Arla Futures - Production Management Graduate Programme 2024

 Looking for an international career in leadership at our state-of-the-art production sites, producing famous dairy brands like Lurpak, Arla and Castello? And are you ready to participate in business-critical projects from day one? 

 

This is your chance to put your leadership potential and theoretical production knowledge to the test as part of our 2-year intensive Production Management Graduate Programme (PM) in an organisation where we strive to create Good Growth and bring health and inspiration to the world, naturally.

 

It’s time to define the future of dairy 

At Arla Foods, we strive to push each other forward to meet the growing global demand for dairy and to make the industry sustainable with respect to both people and the environment. To do so, we need talented graduates who want to take part in realising our ambitious Future26 strategy, directly at our production sites.  

 

A 2-year leadership programme at Arla’s dairy sites 

You can look forward to a professional, tailor-made programme that will introduce you to a wide range of the challenges that we face in a high-volume, fast-paced production environment. An environment where our production leaders need to make quick decisions in response to often unexpected and complex situations. 

 

The 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, lean optimization and in the last rotation work as a team leader for a team, to gain leadership experience. Throughout the programme, you will join leadership training camps and receive sparring and mentoring from senior leaders to ensure your professional growth.

 

“You will get the chance to become a manager of a team in production just one year into the programme. That gives you a unique chance to fast-track a leadership career within production in an FMCG company. Throughout the first year, I got prepared for stepping into a management role by having one rotation in my home country and one rotation abroad as a project manager with responsibilities adapted to my capabilities. On the second year, I developed my leadership skills as manager for a team of 25 people at the production site in Linköping.” 

- Jonatan Stenbeck, Production Management alumni, Operations Engineering Specialist, Linköping Dairy

 

Are you our next Production Management graduate?   

By September 2024, you will have graduated with either a bachelor or master degree, preferably within dairy, food science, engineering or a production-related subject. 

 

We are looking for people who enjoy challenging the status quo, hunting the root cause and providing new solutions with passion, energy and empathy in a fast-paced environment. In addition, you: 

• Have the drive to deliver results and demonstrate leadership behaviour
• Have an open and curious mindset, enabling you to gain an understanding of Arla Foods as a whole 
• Have complemented your studies with relevant work experience or perhaps even have 1-2 years of work experience after graduation 
• Have complimented your studies with an international experience. If the Covid-19 pandemic prevented you from this, please explain your initial plans, how they changed, and what relevant experience you gained instead 
• Have a collaborative mindset with strong influencing skills 
• Demonstrate resilience and self-awareness  
• Have a desire to take part in driving change as part of our ambitious transformation journey  
• Are internationally mobile and ready to take up an international career in production management within Arla Foods 
• Are fluent in English – furthermore, it is an advantage if you speak either Danish, German, Swedish, Dutch or Finnish 

 

Arla Futures – our global graduate universe
As a graduate in Arla Foods, you become a part of Arla Futures – our global network across all our graduate programmes in the organisation. Together, you will embark on an exciting journey towards an impactful career in Arla Foods.  

 

We offer a comprehensive platform designed to kick-start your professional growth, featuring structured trainings, invaluable mentorship, and an extensive network of fellow graduates. You will play a significant role in shaping our future and guiding the organisation in the right direction. 

Ready to kick-start your career? 

All you have to do is to send us your CV, university transcripts