E2E Performance and Accelerate Lead

Kerry Group

About The Position

This Performance and Accelerate Lead position will lead Coatings & Proteins Extrusion End to End (E2E) Performance & Accelerate program, with responsibility for delivering sustainable performance improvements across Quality, Service and Asset Efficiencies, to deliver margin enhancement to the P&L. Accountable for driving network‑wide operations performance improvement across the Coatings technology cluster. This role will be responsible for accelerating performance in safety, quality, service, and cost by working with cross functional teams, embedding best in class ways of working, building leadership capability, and enabling sustainable change at scale.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, or related field.
7-10+ years’ experience in manufacturing with proven results in operations leadership roles (e.g. management or director level roles in operations, supply chain, engineering, maintenance), continuous improvement or operational excellence roles.
Strong expertise in Lean manufacturing tools and systems (PDCA, Kaizen, 5S, VSM, problem solving).
Adept understanding of TPM principles and equipment reliability.
Proven ability to lead change and influence across multiple sites.
Strong analytical, data‑driven problem‑solving capability (Six Sigma and SPC understanding desired).
Project Management Experience with ability to influence and partner across variety of business and functional areas

Nice To Haves

Technology competency preferred in Blending, Baking and/or Extrusion technologies

Responsibilities

Lead E2E Performance & Accelerate program for the business, ensuring performance enhancement priorities and resource allocation aligned to business priorities
Quality Right-the-First Time, Foreign Material & Complaints Reduction
Operations Asset Efficiency Plans, De-Bottlenecking and Yield Loss reductions, to deliver capacity unlock and cost reductions through OEE improvement
Process Technology & Product Optimization Work with cross functional team (engineering, operations, RD&A) to deliver operational enhancements through portfolio, product and/or process optimization.
Supply Chain Schedule and Portfolio Optimization (Site & Network); including adoption and embedding of AI tools to standardize and optimize
Performance Governance, Accountability and Financial performance Ensure project deliverables, timelines and financial performance is tracked and delivered in line with budget / target, partnering with Operations Finance Lead
People Development, Training and Best Practice enablement Enable best practice sharing and standardization of best-in-class performance across cluster, ensuring training programs, SOPs and process maps documented. Support in continuous evolution of training programs for new and existing employees, partnering with HR Lead
Support Cluster VP to embed best in class ways of working, including standard work, tiered performance management, structured problem solving, and value stream management.
Owns Performance & Accelerate strategy development, deployment, prioritization, and sequencing within defined network scope and with alignment with business leadership
Influences & Partners with business, site and regional leaders without direct authority
Dotted line reporting leader for site-based performance and accelerate leads
Recommends improvement priorities based on performance data and business needs
Escalates systemic risks with evidence‑based recommendations