Process Engineer - Kerry

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



We're building a whole new team in our New Jersey plant, dedicated to tackling the toughest challenges in production and quality improvement. As a key member, you'll lead the charge in proactive and reactive root cause investigation. Your insights will drive transformative change, optimizing our processes and elevating our standards.





Key responsibilities




+ Own and manage new product introduction and industrialization life cycle.


+ Act as the main hub between R&D, Production, Quality, and Supply Chain to manage the agile and effect launch of new products and formulations.


+ Understand technical equipment and process capability to streamline bench to batch workflow.


+ Coordinate and monitor scale up activities (i.e. production process instructions and standard times, order of addition, quality specification alignment, etc)


+ Act as the primary owner of technical issue resolution (Z2 management and reduction).


+ Centrally coordinate efforts between R&D, Production, and Quality to effectively address Right the First-Time failures.


+ Utilize robust problem-solving techniques to drive root cause identification and resolution.


+ Primary responsibility over issue management to drive down plant OTIF and Cost loss impact of Z2s.


+ Develop and implement key process improvement projects to optimize manufacturing performance (i.e., Yield/Scrap Performance, Production Cycle times, Material flows, OEE).


+ Support proactive measures to drive sustainable manufacturing performance (i.e., Specification Alignment, Material Substitutions, Pre-Manufacturing Trials, Proactive Product Reviews, Conditional Batch Usage, etc.).


+ Partner with Site and Regional Capex engineering team to steer investment opportunities aligned with process capability and commercial growth opportunities.


+ Operational management of product transfers (to/from Clark, 3rd party manufacturers, and affiliate sites).






Qualifications and skills




+ Education: Bachelors in Engineering field or Food Science.


+ 3+ years' experience in food or in a related manufacturing operation is a strong advantage.


+ Team player with strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.