Graduate Business Operations Executive

This exciting two-year graduate programme offers a fast-paced operational and people leadership career pathway within Wiltshire Farm Foods.

Graduates will gain immediate customer-facing experience, completing all frontline roles before progressing into supervisory leadership and a management placement with increasing accountability for people and performance.

Alongside hands-on operational experience, graduates will lead General Manager sponsored improvement projects focused on local growth, developing commercial, analytical and project leadership skills.

The programme builds capability across team leadership, customer service, sales growth, operational efficiency and cost management. On successful completion, graduates will be ready to progress into an Retail Sales & Operations leadership role and future development opportunities.

With Wiltshire Farm Foods depots located across the country, you’ll be based at a depot carefully selected to support your development, match your aspirations and give you the opportunity to make a real impact.

You’ll need to be flexible and willing to travel including staying away from home will be part of the program, with all associated expenses covered.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, part of the apetito group, is the UK’s largest ready-meal supplier, cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK primarily to the elderly, their family members and healthcare professionals.

We're dedicated to making a real difference to our customers' lives, by bringing sunshine to their doors through our commitment to provide good old-fashioned service.

Our intense pride drives us to continuously innovate and improve, ensuring our products and service exceed our customers' needs.

This is all whilst being an ethical and sustainable organisation that believes in doing the right thing.

• People Management – Support, motivate and develop colleagues, building engagement, accountability and a positive team culture.
• Operational Leadership – Develop the confidence and leadership skills to manage day-to-day operations, make effective decisions and deliver consistently high standards.
• KPI & Performance Management – Monitor key operational and commercial KPIs, identifying performance gaps and supporting actions to improve and grow your business.
• Sales & Business Growth – Support local sales activity, customer acquisition and retention initiatives to contribute to local business growth.
• Customer Service – Champion excellent customer service, understanding customer needs and helping resolve issues quickly and professionally.
• Stock Management – Support effective stock control, availability, ordering, while maintaining appropriate stockholding levels.
• Fleet Management – Assist with the efficient management of the vehicle fleet, including utilisation, compliance, availability and operational performance.
• Cost & Financial Control – Develop an understanding of key cost lines, budgets and operational expenditure, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability.
• Retail & Operational Management – Gain hands-on experience across the operation, developing strong commercial awareness and an understanding of how people, service, sales and costs combine to drive performance.
• Health, Safety & Compliance – Take responsibility for supporting a safe working environment, ensuring colleagues follow health and safety procedures and promote a strong safety-first culture.

We’re looking for an ambitious, commercially minded graduate who is excited by the opportunity to build a career in operational leadership. You’ll be:

• Achieving a 2:2 degree or above within the last two years, ideally in a business, management…