Early Career Program - Production

About Kerry

Join Kerry and shape the future of sustainable nutrition. At Kerry, we're tackling one of humanity's greatest challenges delivering sustainable nutrition to over 2 billion people while protecting our planet. It's a monumental task, and we need ambitious early careers bursting with innovative solutions to real-world problems. If you're an agile, collaborative team player, we offer a career where you can make a real difference and help secure our future.

Do you have what it takes to deliver sustainable nutrition to over 2 billion people? Rise to the challenge with one of our early career programs.

This permanent, full-time role begins with a structured 2-year program. From day one, you'll be immersed in real-world challenges, supported by a global network of mentors, and empowered to make meaningful contributions. With structured learning, cross-functional exposure, the program is designed to give you the skills, confidence, and experience to thrive in your career.

Our manufacturing program offers an excellent opportunity to gain a deep understanding of the end-to-end manufacturing processes and technologies. You'll build expertise in people and project management, continuous improvement, and leadership—preparing you to take on real challenges and make a meaningful impact.

You'll learn directly from our manufacturing experts and work cross-functionally, enhancing your enterprise-wide knowledge of the business. You'll also gain insights into Kerry's key business drivers, performance measures, process capabilities, products, and customers.

What you might be doing:

• Support the site strategic agenda by translating strategic goals into daily actions—whether that's driving performance metrics, supporting team initiatives, or contributing to operational excellence.
• Play a key role in implementing and embedding the Kerry manufacturing standard, ensuring consistency and quality across processes and teams.
• Develop into an empowered people leader by managing small teams, leading shift huddles, and supporting performance conversations.
• Lead and contribute to projects ranging from capital investments (e.g. installing new equipment or upgrading production lines) to process improvement initiatives (e.g. reducing waste, improving throughput), applying best-in-class project management principles.
• Facilitate and collaborate with management teams on major transformation programs such as digitalization, automation, or sustainability upgrades.
• Gain a clear understanding of how manufacturing contributes to Kerry's sustainability agenda—such as reducing energy usage, optimizing water consumption, and minimizing food waste.

• You're currently have a degree in food science, food technology, engineering, business & management, supply chain, or any other relevant subject.
• You have 1-3 years of experience.
• You're ambitious, curious, and can't wait to put your talents into action.
• You're open-minded, agile, and willing to embrace opportunities.
• You're fluent in English and local language.
• You're eligible to permanently work in the location you're applying to.
• You're open to traveling and relocating.

Program start date 1st September 2026