Marketing Director, Beverage

About the position

Kerry is currently seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Director of Marketing-Beverage. This key role will focus on driving flavor growth and partnerships specifically within the Beverage ingredient market and support our internal sales efforts. We are looking for an entrepreneurial-minded marketing leader, readily established in the market, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and excels in building and sustaining strategic customer relationships. While this position can be remote based, there is a strong preference for someone to be based local to either Beloit, WI, New Jersey or the LA area in California.

Responsibilities

• Lead Strategic Vision: Partner with the Beverage EUM Leader to define the 'where to play' and 'how to win' strategy for the beverage business across key subcategories and channels.
• Drive Market Share Growth: Lead initiatives aimed at expanding Kerry's footprint as a leading flavor and taste partner across all beverage segments.
• Customer Engagement at the C-Suite Level: Engage directly with senior-level marketers and R&D leaders at top beverage brands and co-manufacturers to build trusted partnerships, articulate Kerry's unique value, and shape collaborative innovation.
• Value Proposition Development: Champion differentiated, market-ready value propositions-brought to life through compelling beverage concepts in application-that directly support commercial growth and align with priority taste platforms.
• Sales Team Enablement: Equip the sales organization with powerful go-to-market tools, trend insights, concept portfolios, and tailored presentations that accelerate pipeline development and commercial conversion.
• Category & Competitive Intelligence: Build a deep understanding of consumer trends, emerging beverage formats, competitor strategies, and white space opportunities to inform strategic planning and external positioning.
• Portfolio Strategy: Collaborate with R&D, Applications, and Technology teams to develop 'collections' of taste-forward, trend-aligned beverage concepts that resonate in-market and reflect Kerry's full capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead alignment across marketing, sales, R&D, insights, and communications to ensure a unified go-to-market approach.
• Marketing Campaign Direction: Brief central marketing partners on campaigns that showcase Kerry's leadership in flavor, aligned with the beverage strategy and portfolio collections.
• Talent Development: Coach and develop a team of high-performing marketers; foster a culture of curiosity, agility, and accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Food Science, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 12+ years of progressive marketing or commercial Beverage experience at a peer flavor company.
• Proven track record of creating a strategic vision, driving commercial execution against the vision and delivering measurable business growth.
• Strong people leader with experience managing, developing, and motivating high-performance teams
• Highly collaborative, with demonstrated success leading within matrixed organizations
• Dynamic presenter and storyteller with the ability to influence senior-level stakeholders both internally and externally
• Strong business acumen, project management skills, and ability to balance long-term vision with near-term execution
• Willingness to travel up to 30% for customer meetings, industry events, and team collaboration