Kepak Procurement Graduate Programme 2024 - Ireland

We are seeking to recruit for the 2024 Technical Graduate Programme in our Kepak Kilbeggan site in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath

Start date: September 2024

Check out our Graduate Hub on : https://www.kepak.com/careers/graduates/

The Programme:

Our Procurement Graduate programme is to help us to develop our Procurement leaders of the future, and allows dynamic, motivated, hardworking, and passionate Graduates an opportunity to start their career with one of Ireland & UKs leading meat businesses. The programme lasts 2 years and leads successful graduates onto potential career opportunities within the business.

You can expect:

• To be fully immersed into our Culture from day 1, working alongside key industry experts and Kepak leaders
• To understand procurement strategies, and how we utilise them to ensure that our approach is cost effective, innovative and reflects the complexities in the industry
• Understand how we collaborate with supplier to foster long term relationships, including reviewing proposals, negotiations, & contracting
• To learn key aspects of our business, whilst you develop your skills and knowledge
• The opportunity to develop personally and professionally through exposure to key projects, tasks and development activities that challenge you, all supported by a detailed learner journey and training plan
• A dedicated mentor and development program to support you both on the programme and into a role that best fits your skills

Requirements

We are looking for hardworking and ambitious Graduates, who want to learn and grow in a challenging and fast paced environment, by performing real roles as part of your rotations.

You must be mobile and willing to travel throughout the programme to undertake development activities at any of our sites in the UK and Ireland.

We will consider undergraduates from all disciplines and backgrounds.

We will be looking for alignment with our Core Values:

• Responsibility – Ability to work on your own initiative and take accountability for your actions
• Ambition – You will have the willingness and confidence to challenge yourself to be the best you can be and be driven to succeed
• Passion for Food – this is at the heart of everything we do, you must be passionate about every aspect of our industry
• Teamwork – ability to build positive relationships quickly with people from all cultures and career stages is pivotal

Benefits

• Employee Discount Scheme
• Service-Related Annual Leave
• Discounted Health Insurance
• Educational Assistance/ L&D
• Discounted Meat Products
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme