Production Management Graduate Programme 2025
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Aktualität: 21.11.2024
21.11.2024, Arla Foods Deutschland GmbH
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Production Management Graduate Programme 2025
Aufgaben:
Are you interested in an international career at our state-of-the-art production facilities, where we produce renowned dairy brands such as Lurpak, Arla, and Castello? Are you prepared to be involved in essential business projects from day one? As a Production Management Graduate, you will accelerate your career towards a leadership position at one of our production sites. The Production Management (PM) Graduate Programme offers exposure to various challenges in a high-volume production setting. Through 3 rotations at our dairies in Europe, you will gain hands-on experience and problem-solving skills while leading dynamic teams. This opportunity lets you apply your leadership potential with your production knowledge, accelerating your career toward a key leading role at one of our sites to help shape our future of sustainable dairy. Your PM Graduate journey begins on 1 September 2025. About our Production Management Graduate Programme
The PM Graduate Programme is a fast-track leadership programme at our production sites. Each rotation offers hands-on learning and strategic projects, and you will also spend a year as a team lead to develop leadership skills. This programme provides comprehensive personal and professional growth, leading the way for a dynamic career. "My PM journey was a unique opportunity for both professional and personal growth, filled with challenges, rewards, fun, and intensity. In the first year, I led sustainability and digitalization projects at our Upahl and Jönköping sites. In the second year, I advanced to team leader of a process department in Upahl. These rotations prepared me for a management role, where I now apply my learnings to drive change in my new area of responsibility."
The PM Graduate Programme will take you through 3 different rotations at 2 of our European dairy sites - either in Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, Finland or the Netherlands. We will assign you to the local sites where we see the best fit for your development opportunities. You will work on exciting projects - for instance related to sustainable production, digitalization and lean optimization, and in the last rotation work as a team leader for a team, to gain real leadership experience. The rotations are structured as follows:
As part of our PM Graduate Programme, you will receive a variety of development opportunities every step of the way. To ensure your professional and personal development, you will benefit from:
Experience with real responsibilities from day one, enabling on-the-job learning
Tailored leadership development camps, taking place in different markets
One-to-one mentoring and coaching from senior leaders
Supportive graduate community
Qualifikationen:
Candidates should either be in the process of completing, or have completed, a bachelor's or master's degree - preferably within dairy, food science, engineering or a production-related subject between September 2023 and September 2025. Alternatively, candidates who graduated a few years ago with 1-2 years of work experience are also encouraged to apply
A strong interest in production, processes, and the broader end-to-end supply chain perspective is essential. General business acumen and commercial interest is seen as an advantage
International experience (minimum 4 months) gained from working, studying or volunteering abroad
Preferably minimum one year of relevant work experience from student jobs or minimum 6 months of internship
Global mobility and willingness to go on one rotation abroad during the 2-year programme
You are fluent in English - furthermore, it is an advantage if you speak Danish, German, Swedish, Dutch or Finnish
In addition, we are looking for personal qualifications that include leadership aspirations and an ambitious "conquer the world" mindset, which combines strategic thinking with a passion for results. A global and curious mindset is essential, as is the ability to build positive relationships and strong influencing skills. The ideal candidate should be open to change, demonstrating resilience, while also being humble, self-aware, and open to feedback. Arla Futures - our global graduate universe