Marketing Director - Foodservice Chains

Kerry; Beloit (WI); Sur place; USD 193 000 - 289 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Employee Share Plan

Life Insurance

Disability

Accident insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Résumé du poste

Kerry is seeking a Marketing Director for Foodservice Chains to drive the strategic marketing agenda with Sales, Insights, and RD&A. You will lead a two-person team, shape channel strategy, and elevate Kerry’s presence with senior customer stakeholders.

You have 10+ years of B2B marketing experience in foodservice/CPG, strong storytelling and presentation skills, and a proven track record partnering with sales to influence strategic decisions. This role is based in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in B2B marketing, foodservice, CPG, or adjacent industries.
• Experience partnering with sales teams and influencing senior commercial and customer stakeholders.
• Proven ability to translate insights into strategies, programs, and compelling customer narratives.
• Exceptional storytelling, presentation development, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high performing teams.
• Strong project management and organizational capability within a complex, matrixed environment.
• Deep customer orientation and passion for foodservice industry trends and dynamics.

Responsabilités

• Lead the strategic marketing agenda for the Foodservice Chains channel in partnership with Sales, Insights, RD&A and cross-functional teams.
• Translate consumer, category, competitive, and channel insights into actionable strategic recommendations and plans.
• Identify opportunities across major chain segments (QSR, fast casual, casual dining, emerging chains, convenience).
• Oversee end-to-end marketing deliverables: content development, storytelling, campaigns and executive-ready materials.
• Lead executive customer engagements and compelling presentations to strengthen Kerry’s strategic partnership.

Connaissances

Strategic marketing

Executive stakeholder management

Storytelling & presentations

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field

MBA preferred

Description du poste

Requisition ID: 67769
Position Type: (US)Full Time
Workplace Arrangement:

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.

What will you do?

The Marketing Director, Foodservice Chains is the senior marketing business partner to the Foodservice Chains commercial leadership team. This role leads the strategic marketing agenda for the channel, working in close partnership with Sales, Insights, RD&A, and cross‑functional partners to drive growth, strengthen customer partnerships, and enable commercial teams with best‑in‑class strategic programs and tools. This leader manages a team of two and plays a critical role in shaping channel strategy, enabling commercial execution, and elevating Kerry’s presence with senior‑level and executive customer stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Serve as the primary strategic marketing partner to the Foodservice Chains commercial leadership team.
• Lead development of the annual Foodservice Chains marketing and growth strategy, aligned to business objectives and customer priorities.
• Translate consumer, category, competitive, and channel insights into actionable strategic recommendations and commercial plans.
• Identify “where to play” and “how to win” opportunities across major chain segments (e.g., QSR, fast casual, casual dining, emerging chains, convenience).
• Influence portfolio and pipeline priorities in partnership with RD&A and Commercial leaders across meat (coatings, seasonings), food (dairy sauces & sides) and beverage (Kerry brands portfolio & finished beverage solutions).
• Support joint business planning and long-range strategy discussions with internal leadership and key customers.

Strategic Marketing Program Leadership

• Lead the creation and activation of proactive marketing programs along with the two direct repots—customer ready narratives, commercial playbooks, demand creation platforms, channel specific campaigns, customer insights, and category opportunity maps.
• Ensure the sales team has the tools, stories, and content needed to execute effectively with their accounts.
• Build repeatable, insight led programs that elevate Kerry’s value proposition across taste, nutrition, sustainability, and innovation to the foodservice industry
• Partner with Insights to generate and socialize proprietary Foodservice Chains insights that shape commercial strategy and customer engagement.
• Oversee team execution of best-in‑class end to end marketing deliverables: content development, capabilities storytelling, occasion platforms, trends narratives, selling decks, and executive-ready materials.

Executive Customer Engagement & Presentation Leadership

• Lead strategic, high impact customer engagements with priority Foodservice Chain accounts—including executive meetings, joint strategy sessions, immersion sessions, and business reviews.
• Deliver compelling, insight-rich, and visually engaging customer presentations that strengthen Kerry’s position as a strategic partner.
• Represent the Foodservice Chains business in cross-regional and global forums when executive-level marketing input is required.
• Elevate Kerry’s brand and market presence in foodservice through thought leadership, forward-looking trends analysis, and best in class customer storytelling.
• Establish, cultivate and maintain marketing to marketing relationships across the industry with a large focus on cultivating relationships with beverage and meat processor field marketing teams – bringing proactive innovation platforms to customers’ culinary organizations.

Leadership & Team Development

• Manage, mentor, and develop two direct reports supporting the Foodservice Chains business.
• Foster a culture of accountability, creativity, and high performance.
• Establish team priorities, workflows, and development plans that support individual growth and business needs.
• Collaborate with peers across Strategic Marketing, Marketing Communications, Digital, and Insights to build a cohesive and efficient marketing ecosystem.

What will you need to be successful?

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in B2B marketing, foodservice, CPG, or adjacent industries. Beverage and/or poultry category preferred
• Experience partnering with sales teams and influencing senior commercial and customer stakeholders.
• Proven ability to translate insights into strategies, programs, and compelling customer narratives.
• Exceptional storytelling, presentation development, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high performing teams.
• Strong project management and organizational capability within a complex, matrixed environment.
• Deep customer orientation and passion for foodservice industry trends and dynamics.

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position is $192,600 - $289,000 in Annual Salary. Kerry typically does not hire an individual at the top or near the top of the range, as we are a pay-for-performance company, and this range is set to continue to reward performance annually while in role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate within the above range may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and Location. In addition, this position is also eligible to earn a performance-based incentive compensation.

Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• paid time off
• a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
• Employee Share Plan
• Life
• disability
• accident insurance
• tuition reimbursement

We may use artificial intelligence tools to support the review and assessment of applications and assist with scheduling interviews. We do not use AI to make decisions during the interview process. All candidate assessments and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and leadership teams.

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov) .