Kepak Marketing Graduate Programme 2025

Role Purpose

The Graduate Scheme is designed to provide a broad and comprehensive experience across various departments within the company, including New Product Development (NPD), Operations, Sales, and more. The program aims to identify and nurture your strengths, offering opportunities to explore different facets of the business. This role is perfect for enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about the food industry and eager to develop their skills in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Cross-Department Interaction: Work closely with various teams across the business, gaining exposure to multiple aspects of the company.

Campaign Support: Assist in briefing agencies, receiving feedback, and implementing marketing campaigns. Contribute to internal activation, ensuring cross-departmental collaboration to bring campaigns to life.

Performance Tracking: Work with agencies to monitor campaign performance, track KPIs, and provide insights for future improvements.

Project Management: Take ownership of projects from start to finish, including managing supplier samples for NPD projects, conducting internal tests, gathering feedback, and communicating results to suppliers.

Budget Management: Oversee project budgets, ensuring efficient use of resources.

Continuous Learning: Get involved in any team activities, demonstrating a proactive attitude and eagerness to learn.

Key Competencies

Adaptability: Ability to apply skills across different areas, demonstrating flexibility and a willingness to learn.

Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a preference for face-to-face interactions.

Creativity: Bring creative solutions to challenges, showing initiative in problem-solving and project management.

Resilience: Handle a heavy workload and frequent travel with a positive attitude, learning from failures and continuously improving.

Teamwork: Ability to collaborate effectively within a large team, fostering a supportive and cooperative working environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Education: Ideally, a degree in Business Studies, Marketing, or a related field, but not essential if the candidate has relevant experience or passion for the industry.

Experience: 1-2 years of work experience, preferably in a similar industry. Experience in retail or hospitality is a plus.

Skills: Proficient in Excel and other database tools for market research (e.g., Nielsen, Intel). A strong curiosity for market research, customer/consumer insights, and understanding macro trends.

Industry Knowledge: Awareness of food trends, understanding of consumer behavior, and ability to evaluate product performance.

Personal Attributes

Ambitious and Driven: Aspires to grow within the company, with the potential to reach senior management levels.

Outgoing and Energetic: Confident, enthusiastic, and a team player with a "can-do" attitude.

Analytical and Methodical: Approach tasks with an organized and systematic mindset, ensuring thorough analysis and attention to detail.

Other Role Information

Work Style: Enjoys traveling and facing different challenges in diverse locations. Embraces a "work-hard, play-hard" ethos.

Culture Fit: Aligns with the company values, values work-life balance, and contributes positively to the workplace culture.

Travel Requirements: Participate in customer-facing activities, attend shows, trade exhibitions, and travel between different company locations in the UK and Ireland.