Solving complex problems is all in a day’s work for Sufana Kreber, a senior project engineering manager for Kerry North America. So is supporting women in her field, something that contributed to her earning a Manufacturing Institute STEP Ahead Award in 2022, which recognizes women leaders in the industry. To learn more about what project engineers do—and to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day on June 23—we sat down with Sufana and how she’s making an impact at Kerry.
As project engineers, we are not necessarily in the forefront of making food and beverage ingredients and products, but we work behind the scenes to put in place the systems that make the product. We partner with our internal customers to design and implement processes that drive efficiency, safety and sustainability in manufacturing.