Early Careers Programme - RDA

Position Type: Kerry Graduate

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• Our global RD&A team of 1,000+ food scientists and local manufacturing facilities with a footprint in 31 countries enable us to co-create great tasting products, with improved nutrition and functionality, while ensuring better impact for the planet.
• You’ll be at the front of Customer innovation helping our business and sustain growth.
• We innovate with a uniquely structured approach to designing products, services, and experiences that positively and profitably influence behaviour.
• You’ll be supported and mentored every step of the way by experts, working on real projects that allow you to apply your learning and start your journey towards becoming a leading food technologist.
• What you might be doing:
• As part of the RD&A Early Careers Program, you’ll be immersed in real-world innovation projects that span the full product lifecycle—from concept to commercialization. Depending on the team you join, your responsibilities may include:
• Collaborating directly with customers to understand their needs and co-develop tailored solutions that deliver great taste, nutrition, and functionality.
• Designing and executing bench-scale and pilot-scale trials to develop new products or improve existing ones, ensuring alignment with customer declarations and commercial targets.
• Applying scientific principles to enhance product performance beyond taste—focusing on nutrition, sustainability, and functionality.
• Leading or contributing to end-to-end project management across applied research, technology development, and innovation pipelines.
• Exploring advanced research areas such as sensory science, flavour creation, fermentation, and nutritional science, with opportunities to pioneer new approaches.
• Participating in internal and external customer requests, supporting projects from early-stage concepting through to troubleshooting and scale-up.
• Ensuring technical documentation and formulation accuracy to support successful product development and manufacturing readiness.
• Engaging with cross-functional teams to ensure product solutions are viable across regional and global markets.
• Supporting customer visits and technical presentations, contributing to Kerry’s reputation for scientific excellence and customer partnership.
• Maintaining a strong understanding of Kerry’s ingredient portfolio and its application across diverse end-use markets including Food, Meat and Beverage.

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• You have a degree or equivalent in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Data Science, Biology, Data Analysis or similar
• You have 1-3 years of work experience
• You’re ambitious, curious, and can’t wait to put your talents into action.
• You’re open minded, agile, and willing to embrace opportunities.
• You’re fluent in English and ideally another language.
• You’re open to traveling and relocating.
• Submit your application only for the program of your interest.
• Any multiple applications will be withdrawn.

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