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About Kerry Australia

Kerry Australia is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. They innovate with their customers to create great-tasting products with improved nutrition and functionality while ensuring a better impact on the planet. The company's leading and proprietary consumer insights, global RD&A team of 1,000+ food scientists, and local manufacturing footprint in 31 countries sit to co-create with their customers across over 150 countries. 

To learn more about Kerry Australia, watch this video.

Your role

An individual who can play a key role in simplifying their current new product development process and recommend improvements by engaging with the wider team whilst utilizing your food scientist background.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for all coordination and administration support of New Product Scale-Ups / Commercialization / Cost Saving Projects.
• Running low-complexity product trials and commercialization execution for Senior Scientists and Managers:
  • Attend Pre-Run and Planning calls as Research, Development and Applications (RD&A) point of contact
  • Complete the Pre-run checklist and attend trials to validate mixing instructions, and process parameters.
  • Troubleshoot during trials (some time will be needed for Commercialised product troubleshooting as well)
  • Post-trial: Review process, processing instructions, align with Scientist and other team members
  • Collect relevant Research and Development (R&D) samples e.g. shelf-life/analytical samples, and customer samples and assist in shelf-life studies as needed by RD&A Scientists. 
  • Post-run product assessment (physical properties, analytical data and sensory)
• Key contact for process and systems enhancement, working collaboratively with a wider RD&A team. 
• System and administration support, relating to all recipe and ingredient changes. 
• Working with the Quality Department to manage and maintain any controlled documentation requiring R&D input.
• Expand product knowledge by cross-training in other technologies. 
• Assist the ANZ RD&A team in other tasks and projects as requested by the Manager on an ad hoc basis.

Training & development

The Kerry Graduate Development keeps you on course to be the very best you can be, The company's programme follows the 70:20:10 development model:

• 70% of your learning takes place on the job through projects, rotations, and being given responsibility early in your career
• 20% comes from the support of your manager and your mentor, who is a senior leader in Kerry Australia
• 10% comprises a personal leadership programme run in conjunction with a leading training partner

Benefits

Kerry Australia offers a competitive salary to invest in you and your development. In addition, the company offer 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), health care coverage, a matched pension scheme (2%-10%), a benefits platform offering discounts and cashback on major retailers, and access to an employee assistance program. Rewards and benefits will be subject to the location where you're working. 

Career progression

Kerry Australia believes in giving talented, curious people opportunities to make a difference. They believe people can achieve whatever they put their minds to and they’re actively looking for people who share their purpose. Join their team in innovating across disciplines to create new solutions for food, beverage, and pharma products. 

To learn more about careers at Kerry Australia, watch this video.

Work-life balance

Kerry Australia provides comprehensive work-life balance benefits:

• Vacation & Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Volunteer Time Off

Culture & vibe

Kerry Australia fosters an inclusive culture where people feel valued, respected, and at their best. They appreciate the unique perspectives and experiences of each of their colleagues. They celebrate the differences that make life interesting and continue to build on their work to date. Read more.

About you

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Technology/Science, or any similar field. 
• Open to fresh graduates or those with 1 year of experience in the flavour house or food ingredients industry. 
• Strong interpersonal, self-organizing, multitasking and project management skills.

How to apply

To apply for this role, simply click the "Apply on employer site" button on this page to submit your application directly to Kerry. 

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• kerry.com