Beverage Development Specialist

Requisition ID ‎49281
Position Type FT Permanent
Recruiter #LI-RG1
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

The Beverage Development Specialist creates innovative drink concepts for
coffee based beverages as well as cocktails/mocktails. Develops unique
operationally sensible concepts for key accounts as well as Independent coffee
Shops.

To be based in Riyadh, KSA

Key responsibilities

• Builds and maintains on-trend beverage concept library to support national brands.


• Assists with new product development efforts, custom and branded, from concept to commercialization.


• Responsible for creating gold standard and approving benchtop and scale-up samples prior to presentation to customer.


• Responsible for internal beverage training: on premise applications, coffee, chai, and smoothies.


• Assists with creative brainstorming and copy writing for beverage related concepts - to help merchandise concepts at store level.


• Assists with new product development efforts, key shows and key account calls as needed.


• Conducts masterclasses in the region to provide insight to customers and industry leveraging current and future trends


• Promotes the brand through social media engagement as well as all other media channels


• Develops relationships with beverage equipment suppliers and partners.


• Compete in Barista / Mixology Events as the ambassador to the brand

Qualifications and skills

• Requires ‎4+ years experience in beverage industry, particularly HORECA segment and coffee market.


• ‎3-yr Undergraduate degree required.


• Must have knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures, including beverage equipment.


• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Travel required (‎40%).

Key attributes:
* Adept in barista and mixology skills; professional;
* Presentation skills - articulate, entertaining
* Creativity. Ability to think out of the box in developing solutions for customers and communicating/selling ideas internally.
* Communication skills - ability to build rapport easily
* Well-rounded assortment of industry contacts and relationships, preferably with key operators and leading spirit companies.
* Strong organizational and project management skills
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.