Kerry is looking for an experienced Senior Category Manager to lead strategic sourcing activities across Europe for dairy and dairy-adjacent categories. The role will develop and execute sourcing strategies that deliver sustainable cost savings, protect continuity of supply, and maintain high standards of quality and supplier performance. The successful candidate will work closely with regional and global stakeholders to drive procurement initiatives, build strong supplier partnerships, and contribute to Kerry procurement and business objectives.
The dairy category now requires a specialist who can move beyond traditional tendering and annual negotiation. The role requires the ability to interpret milk pool economics, commodity volatility, processor and farmer models, pricing mechanisms, Scope 3 / FLAG reduction levers and customer-backed sustainability value, then convert that insight into practical sourcing decisions.
