Account Planner (remote)

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. Review raw material requirements on a daily/weekly basis, identifying and resolving shortages and/or risks. • Work with vendors to ensure timely delivery of raw materials and appropriate maintenance of vendor-managed inventory. • Generate raw material forecasts for vendors on a monthly basis. • Maintain and audit system data, such as safety stock, item master, recipes, and bills of materials. • Lead material call off activities in new production launches. • Provide guidance and support for the materials team in the area of supply chain best practices and optimization strategies. • Continuously work to reduce working capital investment through proactive stock-at-risk management. • Lead weekly raw material stock-at-risk meetings, troubleshoot and conduct internal escalations as needed. • Work with management to continuously improve supply chain processes. Bachelor’s Degree from a four year college or university in Business Administration or related field preferred. • SAP experience preferred. • Minimum intermediate level competency in Microsoft Excel required. • Understanding of inventory transactions. • LANGUAGE SKILLS: • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, and legal documents. • Ability to communicate in English, both written and oral fashion effectively and professionally within the plant, including to top management and other departments. Must be able to evaluate test data for the purpose of determining process control adherence and determine proper responses to “out-of-specification” product. • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Compensation Data Kerry typically does not hire an individual at the top or near the top of the range, as we are a pay-for-performance company, and this range is set to continue to reward performance annually while in role. The specific compensation offered to a candidate within the above range may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity. Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement. We may use artificial intelligence tools to support the review and assessment of applications and assist with scheduling interviews. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. 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., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. 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.