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 looking for an Account Manager to join our UK Meats Team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in accelerating customer performance, driving commercial excellence and building long‑term partnerships.
You’ll support two key customer accounts, working closely with senior team members to build trusted partnerships and help deliver sales, profit and brand objectives.
Sitting at the heart of the business, you’ll lead customer relationships, turn strategy into action and make a measurable impact — with the freedom to think big, move fast and deliver results.
Key responsibilities
Managing and developing strong stakeholder relationships across designated customer accounts
Delivering against annual sales budgets and targets
Negotiating and implementing all pricing and commercial agreements in line with Kerry strategy
Driving product availability, customer orders and best-in-class service levels (from order fulfilment through to cash collection)
Working closely with Demand Planning to ensure customer forecasts are accurately reflected in business forecasts
Creating and executing integrated account plans that support overall strategy and brand execution
Owning customer performance through effective Joint Business Plans (JBPs), ensuring alignment across all stakeholders
Building deep expertise in your customers, their competitors and the wider market landscape
Planning, developing and delivering customer promotions
Creating, maintaining and actively managing customer business plans (JBPs)
Negotiating and delivering targeted customer trade rates across all activities
Ensuring accurate forecasting through close collaboration with Demand Planning teams
Qualifications and skills
Proven experience in account management or commercial roles, ideally within FMCG or food manufacturing
Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Confidence working cross-functionally with supply chain, demand planning and marketing teams
A data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insight into action
Excellent communication, planning and organisational skills
A proactive, solutions-focused approach and a passion for building long-term customer partnerships
Experience within the meat, foodservice or protein categories would be an advantage, but isn’t essential