Thailand RD&A team. </span></p><p style=margin 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;> </p><p style=margin 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Working in partnership with customers to develop innovative concepts as well as renovating current products. </span></p><p style=margin 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;> </p><p style=margin 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>The RD&A team collaborates with a global network of chefs, marketing and sensory experts to deliver products to market within launch timescales</span>.</p></div></div><div style='padding 10px 0px;border 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size16px;word-wrap break-word;'><H2 style='font-size 1em; margin 0px'><b>Key responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><ul><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Lead development on projects initiated by European customers that will be produced in Thailand.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Develop innovative solutions to help grow customer and Kerry’s market within cost parameters, manufacturing capability whilst ensuring all new products are legal within country of use.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Create value added products with a point of difference from our competitors continuing to lead in the market through manufacture process and ingredient knowledge.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Build relationships with key personnel within allocated accounts via visits, presentations and attending trials in customer factory when required.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Work closely with business development to understand customer requirements and win on briefs.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Ensures that ingredient functionality will meet customer expectations. Oversees projects from customer or internal brief through to hand over to Thai team for production at factory stage.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Develops food system formulations and related applications stability performance through demonstrated understanding of food formulation and chemical interactions.</span></li></ul></div></div><div style='padding 10px 0px;border 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size8px;word-wrap break-word;'><H2 style='font-size 1em; margin 0px'>.</H2> </div><div><ul><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Provide our customers with the best available products through developing an understanding the market, manufacturing capabilities, ingredient restrictions etc.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Working in partnership with customers and the Kerry cross functional team to deliver products from concept through to launch, in the time frames agreed with customers.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Maintain awareness of developments across Kerry, with a focus on Thailand, building these into new developments providing USP’s for customers. Ensure Kerry Taste and Nutrition is at the heart of all concept development.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Carry out competitor & product awareness analysis – including sensory product evaluations and carrying out own retail reviews as required typically in conjunction with business development.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Undertake training by visiting Thailand and working closely with the Thai RD&A and regulatory teams.</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Remain fully flexible to meet business requirements. Willing to travel within EMEA for customer visits and to Thailand for training.</span></li></ul></div></div><div style='padding 10px 0px;border 1px solid transparent;'><div style='font-size16px;word-wrap break-word;'><H2 style='font-size 1em; margin 0px'><b>Qualifications and skills</b></H2> </div><div><ul><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>BSc in food science or equivalent</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Extensive experience in Snack industry</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Experience in top note development for savoury applications</span></li><li style=line-height 115%; font-size 12pt; font-family Aptos, sans-serif;><span style=font-size 11.0pt; line-height 115%; font-family Arial, sans-serif;>Customer facing experience</span></li></ul></div></div></div><p style=margin0.0cm;font-size12.0pt;font-familyAptos, sans-serif><strong><span style=font-size11.0pt>Please note We do not accept CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies where terms of business have not been signed. Additionally, we will not consider or agree to payment of any recruiter fee under these circumstances. This also applies to CVs or candidate profiles sent directly to any Kerry Hiring Managers. In the event that speculative CVs or candidate profiles are submitted by recruitment agencies, we reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current or future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency.</span></strong></p>