Taste your. future. Graduate opportunities at Kerry

Taste your future Graduate opportunities at Kerry

Welcome to the world of Kerry Inside this brochure: Discover that Kerry Group is so much more than you thought pages 4-18 TASTE your future by applying today page 24 Meet some of our current graduates and find out what it takes to make it at Kerry pages 21-30 Want more? More detailed information and videos of life at Kerry can be found at our graduate site www.kerrygraduates.com The content of this brochure relates to the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. www.kerrygraduates.com 3

About Kerry Group Did you know that Kerry supplies more than 15,000 ingredients and flavours to some of the biggest names in the food industry globally? Or that we are the name behind many of your favourite food products and brands such as Cheestrings, Wall s and Denny? Not only are we a leading producer of chilled consumer food products but we are also one of the most technologically advanced manufacturers of ingredients and flavours in the world. Ingredients & Flavours Kerry Group Consumer Foods To find out more and to apply, read on... 4

Operations in 25 countries including Chicago, USA......Dubai, UAE, and......durban, South Africa 24,000+ 15,000+ Global employees Products offered 100+ 140 Manufacturing sites Customer countries www.kerrygraduates.com 5

About Kerry Group In this brochure, you will learn about both of our businesses and also meet some of the graduates who work for us. You can also watch videos of our graduates on www.kerrygraduates.com 6

Our ingredients and flavours business Ingredients & Flavours www.kerrygraduates.com

Welcome to Kerry s ingredients and flavours business As one of the largest and most technologically advanced manufacturers of ingredients and flavours in the world, we supply more than 15,000 ingredients and flavours to many of the world s biggest names in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical markets. This means that every day millions of people worldwide consume foods or beverages containing Kerry s ingredients and flavours. As a global leader in ingredients and flavours, our success lies in our unique capability to bring together our technological expertise to create innovative solutions for our customers. Kerry has unrivalled expertise in creating innovative solutions across the following end-use markets: - Cereals & Bars - Ice Cream - Bakery - Confectionery - Alcoholic Beverages - Soft Drinks - Tea & Coffee - Nutritional Beverages - Pharmaceutical - Prepared Meals & Side Dishes - Meats & Appetisers - Dairy - Snacks www.kerrygraduates.com 9

You ll find our ingredients all around you... Dairy & Culinary - Cheese & Dairy Ingredients - Culinary & Dairy Sauces - Cultured Dairy Ingredients - Dairy & Savoury Flavours - Functional Meat Systems - Marinades, Rubs & Glazes - Savoury Coating Systems - Seasonings - Stocks & Broths - Taste Modulators - Yeast Extracts Sweet & Cereal - Baked & Dough Pieces - Bakery Mixes - Chocolate & Compounds - Confections & Coated Sweet Pieces - Clusters & Granola Pieces - Expanded Cereal Shapes - Ready-to-Eat Cereals - Sweet Flavours - Sweet Particulates - Sweet Sauces & Fillings - Taste Modulators Lipids, Emulsifiers & Texturants - Creaming Lipid Systems - Emulsifiers - Hydrocolloids - Infant Nutrition - Shortening & Whipping Powders - Texture & Stabiliser Systems Beverage - Beverage Bases - Brewing Solutions - Dry Beverage Mixes - Emulsions & Clouds - Extracts & Distillates - Flavour Systems - Nutritional Beverages - Restoration Aromas - Syrups & Sauces - Taste Modulators Pharma, Nutritional and Functional Ingredients - Cell Nutrition Proteins - Pharma Excipients - Active Yeasts - Specialised Proteins - Enzymes - Clean-label Ingredients 10

Global Technology & Innovation Centre Taoiseach Enda Kenny at our Ground Breaking Ceremony. Kerry is investing 100 million in creating a Global Technology & Innovation Centre for the EMEA Region in Naas, Ireland. This centre will house nearly 1,000 employees and will be the hub of technology, innovation and business for the region. This world class campus will be the focal point for technology and innovation, and a key enabler for delivering products and services for our customers. Our customers will have a unique experience when visiting the facility as we will be able to showcase our breadth of technological expertise all in one location. The Centre will be fully operational in 2015. www.kerrygraduates.com 11

Our Global Footprint Supporting our customers wherever they operate... Global Technology & Innovation Centres Regional Development & Applications Centres Manufacturing Locations Graduate opportunities outlined in this brochure relate to the Europe, Middle East (EMEA) region. 12

Our consumer foods business Consumer Foods www.kerrygraduates.com

Welcome to Kerry s consumer foods business Since the early seventies, our consumer foods business has grown from its origins as a small dairy cooperative in rural Ireland to become one of the largest chilled foods companies in the UK and Ireland employing some 9,500 people. As a leading food manufacturer across markets in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, we know that keeping up with discerning customer demand means continuously improving every aspect of what we do. That means making the smartest use of the latest technology, streamlining our business processes, pushing quality levels and setting new standards of customer service. www.kerrygraduates.com 15

Who we are We re behind some of the best known and bestperforming brands in the market Richmond, Galtee, Wall s, Denny, Dairygold, Cheestrings, Charleville, Low Low and Pure to name but a few. We re also a leading producer of supermarket private label products, ranging from chilled and frozen ready meals and cooked meats to pastry, cheese and dairy products. In everything we do, our mission is straightforward to fill the country s refrigerators with simply brilliant food. 16

B Some of our brands Some of our customers B Dunnes Stores Tesco Sainsburys Morrisons ASDA Marks & Spencers Aldi Lidl Waitrose www.kerrygraduates.com 17

How we are structured We structure our Foods business into three main market segments. They are: Dairy Products We are the largest branded dairy supplier in Ireland, and we re Britain s largest supplier of private label dairy spreads supplying to all major retailers. Meal Solutions The success of our meal solutions business reflects the growing demand for interesting and imaginative world food, and we re the UK s leading customerbranded supplier of chilled and frozen ready meals. Enniskillen Listowel Charleville Dairy Products Meal Solutions Meat and Savoury Provisions Portadown Carrickmacross Tallaght Shillelagh Meat & Savoury Provisions Head Office Burton A hearty breakfast wouldn t be the same without us. We re the UK s and Ireland s leading supplier of sausages and cooked, cured and smoked meats and meat puddings. We supply cured hams and poultry products, whole and pre-packed, to supermarket shelves and deli counters everywhere, and we re the number one chilled distributor to the independent sector. Ossett Hyde Spalding Attleborough Southall Egham Poole 18

The Programme The Programme www.kerrygraduates.com

The Programme At Kerry, we are committed to developing our graduates to their full potential. Our intensive, best in class two-year programme offers: - Early access to senior leaders, - Secondments and assignments across EMEA, - Coaching and mentoring, - Residential off-site training, and, - Innovative project work. Combined with formal training, you will work with talented, passionate people who provide invaluable training on the job. The Graduate Programme is only the first stage in your lifecycle of development with Kerry Group. The Kerry Learning Academy will ensure that you continue to receive the knowledge and skills needed for longterm career advancement. www.kerrygraduates.com 21

Our graduate opportunities Graduates in Kerry are offered real roles with real responsibility from Day One. We recruit graduates across a wide range of functions: - Research, Development & Applications (RD&A), - Accounting and Finance, - Operations, - Engineering, - Supply Chain, - IT, - Quality, - Procurement, - Sales, Marketing and Category Management, and - Human Resources. As we hire graduates into real roles, the functions we recruit into can vary year on year. One thing graduates can definitely be guaranteed is that a role in Kerry will provide unrivalled hands-on experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where career potential is virtually unlimited. For a full list of our current graduate vacancies in the EMEA region and to apply, visit our website www.kerrygraduates.com 22

And it s not all work... www.kerrygraduates.com 23

Who are we looking for? We are now recruiting for our next generation of global leaders. Our Graduate Programme provides an accelerated path to leadership whilst working in an innovative, energetic and global environment. We are looking for graduates who are: - team players, - proven self starters with a drive and determination to succeed, - flexible with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and - commercially aware with a global mindset. Does this sound like you? If so, please visit us at www.kerrygraduates.com to apply. 24

Our Graduates Our Graduates www.kerrygraduates.com

Meet some of our Executives who started at Kerry as Graduates... Kerry has a strong history and reputation for growing and developing graduates all the way to the very top of the organisation, and this is visible at our executive table. Stan McCarthy CEO, Kerry Group Flor Healy CEO, Consumer Foods Catherina Leahy CFO, Ingredients & Flavours EMEA Eoin O Connell CEO, Ingredients & Flavours EMEA Could you be our next leader? www.kerrygraduates.com 27

Now, meet some of our current graduates... Majiri Engineering Adrien ICT JJ Finance Michael Operations Zita RD&A 28

MAJIRI ENGINEERING I joined Kerry as a Graduate Process Engineer based in York in the UK. In my first role, I was responsible for managing the installation of two new pieces of equipment as well as the complete analysis, evaluation and implementation of one particular piece of equipment. After two years, I was posted to Germany as a Process Engineer with additional responsibility. Now my role includes auditing how processes run in production in order to understand the equipment or improve the operator s procedures, organising trials for new equipment, interviewing contractors to evaluate their promised results and working with RD&A on new product development. What I like most about my job is its versatility. I am constantly challenged to solve problems, and with each feat accomplished, my confidence and ability develops. It is very powerful to know you can face any challenge and find a solution. www.kerrygraduates.com 29

MICHAEL OPERATIONS I have been with Kerry for almost two years. I have progressed during this time from being a team leader managing 22 people to a group leader where I manage a multifunctional team of up to 75 people, in a high speed process environment. I am now currently leading a site-wide waste reduction project. I was recently given the opportunity to go to the University of Kentucky on a two-week intensive Lean manufacturing course as part of my development, which shows the level of investment Kerry places in their graduates. No day is the same in Operations, which is what I enjoy most about my job. It is a fast paced environment and I am expected to deliver results through my team. 30

JJ ACCOUNTING & FINANCE When I joined Kerry, I was a trainee factory accountant in Rodgau, Germany. After 11 months in the role I was promoted to site factory accountant for the Rodgau site. I held this position for a year and a half until I moved to my current role in Commercial Finance on the Meat Technology pricing team. Moving to the commercial team has also broadened my knowledge and has increased my commercial awareness. Currently, I am responsible for product costing for Meat products produced in the UK and Ireland. This involves analysing the raw material, factory and distribution costs and coming up with a product cost. Product costing involves communication across many functions ranging from factory accountants, account managers to product technologists. I have definitely progressed since I joined Kerry. Being made site accountant in Rodgau gave me great experience in Operations Finance and also meant that I had a lot of responsibility. www.kerrygraduates.com 31

ADRIEN ICT I currently work as a Business Analyst as part of the Finance Control Team. My role involves being the bridge between IT developers and the business. I am currently working as part of the Kerryconnect project team. This is a global project to deploy one single ERP system across Kerry sites worldwide. My role involves supporting current users by constantly improving our solution and answering their business requirements. In the deployment stage of the project, my role is to ensure that the ERP system is perfectly ready for a seamless implementation and a smooth go live. I also work on planning for future releases by anticipating challenges and analysing their specifications. My role is quite varied depending on which stage of the Kerryconnect project I am working on, so there is no such thing really as a typical day. 32

ZITA RD&A I joined Kerry in August 2012 and am currently specialising in the Dairy and Culinary area of the business. RD&A is not all laboratory work and recipe building. Although this is a huge part of it, there are many other areas that need to be mastered. Project management is a key aspect of this role and you need to be personable, outspoken and have a strong affinity for science with a good understanding of ingredients and how they interact. It is hard to sum up my role as it covers so many areas of the business giving technical support to production, taking part in flavour panels, recipe building, product development, customer engagement, project management the list goes on. After six months, I was given the amazing opportunity to run a project in one of our sites in Denmark. The responsibility given to me was huge and is a true reflection of how much Kerry values the training and progression of their Graduates. www.kerrygraduates.com 33

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