David Kie

David Kie is an experienced procurement professional currently serving as the Regional Procurement Category Manager for Sugar & Cocoa at Kerry since September 2019. Prior to this role, David held the position of Regional Sugar and Specialty Ingredients Buyer at Barry Callebaut Group from March 2015 to September 2019 and worked as a Senior Trade Operation Executive at Food Empire Holdings Ltd from October 2010 to March 2015. Throughout the career, responsibilities have included managing teams to handle supply chain operations, sourcing materials such as sugar and coffee, collaborating with finance for month-end closure, addressing customer complaints and insurance claims, and preparing ad-hoc management reports. David holds a degree in Business, Finance, and IT from the University of Technology Sydney, obtained between 2005 and 2008.