What we offer
The future of dairy. Fast forward.
As a Future Production Graduate, you will fast-track your career towards a leading role at one of our production sites to help shape our business moving forward.
You will get a unique experience characterized by engaging in strategic projects that hold real significance. Working alongside experienced colleagues, you'll delve into the fast-paced realm of consumer goods. Our production site provides hands-on learning, and the chance to lead teams helps you develop essential leadership skills. It's a well-rounded opportunity for personal and professional growth that sets you on a dynamic career path.
Why choose Arla’s Production Management programme?
3 rotations at two sites
The programme will take you to two different European production sites where you will spend 18 months at your primary location (Denmark, Sweden, UK, Germany, Finland or Netherlands) and six months abroad.
We will ensure that you get the right challenges at the right time to unfold your potential and grow.
Team leader Experience
In your third and last rotation you will be assigned as team leader for a group of employees. Here you are going to use your leadership competencies, and you will impact both business and people.
You learn and develop our leadership competencies with a constant aspiration to take on a leadership position in the future.
Personal development
In Arla we believe in stronger people, and in growing with Arla. We therefore prioritized a high focus on your personal development.
You will receive coaching and mentoring to ensure your professional growth and support throughout your journey with Arla.
Your future. Your growth.
We have designed a two-year programme with a focus on how you can fuel your growth and development.
Once selected as an PM graduate, you will be given responsibility from day one and the opportunity to make your effort count. You will solve assignments and business critical tasks for one or more members of the management team at the production site. We offer you the best possible framework for this journey and regular feedback on your performance will keep you on track.
With the PM graduate programme, you provide the talent, effort and determination and we provide the “launch pad” and learning opportunities for you to develop and become a future leader in Arla.
To provide you with the right foundation to become a future leader at one of our production sites.
The structure of the programme
The Production Management graduate programme have been designed to accelerate your growth and development through-out the two years. The first year consist of two rotations of 6 months each, where you will be working on strategic important projects at one of our diary production sites. During the first year you will develop competencies within e.g., dairy technology, project management, digital capabilities, problem-solving, analytical skills, and stakeholder management. The last year is one rotation, where you will take on the role as a team leader for between 10-15 people. The last year you will learn a lot related to people management – how to engage people, motivate people, when to listen and when to make decisions. In short, two years that will boost your professional and personal growth for a key role in Arla’s global business.
Ready. Set. Future.
FUTURE. FAST. FORWARD.
The training weeks will round up your leadership capabilities, so you are well prepared for your first job in Arla at the end of the programme. The training week will be conducted in different countries where Arla operates.
WE ARE ARLA
Introduction to Arla culture, understand the value chain “From Cow to Consumer” and get to know yourself and other.
ENGAGE
Understand and apply our leadership competencies and get an introduction to one of our core markets.
ENVISION
Understand and apply our leadership competencies and get an introduction to on of our markets.
DELIVER
Understand and apply all our leadership competencies and celebrate two-year journey.
