Technical Sales Manager - Brewing at Kerry

Key responsibilities

• Lead with technical insights and leverage customer/consumer insights to feed into innovation/renovation of our offerings
• To Grow and manage the alcoholic business in the Greater Africa, specifically beer brewing 
• Align with RDA team to deliver overall cross functional excellence and consistent ways of working
• Drive Competitive Advantage – continuously drive the adoption of Kerry technologies and capabilities, ensuring attraction and retention, and high levels of customer satisfaction
• Maintain and develop customer success strategies and best practices to share with other commercial teams
• Customer Intimacy and Partnership – in-depth knowledge of our focussed customer set, with enriching relationships with critical stakeholders across Customers and Industry. Bringing to the table Credibility, Competence & Presence that makes Kerry the Partner of Choice. Educate the team in best practices and develop sales capability

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology or Food Marketing
• 8 - 10 years of experience in communications, marketing, sales, account management, or customer service – preferably from a food science background,
• Experience in Brewing 
• Strong verbal and written communication, strategic planning, and project management skills
• Analytical and process-oriented mindset
• Comfortable working across multiple departments in a deadline-driven environment
• Active team player, self-starter, and multitasker who can quickly adjust priorities,
• Passionate Strong execution skills with the ability to remain agile, tracking to the fast-paced business environment