Translate market, customer, consumer and beverage trends into menu concepts, seasonal platforms, innovation ideas and customer-ready applications that support local market activation.
Develop customer-ready menu solutions, beverage recipes, application guides, selling tools and training materials that help commercial teams, distributors and customers understand and apply the DaVinci Gourmet portfolio effectively.
Build beverage application and training capability across APMEA by developing structured learning programmes, demonstration formats and practical toolkits for internal teams and distributor partners.
Support regional and market activation plans with differentiated menu ideas, innovation stories, customer experience content and product application recommendations.
Work closely with sub-regional teams to adapt innovation and menu platforms to local customer segments, channels, taste preferences and market maturity levels.
Engage customers and distributors through menu presentations, application demonstrations and innovation discussions that support new business opportunities.
Maintain a strong understanding of beverage trends, competitor activity, category development, customer menus and emerging foodservice occasions across APMEA.
Track performance and feedback on menu activations and innovation launches, using learnings to improve future concepts, tools and activation approaches.
Collaborate with marketing, commercial, RDA, insights, market teams and external partners to ensure menu, innovation and training outputs are commercially grounded, creative, scalable and aligned to DaVinci Gourmet’s brand positioning.
Leverage Kerry’s global menu expertise, tools and best practices to raise application fluency and consistency across APMEA markets.
Qualifications and skills
6–8 years of relevant experience in food and beverage, ideally within foodservice, beverages, coffee, ingredients or related B2B/B2B2C environments.
Strong understanding of beverage menu creation, product application and innovation, with the ability to translate trends, insights and customer needs into practical concepts, selling tools and activation materials.
Confident communicator with experience presenting concepts, product applications and customer solutions to internal stakeholders, distributors and customers.
Barista-trained, with 2–3 years of hands-on café operations experience preferred and practical barista and mixology capability across beverage preparation, recipe development, café workflow, equipment care, demonstrations and customer training; relevant professional or food-safety certification is an advantage.
Proven project management capability in a regional, cross-functional or matrix environment.
Fluent English is required; an additional language relevant to APMEA is an advantage.
Able to travel across the region as required.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Food Science, Culinary Arts, Hospitality or an equivalent discipline.
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