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Nourish your future

Got what it takes to deliver sustainable nutrition to over 2 billion people? Rise to the challenge on one of our graduate programmes. 

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Hungry for change?

Check out our graduate programmes for the chance to make a real difference.

Find

Meaningful work

We offer nine graduate programmes to those looking for responsibility and exposure to meaningful opportunities.
Give

Go all in

Feeding the world while protecting the planet is no easy task, so we're not afraid to ask a lot from our graduates.

Develop

When you grow, we grow

Each of our graduate programmes comes with all the ingredients to fuel your leadership skills and knowledge.

You'll get rotational placements that will give you a 360 view of the business; real-world, on-the-job experience with mentoring from our brightest stars; you'll share your ideas and get feedback from leaders and have the support of a senior sponsor on a live project.

Get

Your best life

Creating positive change for billions takes determination and hard work - and ambitious people deserve more than just a high five.

We'll reward you with a competitive salary that's reviewed annually; one day volunteering per year; a wellbeing toolkit; family-friendly policies that give you flexibility and time out; ongoing education and development; a global employee recognition programme. And more!

Our Graduate Programmes

Find the programme that’s right for you.

Research, Development and Application

This is our innovation hub, where you'll collaborate with colleagues and customers to create great-tasting products with improved nutrition and functionality while limiting our impact on the planet.

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Delight our customers with the latest developments in food science
  • Develop the components that will be used to help customers create great-tasting products
  • Apply your knowledge to many project types, including applied research / technology and innovation research
  • Understand a truly market-led approach in categories ranging from Supplements to Pet Food
  • Manage projects from concept through to commercialisation and troubleshooting

You'll have the opportunity to be at the forefront of customer innovation, in live projects that kickstart your journey to becoming a leading food technologist. You'll also get insights into how consumers are engaging with food and what they want from their diets - and understanding on how RD&A contribute to our sustainability agenda.

Locations

Ireland: Naas | Netherlands: Tiel | USA: Beloit, WI; Banks Crossing, GA

Interested

You'll need a bachelors degree (minimum 2.1, 3.0 GPA or equivalent) in Food Science, Food Technology, Food and Human Nutrition, or similar. You'll also have a passion for food and exceptional problem-solving skills.

Engineering

This is our powerhouse, where you'll deliver the very best products to our customers. Lead the way in advancing our technological capabilities, while striving to ensure our manufacturing facilities are world class.   

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Bring to life the Global Engineering Strategy
  • Dive into our business drivers, measures, KPIs, process capability, products and customers
  • Collaborate on a range of projects, from capital investment to process improvement
  • Support the implementation of advanced technology, digitalisation and robotisation solutions for our plants to help drive efficiency and effectiveness

You'll be exposed to best practice experience in all aspects of industrial engineering, while getting experience in people management, project management and continuous improvement skills. You'll also get experience across multiple Kerry engineering technologies as well as the opportunity to travel. Fianally, you'll develop an understanding of how Engineering contributes to our sustainability agenda.

Locations 

Ireland: Listowel, Charleville | UK: Gainsborough |Germany: Wittstock  Netherlands: Zwijndrecht, Tiel | Denmark: Glamsbjerg | USA: Beloit, WI; Rochester, MN | Saudi Arabia | Kenya 

Interested

You'll need a bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Digital, Automation, Electrical or similar). Our North America programme requires a 3.0 GPA. You'll also need a problem-solving mindset plus lots of energy and enthusiasm.

Information Technology  (ICT)

This is a dynamic team with multiple locations across the globe. Join us to play an essential part in supporting and enabling the evolution of our business strategy.

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Make your mark on various best practice projects from digital to process improvement
  • Rise to site-wide challenges and own initiatives that impact the business
  • Implement our ICT strategy, bringing it to life daily within your role
  • Dive into various projects from digital to process improvement initiatives while following best practice project management principles
  • Work with our customers to define initial requirements through interviews and workshops
  • Collaborate with software vendors and other service providers to resolve issues on time

You'll be exposed to best practice experience in all aspects of ICT, while getting experience in people management, technical expertise, process, and project management skills. You'll get an opportunity to travel both regionally and globally as well as an understanding of how Information Technology contributes to our sustainability agenda.

Locations

Ireland: Naas | USA: Beloit, WI

Interested

You'll need a bachelors degree (min 2.2 in Europe, 3.0 GPA in North America) in Information Technology, Computing Degree, Business Information Systems, Business, Management or a related discipline. You'll also have a problem-solving mindset plus lots of energy and enthusiasm.

Finance and Accounting

This is the heart of the business, where you'll make sure our controls are robust and we're running smoothly. Bring your best financial insights and help Kerry deliver on its goals.

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Enjoy more exposure than most programmes allow to various challenges from Financial planning and analysis to operational accounting and mergers and acquisitions
  • Apply extensive business knowledge and insights to help boost our growth
  • Be part of a team crucial to Kerry's commercial growth, where people are the most valued asset

You'll get a structured career framework to support your growth within our Finance function as well as an understanding of how Finance and Accounting contribute to our sustainability agenda. You'll also work towards a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent).

Locations

Ireland: Tralee, Naas | Spain: Madrid, Saville | Netherlands: Utrecht | UK: Portbury | Italy: Mozzo | Germany: Hocheim | USA: Beloit, WI

Interested

This is a two-year foundational programme with an additional year to complete your chosen professional accounting qualification. You'll need a bachelors degree (minimum 2:1, 3.0 GPA or equivalent), preferably in Business or Accounting.

Manufacturing

This is where amazing things happen in more than 150 locations worldwide. Join us and help to deliver sustainable products to brands big and small on a scale that sets us apart.      

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Dive into our business drivers, measures, KPIs, process capability, products and customers
  • Leverage your existing skills through Demand Planning, Supply Planning,  Scheduling and Logistics, and Transportation planning to secure on-time deliveries through our end-to-end supply chain
  • Get your teeth into various projects, from capital investment to process improvement
  • Contribute to site-wide challenges and other initiatives that have an impact across the business
  • Support management teams involved in major transformational projects

You'll be part of a change that ensures our manufacturing strategy and contributes to our sustainability agenda, while being involved in people management, project management and continuous improvement skills. You'll develop an understanding of the end-to-end processes that go into manufacturing, including lean processes to drive efficiencies. You'll also get the opportunity to travel both regionally and globally.

Locations

Ireland: Cork, Listowel, Charleville | UK: Portbury | Netherlands: Utrecht | France: Grasse | Saudi Arabia | Kenya

Interested

You'll need a degree in a relevant subject (min 3.0 GPA for our North America programme), be people-centric, have a passion for food, a strategic, problem-solving mindset and an interest in leadership.

Supply Chain

This is the centre of all our operations, from sourcing raw materials to delivering sustainable nutrition. Here you'll work closely with colleagues, helping to manage complex supply chains.

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Leverage big data to draw insights across our supply chain networks and provide recommendations for driving operations
  • Apply new-found skills to Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Scheduling and Logistics and Transportation
  • Work across our business and manufacturing plants to deliver best-in-class customer service

You'll get invaluable experience in coordination between Production, Finance, Procurement and Customer Service as well as an understanding of how Supply Chain contributes to our sustainability agenda. You'll also get support to achieve either your CIPS or APICS professional qualification.

Locations

Ireland: Cork, Listowel | UK: Menstrie | Netherlands: Utrecht USA: Multiple | Saudi Arabia | Kenya

Interested

You'll need a degree (min 3.0 GPA in North America) and an interest in dealing with complex problems, supply chains, food safety, quality, and service.

Human Resources

This is the core of our company, where you'll deliver our corporate strategy and objectives by effectively recruiting, managing and developing our people.

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Partner across different functions to ensure Kerry is the first choice for the best talent
  • Play your part in supporting strategic decisions and driving performance within specific functions
  • Apply extensive people and business knowledge to boost growth in Kerry

You'll be exposed to a range of centres of expertise in HR such as Organisational Effectiveness, Learning and Talent Development, HR Business Partnering and Talent Acquisition. You'll get experience in progressive areas such as Reward, Sustainability, Transformation, Employee Relations and Engagement. You'll have regular one-to-ones with your manager to discuss your development and career. Finally, you'll develop an understanding of how Human Resources contributes to our sustainability agenda.

Locations

Ireland: Naas | Saudi Arabia | Kenya

Interested

You'll need a bachelors degree (minimum 2.1, 3.0 GPA or equivalent), preferably in Business or Business Related Discipline specialising in Human Resources.

Marketing

This is the dream team, and as part of it, you'll help increase awareness of the Kerry brand while driving potential and valued existing customers to our product.

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Develop and communicate marketing campaigns
  • Deliver presentations to key customers
  • Master the latest market research and insight generation to inform the best promotion of Kerry products and technologies
  • Create market trend reports using third-party data sources and Kerry proprietary research

You'll get insights into the market trends shaping tomorrow's food and beverage products as well as an understanding of how Marketing contributes to our sustainability agenda. You'll also get the chance to collaborate with colleagues while managing your own projects, along with a broad set of marketing skills through collaboration with our marketing network.

Locations

Ireland: Naas | USA: Beloit, WI

Interested

You'll need a bachelors degree (minimum 2.1, 3.0 GPA or equivalent), preferably in Business or a marketing-related field, and be able to quickly grasp new concepts and technologies. You'll also need to be a confident communicator and have excellent analytical skills.

Quality, Safety, Health and Environment (QSHE)

This is mission control, split into two streams - Quality and Health and Safety. Quality is where you'll help delight and nourish consumers. Health and Safety is where you'll mitigate risk and keep our employees, contractors and visitors safe.

Here's a flavour of what you'll do:

  • Dive into live Quality and Safety projects
  • Implement and analyse designed experiments and capability studies
  • Conduct risk assessments
  • Manage, update and add to our Quality and Safety systems

You'll develop an understanding how Quality, Safety, Health and Environment contribute to our sustainability agenda as well as the skills to move into a managerial role at the end of the programme. You'll get a knowledge of  the breadth of Kerry's Quality and Safety activities and systems. And you'll experience working with other functions such as Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering.

Locations

Ireland: Charleville, Listowel | Denmark: Glamsbjerg | Spain: Sevilla, Vigo, Talayuela | USA: Multiple | Saudi Arabia | Kenya

Interested

You'll need a degree (min 3.0 GPA in North America), ideally in Food Technology, Health Safety and Environmental Science, or other related fields. You'll also have a passion for food.