Kraft Heinz Company
2025 Global Manufacturing Graduate Program (Jan 2025)
Sydney, Brisbane
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 65,000 - 75,000 / Year
- 10% Performance Based Bonus on top of base salary
- 3-12 vacancies
- Apply by 19 Apr 2024
- Start date 19 Jan 2025
- 12-month program designed to broaden knowledge of multinational food company operations
- Intensive, hands-on onboarding focusing on Operations & Supply Chain functions
- Commercial bootcamp covering Marketing, Sales, and Category
- Two 5-month rotations across two functions (below)
- Training in Lean Six Sigma Belt and Kraft Heinz Manufacturing Excellence Program (1 rotation)
- Assignment a factory Team Leader to understand manufacturing processes and enhance leadership skills over (2nd rotation)
- Participation in a site-based efficiency/productivity improvement Business Project to create real business impact
This 12-month program will prepare you to transition into an Operations Management or Technical Expertise path at one of our factories following graduation from the program.
What we’ll give you
- Fast-tracked career progression – Real responsibility from day one, leading teams and working on projects with real business impact
- International exposure – You’ll be part of our Global Manufacturing Trainee Program cohort, working closely with our UK and Netherlands-based Centres of Excellence and cohort of graduates across Europe, South America & Asia. Previous graduates have been able to travel during the program.
- Training & Development – Strong personal & professional development including technical training, leadership experience, and regular mentorship from senior leaders
What we’re looking for
- Bachelor or Masters Degree completed in 2023 or 2024 – Engineering (Mechanical or Chemical)
- Full, ongoing working rights in Australia at time of application
- Willingness to move across functional areas, and relocate to different cities / rural areas or countries
- Strong extra-curricular achievements that reflect a proactive attitude and ownership
- Passionate about being challenged daily and ready to constantly learn, develop and grow
Benefits Program
We empower our people to own their work- and it’s true our employees are our competitive advantage – so we take care of our Kraft Heinz family with our ‘Live Well’ benefits program:
- Gatherings - monthly drinks & nibbles- End of Year Celebration
- Wellbeing - 5 additional days of leave annually + annual health checks & flu shots- onsite wellbeing sessions & webinars
- Volunteering – volunteer days with Foodbank- meal packing events for our Global partner Rise Against Hunger
- Purchase Leave – purchase additional annual leave at the beginning of each calendar year
- Parental Leave - 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers
We are a company that is dynamic and exciting, and one which dreams big. If you are passionate about what you do and enjoy working in a culture that is transparent, collaborative and one where you can make a difference every day, then this is the place for you. Kraft Heinz promotes a culture of ownership and meritocracy, that you could be a part of.
Bring your appetite for more!
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Evaluating existing processes, leading continuous improvement projects and working closely with other departments to drive improvement.
My current role is placed with the Learning and Development team. day-to-day I have enough work to complete daily, with weekly check-ins with my manager. I have a routine throughout the week. This includes check-ins, stand-up calls and other meetings with enough autonomy to feel trusted I can complete tasks myself to a good standard.
Day to day is a lot of customer meetings, talking through pricing and customer service. Building presentations and working with other departments to try to unload large quantities of excess stock that our manufacturing sites have on hand
About the employer
Kraft Heinz Company
4.1
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Retail & Consumer Goods
Famous for our iconic brands on six continents, Heinz provides delicious, nutritious and convenient foods for families in 200 countries globally
Pros and cons of working at Kraft Heinz Company
Pros
As a graduate at Kraft Heinz, the level of exposure to the senior leadership team and to the wider business in general is what stood out to me.
The culture of the company is probably one of the highlights... Everyone has been really welcoming and supportive.
The grad program is a great way to progress at Kraft Heinz.
The company is very flexible with working hours.
Another great aspect of this company is the global reach, being connected internationally is such a great asset.
Cons
Sometimes, the work-life balance can be challenging.
Outdated internal data systems... which leads to widespread inefficiencies.
At my specific site they do not trust us enough... I feel like my site does not follow the same guidelines as others.
You'll be expecting to do whatever you'll need, including overtime and working over weekends.
The hardest part about working here is the complexity of the business and the product portfolio.