R&D Senior Manager

Location: Santiago de Querétaro

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. 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.

This role manages  RD&A activities for Taste  within the assigned subregions, ensuring product developments align with the Taste and EUM strategy. It drives continuous improvement of RD&A processes to secure efficient, accurate, and timely delivery of product development outcomes.
The position oversees and develops the  flavour creation team  ,  sampling team  , and  taste application team  (when applicable). Lead RD&A project activity.
Partner with Taste and EUM leaders on strategy deployment.
Collaborate cross‑functionally with RD&A, commercial, shared services, and operations teams.
Improve RD&A product development processes.
Manage resource allocation and hours invested in projects.
Support flavorist training initiatives.
Support global and regional Taste innovation programs.
Degree (or equivalent) in Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Food Science, Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, or related fields.
~ Strong knowledge of Taste creation and development (flavour chemicals, sweet and/or savoury technologies).
~ Expertise in taste product development, product functionality, and flavour chemistry.
~ Fluency in English; additional fluency in Portuguese advantage.
~ Experience in Flavours, Food Industry, RD&A, Technical Services, or Quality/Safety roles.
~ Experience working in matrix organizations and collaborating with senior leadership.