Customer Care Specialist

Kerry; Naas; Hybrid; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry in Ireland is seeking an experienced, passionate Customer Care Specialist fluent in French to join our team in Naas. The role combines high‑touch customer service with account administration and requires flexibility in a dynamic environment.

After a 4–6 week training, the role shifts to a hybrid pattern with office presence three days a week. This 12‑month fixed term contract offers exposure to a global food and nutrition leader and opportunities to grow within Kerry.

Qualifications

• Fluent French speaking required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to integrate and work in a changing environment.
• High level of attention to detail and strong organisational, analytical, problem solving and administrative skills.
• A team player with a desire for continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional, timely and effective communication with our customers.
• Responsible for account administration, account queries and commercial support.
• Manage customer orders and requests in line with procedures and suggest improvements to enhance efficiency.
• Resolve service issues by clarifying complaints, identifying causes and finding solutions, escalating to Lead/Supervisor/Manager as needed.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and collaborate with the supply chain and commercial teams to improve service.
• Keep up-to-date knowledge of products, customers, processes and suppliers.
• Assist with information gathering to support improvements.
• Remain flexible to meet business requirements.

Skills

Fluent French

Communication skills

Team player

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Adaptability

Job description

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 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 have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, passionate and professional individual, with the ability to operate in a dynamic environment to join our Customer Care team as a French speaking Customer Care Specialist.

The Customer Care Specialist acts as the key contact between our customers' and the company and will be responsive to customer's requirements at all times, (both internal and external) and resolve customer queries quickly and will direct their efforts to maximise the customer experience.

We welcome applications from candidates with other European Languages.

The role is based in Naas, Ireland and will require full attendance for the training period (4 – 6 weeks) then the role becomes a hybrid role working from the office 3 out of 5 days a week.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract position.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain professional, timely and effective communication with our customers
• Responsible for all aspects of account administration, account queries and commercial support
• Manage customer orders and requests in line with company procedures and propose improvements to procedures and processes, where possible, to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Resolve service issues where possible by clarifying customer complaints, determining cause and seeking solutions and seeking support and escalating appropriately to Lead / Supervisor / Manager
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with all customers by effectively managing customer accounts
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of products, customers, processes and suppliers
• Build strong relationships with the rest of the supply chain and all departments including the commercial team, work effectively with your Supervisor / Manager to improve the service to the customer
• Support the gathering of information to assist the implementation of improvements
• Remain fully flexible to meet business requirements and demands

We value courage, ownership, inclusiveness, open-mindedness and an enterprising spirit through success.

Qualifications and skills

In Kerry we understand that people have very different career trajectories and experiences. In order to be successful in this role we would be looking for the right competencies and aptitudes as well as your proven track record.

• Fluent French Speaker
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to integrate and work effectively with others in a changing environment
• High level of attention to detail and strong organisational, analytical, problem solving and administrative skills
• A team player
• A strong desire for continuous learning and a desire to grow professionally

In Kerry we know that sometimes the perfect candidate doesn’t exist and people can be put off applying for a role if they don’t fit all the requirements. If you are excited about working for us and have the majority of the skills or experience, then please do apply as you could be exactly what we are looking for.