Charlie Iker
Strategic Business Planning | Executive Leadership | Flavor Expertise | Global R&D and Regulatory Strategy | M&A | Innovation
- Role
- Vice President, Rd & a Beverage Na at Kerry
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Charlie Iker
ACCOMPLISHED VICE PRESIDENT AND CERTIFIED FLAVOR CHEMISTAn Experienced Senior Executive that Leverages Extensive Technical Knowledge to Support the Customer Experience, Enable Growth, while Ensuring Compliance.Excels in Leading Flavor Creation, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Systems to Support Corporate Strategy
Experience
Vice President, Rd & a Beverage Na
Apr 2025 — Present
In my role as Vice President, RD & A Beverage NA, I lead the regional team in driving commercial execution and application innovation for Kerry\'s technologies within the North American Beverage market. With a focus on customer engagement, we manage the Taste portfolio for Beverage, Sweet Flavors, Coffee, and our commercial focus areas of Alcohol, Non Alcohol/Refreshing and Emerging customers, ensuring successful market penetration and growth.
Education
University of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Science - BS
Skills
- Quality Assurance
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Ingredients
- Haccp
- Flavor Chemistry
- Personal Care
- Food Science
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (Haccp)
- Food Industry
- Flavors
- Raw Materials
- Regulatory Affairs
- Product Development
- Quality Control
- Food Processing
- R&D
- Analytical Chemistry
- Sensory Evaluation
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