Supply Chain Director Mexico

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 Director of Supply Chain for Mexico will have responsibility for transforming and delivering exceptional supply chain performance. This role has strategic and tactical leadership of Kerry’s supply chain organization, including: supply planning, demanding planning, customer service, import and export, and transportation. Another key aspect of this leadership role is accountability for solutions innovation and technology optimization.

We’re looking for someone who can thrive in a competitive environment and evolve our processes to be strategic and proactive. This is a great opportunity for people who have been successful in Supply Chain Management processes that they have inherited but are now seeking to create their ideal system. 

Key responsibilities

Kerry is seeking a qualified individual who can perform a combination, but not necessarily all, of the following duties:

• Develop and implement the vision, business processes, and strategy to drive excellence in supply chain performance.
• Develop supply chain management best practices in areas such as systems integration and optimization, inventory control, and demand planning
• Optimize routines to ensure delivery of supplies and improve supply chain metrics in terms of cost, quality, and service
• Accountable for ensuring the development of and execution against a multi-year Supply Chain strategy to meet future business growth requirements across our business, leveraging our regional supply chain structure and aligning to growth plans  
• Coordinate with the deployment of supply chain management processes across corporate, operations business functions, and external suppliers
• Embed operational, commercial processes and ways of working within our business to optimise profitability, efficiency and customer service.
• Support rapid growth across the markets by establishing supply chain practices that ensure consistent best-in-class customer service, fill rate and inventory efficiency
• Partner with our Business Leaders in expanding and deepening relationships with the company’s current and future vendors that enables profitable growth
• Render judgments and make timely decisions in alignment with business objectives, strategies and tactics and reflect active teamwork across the enterprise
• Bring external thinking and best practice ways of working to our E2E supply chain, developing actionable insights through key performance benchmarks

Qualifications and skills

• Inspirational leader and strong role model/ambassador to the wider organization
• Excellent interpersonal communication, relationship management and exceptional influencing and stakeholder management skills to be able work across all levels within an organization
• Commercial nous and natural focus on ROI, project and budget management and control
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Supply Chain, Distribution, or Logistics; MBA preferred

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience within supply chain / product supply, distribution, transportation and planning
• APICS certification preferred: Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM); or other related certifications (e.g., CFPIM, CIRM, SCOR-P, C.P.M., CSM or CPSM)
• Successful track record of leading large scale supply/distribution processes, ability to develop and implement strategy and deliver sustainable improvement and results
• Proven track record of leading a robust S&OP process that delivers improvements in fill rate, productivity and driving revenue growth with a strategic approach to improving inventory turns
• Experience in distribution dealing with high SKU complexity with consumable products
• Experience with M&A/TPM supply chain project management and a successful integration track record
• Excellent analytical and modeling skills with ability to leverage computerized systems and dashboards to measure and analyze efficiencies and drive continuous improvement
• Willingness and ability to travel 10% of time if required