Vice President, Human Resources North America

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.

An integral member of the North America Executive Leadership team responsible for leading profitable and sustainable growth, the VR HR has specific accountability for shaping and executing plans to ensure the Region has the requisite leadership, talent pipeline, capabilities and culture required for successful execution of its ambitious and exciting growth strategy. The incumbent is responsible for building and leading a high‑performing HR function that partners with leaders across the business for delivery of the above.

As a member of the Global HRLT, the NA HR VP ensures North America priorities and requirements are addressed in the ongoing shaping and delivery of Group‑wide HR priorities and actively leverages Global COEs and GBS for delivery of North America priorities.

• As an active member of the regional team, contribute to the ongoing development of the North America business growth plans, and delivery of articulated business priorities.
• Bring expertise and insight into leadership, talent, organizational and reward priorities, and serve as a trusted business partner to the Regional CEO NA and executive leadership team within a large growth‑focused organization that is mid‑way through a significant transformation.
• Achieve significant progress in addressing key talent pipeline management priorities; with a particular focus on ELT development, ELT succession and succession to prioritized leadership roles across the Region.
• Accelerate development of key commercial and operations capabilities across the organization, achieving the right balance of build and buy strategies, to ensure the business is sustainably equipped with the requisite leadership and expert skills to unlock future growth potential.
• Continue the focus on culture change through a strong focus on change leadership and on the required leadership capabilities across the Region, with Kerry Senior Leadership Competencies embedded into habitual and visible leadership behaviour; support this by ensuring these leadership competencies form the “red thread” that binds together all key people processes and integrates them with the business strategy and plans.
• Ensure the North America organizational design builds and embeds required capabilities effectively and efficiently, is simple and transparent, and effectively leverages GBS and Global COEs for effective and efficient delivery.
• Play a key role in enabling leaders to embed Kerry’s Vision, Mission, Values and Purpose within the Region, ensuring leaders continue to take ownership of ensuring employees are fully engaged and retained.
• Play a proactive role in current and future M&A activity, ensuring HR capability applied up‑front in target selection, effective due diligence and seamless integration.
• Build, lead, coach and develop a highly engaged NA HR Leadership team for ongoing momentum in delivery of articulated priorities, script the next chapter of the business requirements of the team and ensure they are up for the journey – as a collective and as individuals. Maintain momentum on the existing focus on upgrading the quality of HR business partnering, ensuring GBS and COEs are fully leveraged for effective and efficient HR delivery.
• As a member of the Global HRLT, ensure North America priorities and requirements are addressed in the ongoing shaping and delivery of Group‑wide HR priorities, actively leverage Global COEs and GBS for delivery of North America priorities.
• Ensure North America compliance to the Group’s Global Social Sustainability Standards, ensuring any gaps are transparent and documented, with plans are…