Requisition ID 63189
Position Type FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement

About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Working behind the scenes, every day we partner with customers to solve the world’s most complex food challenges with our range of differentiated ingredients, technologies, and people. We are passionate about what we do and are constantly innovating to create a healthier, more enjoyable, and sustainable food future without compromise. We are driven to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition and will reach over two billion consumers with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030.

Our Safety purpose “we work together in a caring culture where everybody goes home safe every day”. We are committed to providing a safe working environment and ensuring that all safety protocols are strictly followed. Join us in creating a workplace where safety is everyone's responsibility.

About the role

This is a newly created role within Indirect Procurement, designed to strengthen analytical capability and enable more data‑driven, forward‑looking decision making.

As a Procurement Analytics Specialist, you will play a critical role in enabling data‑driven decision making across Indirect Procurement.

Your primary focus will be to design, build, and maintain analytical models, reports, and dashboards that provide deep spend visibility, support strategic sourcing initiatives, and enable category transformation planning over a 12‑month+ horizon.

Working closely with Indirect Procurement Buyers and Category Managers, you will translate complex data from multiple systems into actionable insights that support long‑term supply strategies, cost optimisation, risk management, and performance tracking.

While exposure to procurement is beneficial, this role is fundamentally analytical in nature.

This is a permanent, full‑time role based in Naas, operating in a hybrid model (3 days on site, 2 days remote).

Key responsibilities

Procurement analytics & data modelling

Lead the extraction, consolidation, and transformation of data from multiple systems (ERP, sourcing platforms, suppliers, sites).
Design and maintain analytics models (facts, dimensions, measures) to support spend analysis, sourcing events, and category strategies.
Build and automate reports, dashboards, and KPI tracking using tools such as advanced Excel (PivotTables, Power Query), SQL, and Power BI.
Ensure high levels of data accuracy, consistency, and governance across assigned categories.
Interpret data trends, identify patterns and risks, and provide clear recommendations to procurement and business stakeholders.

Systems, tools & automation

Act as regional procurement super user for COUPA and SAP MDG, supporting data structures, catalogue updates, reporting, and operational KPIs.
Create workflows and processes using SQL and Java interfaces to improve data flow and reporting efficiency.
Support advanced modelling tools, including commodity risk, budget, and forecast models.

Business partnering & value creation

Support Category Managers and Buyers with analytics for tenders, sourcing strategies, supplier benchmarking, and category transformation initiatives.
Contribute to total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis, margin management, pricing activities, and working capital initiatives.
Develop strong cross‑functional relationships with Procurement, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, RD&A, and Regulatory teams.
Support supplier performance analysis, compliance monitoring, and risk assessment.

Innovation & advanced analytics

Contribute to the development of cognitive and advanced analytics applications (AI‑enabled insights, predictive analytics) to enhance procurement decision making.
Continuously improve analytical methodologies, tools, and processes.

Qualifications and skills

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience in data analytics, reporting, and data modelling roles.
Expertise in SAP including master data and reporting environments.
Advanced proficiency in SQL, Excel (advanced), and business intelligence tools such as Power BI.
Solid understanding of data modelling concepts, including facts, dimensions, and measures.
Proven ability to merge, clean, transform, and analyse data from multiple sources.
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate complex data into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.
Experience in procurement, sourcing or supply chain environments is an advantage but not mandatory.

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

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Please note We do not accept CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies where terms of business have not been signed. Additionally, we will not consider or agree to payment of any recruiter fee under these circumstances. This also applies to CVs or candidate profiles sent directly to any Kerry Hiring Managers. In the event that speculative CVs or candidate profiles are submitted by recruitment agencies, we reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current or future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency.

Procurement Analytics Specialist

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