ABF UK Grocery Graduate Scheme

Job description

ABF UK Grocery Graduate Scheme

Schemes: Supply Chain, Engineering, Customer Development, Marketing, Procurement & Technical
Degree: Minimum 2:2 degree, we accept applications from any degree Salary: £29,500 Plus £1500 Starting Salary
Location: Flexible to travel/relocate
Start Date: 12th September 2016

The Company

ABF is one of the biggest Food Manufacturers in the UK; it is also a major international business with a turnover of £12.9bn and over 113,000 employees working in 47 countries. We are an FMCG business that requires our people to be adaptable, resilient and comfortable working at pace in an ever changing environment.

The ABF UK Grocery Graduate scheme is run across 6 of our Grocery businesses. We are the people who make the familiar names you see on supermarket and grocery store shelves: Jordan’s cereal, Twinings tea, Kingsmill bread, Patak’s curry sauces, Blue Dragon stir fry sauces, Reggae Reggae sauce, Silver Spoon sugar, Askeys ice cream cornets and toppings… and many more!

The Graduate Scheme

All of our graduate schemes are designed to give you relevant experience and the stretch to become one of our future leaders. Our businesses are agile and need our people to be.

We have 6 different graduate programmes available across:

• Supply Chain & Operations
• Customer Development
• Engineering
• Marketing
• Procurement
• Technical

We only take a select number of graduates every year as we believe in giving you the visibility, responsibility and support to grow your career with us. You’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of projects from day one, and plenty of support and development to accelerate your learning.

Placements will be in different locations across the UK, so you need to be flexible about where you are based and about moving during this time.

All of our graduate schemes are designed to give you relevant experience and stretch to become one of our future leaders. Our businesses are agile and will allow you the autonomy to share your time on the programme. We need our people to be adaptable, resilient and comfortable working at pace in an ever changing environment. You’ll receive plenty of support along the way but you will be required to drive your own career.

What are we looking for in successful candidates?

• Minimum 2:2 degree, we accept applications from any degree
• Preferably above 280 UCAS points
• Eligible to work in the UK
• You will be an individual,
  • who is a team player
  • has strong interpersonal skills
  • with business acumen
  • with a flexible attitude and work style
  • with excellent attention to detail
  • who holds strong analytical skills
  • with a high level of inquisitiveness
  • Who is flexible

Training & Profiles

On-job, real responsibility and experiences are vital to your career success within ABF Grocery Group. However, we recognise that there are certain areas that as graduates you won’t necessarily have had exposure to previously. Therefore, we supplement your practical experiences throughout your scheme with training sessions designed to give you a greater understanding and some practice at developing your skillset.

Over the course of your scheme, you will participate in two streams of training:

Core Management and Functional Training

You will also attend five events throughout the course of your scheme:

• Mentoring Event Graduate Induction,
• Mid-Programme Event
• Business Simulation
• End of Programme Review

You will be assigned a mentor to support you throughout your graduate programme. Prior to you starting with us, you will be matched to a suitable mentor and attend a mentoring workshop together.

If you feel that you could bring the necessary skills and personality for this position please apply now!