Marketing Assistant

Requisition ID 51172 Position Type FT Fixed Term Recruiter #LI-VP2 Posting Type LI

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 the role

A really exciting 12 month fixed contract role has come up within the Foundational Technologies division of Kerry. The role will be working across two of our key pillars Proteins and Functional Technologies. This provides an excellent opportunity to get to grips with our exciting technology solutions and the multiple markets in which they operate.

It is a brilliant time to join the team with lots of exciting projects in the pipeline. Our technologies play a key role across a number of key markets within Food & Beverage and this role will focus on end use markets such as; Dairy, Bakery, Confectionary and Refreshing Beverages, where we have some exciting technology solutions.

The role will be a global role so is great for someone who likes to work both regionally and globally and really wants to understand how our fantastic technologies can make a difference within Food & Beverage.

What will you be doing?

•Functional Technology budget management

•Vendor Management

•Seismic & marketing collateral organisation Lead

•Market Research and Insights Support - Creating market trend reports using third-party data sources and Kerry proprietary research to help to inform strategy, value propositions and customer presentations.

•Campaign development, reporting & analysis.

- Competitor analysis

•Digital marketing asset creation, execution and tracking (internally & externally).

•Exposure to help to create value Propositions that will support new product launches and strategic positioning.

•Master the latest market research and insight generation to inform the best promotion of Kerry functional technologies

•Internal Communications utilizing our internal communication tools

•Embrace the matrix structure within Kerry to get closer to our regions and understand how we can better support and embed our offerings within their strategies.

What do you need to be successful?

- Experience: 1 to 2 years plus of which would have ideally been in a marketing environment but will consider applicants from other backgrounds.

- Qualifications: A degree in Marketing, Food Science or business related

- Fixed term contact: 12 months

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. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., 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.