The Product Development function works hard to identify the best products for our customers. If you are on this programme, you will work with different customers and product categories as a part of a customer focussed team, and you will turn your passion for food, ingredients, and ideas into products for the nation! You will gain an understanding of the manufacturing processes, as well as the capabilities of the business, to ensure that products are commercially viable and will support the longevity of our customer partnerships. You could be focussing on idea generation, recipe development, product trials and/or launches. On leaving the programme you should be aspiring to a Product Manager role.
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
The Technical function supports all functions and suppliers to ensure that manufacturing is done correctly, safely and to expected high standards. As a Grad on this programme you will work closely with internal and external stakeholders and could be based within the factory or an office, depending on the role. You will be working with our customers, as well as making sure that systems and processes are in place, to meet exacting customer and industry standards - You will be driving governance and standards across the organisation. Having established in which area of Technical you would like to pursue your career, within 5-7 years of starting, you should be aspiring to a Technical Manager role.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Carefully planned placements, as well as the opportunity to choose a preferred pathway in year 3 will give you a great understanding of how HR works at Bakkavor, both within our factory settings, as well as in our central support function. You will be exposed to all HR aspects of the business, including People Services, Systems, Resourcing, Employee Relations, L&D, Performance and Talent Management, HR Analytics, Employment Law and Reward Management. Your target role when you come off the programme will depend very much on the strand that you would like to pursue, however you should be aspiring towards a Senior HR Business Partner role within 5-7 years of starting.
FINANCE
Our Finance programme is based around the CIMA qualification and is therefore a 3.5-year programme, broken down into 3 placements, focusing on Management Accounting, Finance Accounting and Advanced Management Accounting. You will also cover financial management, risk management and process evaluation and redesign. Carefully selected placements will ensure that you have the necessary exposure to the right areas of the business to support your ongoing development and to make sure that you get a full understanding of how the organisation operates. After the programme you will continue to broaden your experience to prepare you for a senior role.
MANUFACTURING
Operations is the core of the business, and is responsible for delivering high quality, innovative products to our customers on a massive scale! On this programme, you are likely to have supervisory responsibility from an early stage. You will develop the skills and knowledge to become a great team leader who engages their colleagues, whilst maintaining and setting high standards for operational excellence, food safety and health & safety. Your target role for when you come off the programme is Section Manager, with a development plan to get you to a Senior Section Manager position. Within 5-7 years of starting, with strong focus, hard work and development, you should be aspiring to be in a Factory/Operations Manager role.
UNDERGRADUATE PLACEMENTS
In addition to our Graduate Programmes, we are offering 12-month Industrial, paid placements in Food Technology, Finance and Commercial, Sales & Management, which will start in July 2023. For further information and application details, please click on Early Careers: Placements to see what a career taster with us might look like.
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