Key Account Manager
KerryBeijingUpdate time: July 13,2019
Job Description
About Kerry

Kerry is a world leader in taste and nutrition systems serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. We have annualised sales in excess of € 6.5 billion and employ over 25,000 people globally. Founded in 1972 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions and has succeeded in achieving sustained profitability.

We supply over 15,000 food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. We have established manufacturing facilities in 24 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.

Kerry has been present in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997 and has grown its business to become a brand of choice for our regional and local customers. From our Regional Headquarters and Global Technology Innovation Centre based in Singapore, Kerry employs nearly 3500 talented people at manufacturing sites and sales offices in 16 countries across the region.

Kerry prides itself on continuous innovation, technological creativity and business excellence in every area of the business, striving to enhance leadership positions in our consumer foods business and across global food and ingredients markets.


We are looking for people with ambition, vision and a commitment to excellence in a dynamic business environment to achieve and sustain this growth on a long-term basis. In return, we offer stimulating and rewarding careers from employee to management to leadership levels in a global food organisation.


Being a truly global company, our employees in Asia-Pacific have opportunities to develop their careers in a global environment, with training, career development and international opportunities across the Kerry world.

About the role
Key responsibilities
  • Establish and maintain good relationship with decision makers and key personnel at the customers.
  • Develop and present/lead the presentation of KA communications to the customer.
  • Establish and maintain a network to manage commercial, technical, quality and delivery issues between KA and the customer.
  • Understand customer needs, customer and market insights to formulate Business Plan with the customer.
  • Get information from customer and monitor with Areas to improve service level and promotion execution for customer.
  • Be responsible to develop account client, maintain and develop client relationship, increase customer satisfaction so as to achieve customer growth rate according to company request.
  • Select the key customers and design the promotion program, strategy and executive project, follow up the key potential customer & project to help sales team do the sales.
  • Seek for potential customers and business opportunities in China to support the profitability growth of the Kerry China.
  • Support the quarterly forecasting processes through proactive cooperation with the commercial team in China.
  • Proactively monitor the payment performance of the defined customers and actively take measures in cooperation with the credit control function to ensure timely payment of customer invoices.
  • Builds relationships with customers at all levels.
  • Other responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications and skills
  • Bachelor’s Degree or above.
  • More than 6 years relative working experience.
  • Familiar with commercial methodology and tools.
  • Food ingredient industry working experience is a must, experience in bakery, nutrition and flavors is a plus.
  • Price setting and margin management.
  • Develops and implements new and unique solutions to improve products and processes and create competitive advantage.
  • Experienced in communication and presentation skills and the ability to express thoughts logically and succinctly.
  • Possesses a basic understanding of relevant scientific knowledge (Food Science, Packaging, Sensory, Nutrition, Regulatory, Quality/Micro).
  • Understanding of Kerry’s and customers’ competitors and how to differentiate Kerry’s offerings.

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