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WITH GREENCORE
Greencore Trainee Manager Programme Prospectus 2018
Greencore Group is a leading international manufacturer of convenience foods, for some of the world’s largest retailers. We are a FTSE 250 business employing around 15,000 people in the UK and USA, with Group revenues of £2.5bn. Not only are we the world’s largest sandwich producer, we have a passion for great food, with a legacy of award winning products across the convenience food sector. We are looking for talented people with a range of different skills and expertise to enable us to continue to grow and innovate in the food sector. Our Trainee Manager Programme is designed to help you reach the top in your career; a senior manager position could be just four years away. JOIN A BUSINESS THAT’S GOING PLACES
£2.5BN
Over 15,000 proforma Group
revenue
colleagues
The world’s globally Market
largest
sandwich maker
leader
in most 45+ locations in the 40m
categories UK, USA & Ireland quiches per year
Leading the
!
industry with A FTSE 250
food safety company
180
MILLION
A fast growing
international
convenience
food leader
220m
chilled prepared
meals and Award Constantly innovating
meal kits winning and improving
bottles of cooking
sauces, pickles products our ranges
and condiments
per year
4,000
401m 45,000 PRODUCTS
1.5BN
salads and
Leaders
in food 388m direct to store
UK deliveries across 20
sandwiches and
other food to go
technology lunch kits categories
salad kits each week products
We operate out of 45+
WHERE COULD facilities in the UK and USA,
across 3 food divisions:
YOUR CAREER FOOD TO GO
TAKE YOU?
A world-class manufacturer of food on the move
products including pre-packed sandwiches,
wraps, prepared salads and sushi for many of the
UK’s major retailers.
CONVENIENCE
FOODS
Anaheim, CA
Bolingbrook, IL
Minneapolis, MN
Rhode Island, RI
Produces
Carol Stream, IL chilled ready
Romeoville, IL meals, chilled sauces,
Fredericksburg, VA Salt Lake City, UT
Geneva,chilled
IL soup and
Seattle, WAquiches as well as own label
ambient cooking sauces,
Jacksonville, FL Wilmington, OH table sauces, pickles
Itasca, IL Woodridge, IL
and Yorkshire puddings for the major retailers in
the UK.
US Central Office
US Manufacturing Sites
US
Producing sandwiches and food to go products
for convenience stores and food service outlets
across the US.
WE’LL HELP YOU TO REACH THE TOP At Greencore, people are at the core of our business, and our Trainee Manager Programme offers a range of exciting career opportunities that provide clear career plans, defined development and a recognised qualification. Our programme is made up of three areas based on your career goals; Operations, Technical and Commercial. With programmes available across our UK network, there’s plenty of opportunity to go further with Greencore. As part of the programme, you’ll receive a broad exposure to our business, allowing you to build on-the-job experience whilst you receive formal training towards a nationally recognised degree. You’ll be working in a market leading, fast growing and dynamic organisation earning a competitive salary, with the potential to reach a senior manager position in four years. Our programme is designed to suit all age ranges, from college leavers to experienced managers. So if you are looking to kick start, recharge or begin a new career path, we have the right programme for you. From Shift Managers in our factories to Category Managers in our Marketing teams; there’s plenty of opportunities to bring fresh new ideas and find your future in food.
OUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE STRUCTURED FOUR YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DEFINED CAREER PATH FROM ENTRY LEVEL MANAGER TO SENIOR BUSINESS LEADER EARN WHILST YOU LEARN DEGREE LEVEL QUALIFICATION AT NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY NO EDUCATIONAL FEES CHOOSE FROM OPERATIONS, TECHNICAL OR COMMERCIAL CAREER PATHS OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE UK DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH A RANGE OF EXPERIENCES FROM COLLEGE LEAVERS TO CAREER RE-STARTERS
Within our structured programme, there are
opportunities to develop your career in our
Operations, Technical and Commercial functions.
The four year programme includes a degree level
qualification, meaning you will earn whilst you
learn. You’ll gain knowledge and experience from
our teams, underpinned by academic learning
towards a recognised qualification at Nottingham
Trent University.
Throughout your programme, you’ll be supported
at various levels by our senior business leaders
helping to guide your longer term career; your
line manager providing continued support and
guidance; buddies who will help you understand
your day to day tasks and skill development;
along with a mentor who will help you to define
your own career pathway at Greencore.
The Trainee Manager programme offers a
competitive salary alongside a number of great
colleague benefits. In addition, you will have the
potential to fast track your career and reach a
senior management level, with a university degree
and no tuition fees, within four years.
AS YOU LEARN
COMMERCIAL
Developing consumer and Within our Commercial function sit Sales, Marketing and Product Development.
Sales has a key purpose to deliver profitable growth, creating and sustaining our
category insight customer relationships. Marketing brings together consumer, category and customer
data to create important insight that drives growth for Greencore and our customers.
Developing a business plan Product Development, meanwhile, creatively inspire new products for now,
and the future!
Creating sustainable customer
relationships By the end of your four year programme, you will have experienced all the key areas to
help you to appreciate the full functionality of Commercial, and to work out which area
Driving growth strategies you’d want to focus on in your career, you will rotate through roles in each of these
departments. This should lead to a Category / Business Account Manager or Product
Creatively inspiring new Development Manager role.
products
OPERATIONS
Delivering Greencore Our Operations teams have a vast array of responsibilities in our factories,
ultimately bringing together our people, our processes, and our great food
Manufacturing Excellence products to deliver key operational objectives. The function is responsible for
producing to quality standards, driving improvements, and eliminating waste.
Production planning
Plant maintenance and a
sset care Our Operations programme will give you broad exposure to a breadth of activity in
our factories; by getting you into the reality of food production; you will start your
Commissioning and developing journey with a great appreciation of the work that goes into physically producing
great food. This should lead you towards a Category / Business Account Manager
cap-ex projects or Product Development Manager role.
Leading teams
TECHNICAL
Our Technical teams’ purpose is to reactively and proactively set and maintain our
Supplier approval legislative, customer and internal standards; to ensure our factories consistently
Quality management produce quality food products for our customers and, ultimately, our consumers.
Process improvement Our Technical programme will initially focus on key roles including writing product
specifications, checking raw materials, process improvement and quality assurance to
Laboratory analysis give you a broad appreciation of these specialisms, before developing you specifically
towards leadership roles in quality assurance. Your expertise will be developed to a
Writing product specifications great depth as you study the degree programme, preparing you for your career in food.MORE TO FOOD
THAN YOU THINK
SKILLS EDUCATION BENEFITS
To help provide you with the very best skills As part of our commitment to keeping people at In addition to the benefits of your programme,
and management experience, all our Trainee the core of our business, we’ve partnered with you’ll also have access to the wide range of great
Managers will have access to our Line Manager some of the best academic facilities in the country. colleague benefits, such as:
Framework that supports all of our line managers
to learn new skills, at their own pace. Our primary partnership with Nottingham Trent My Core Benefits
University, provides you with access to a leading A personalised online platform that allows you to
This bespoke framework has been developed facility as well as a modern and easy to access take advantage of a wide variety of options, such as
by Greencore, for Greencore and it’s a ‘one stop campus. our Cycle 2 Work Scheme, discounts at retail stores,
shop’ for all you need to be a great line manager. restaurants, days out and attractions and you can
If you’d like to find out more about Nottingham
From time management to presentation and trade your holiday entitlement too. There really is
Trent University, you can visit their website at:
communication skills, there’s something for something for everyone.
www.ntu.ac.uk
everyone.
Pension
Depending on which career path you choose, your
We understand that being a Line Manager is a qualification will be tailored to ensure that you As part of the Greencore Mastertrust Pension
challenging, yet rewarding job, and we want to receive the right education to build your scheme, Greencore will match your pension
help you learn, not just academic knowledge, future career. contribution up to 8% of your pensionable pay.
but also great skills that will help you to find your
own management style as well as key business If you’re considering University, or looking to ShareSave
knowledge. redirect your career, this programme provides After being with us for 12 months, you can join our
you with a fantastic option of learning at a ShareSave scheme. You can pay monthly fixed
After a brief self-assessment, the online portal well-respected University without needing to amounts for three years into a personal saving
will allow you to understand your development worry about the cost. In fact, you’ll be earning a account. After three years, you can either purchase
areas and choose when and how you learn. competitive salary whilst you learn! Greencore shares at a discounted rate, or you can
choose to have your tax-free savings returned.DON’T JUST TAKE
OUR WORD FOR IT...
One of our best examples of progression through the business is that of Clare
Rees. Clare joined Greencore in 1996 as a graduate trainee. In 2017 Clare was
appointed Managing Director of Greencore’s Convenience Foods Division in the
UK, with responsibility for seven manufacturing sites.
“ I’ve stayed with the business for so many
years because of the people I work
with. Everyone works hard and they’re
all passionate about the business – they
support each other and also know when
to have fun. Greencore also promotes
from within the business – my career
is testament to that – and they give
opportunities to those they believe have
the potential to succeed. I’m proud of
how successful the business has become,
Clare Rees
MD thanks to our people, our strategy and our
Greencore Convenience Foods customer relationships.”YOUR FUTURE IN
FOOD STARTS HERE
To apply to join this programme you will need, as a minimum, Level 2 qualifications in English, Maths,
and ICT. You will then also need 3 A-Level (Level 3) qualifications at grade C or above. For our technical
programme, one of these must be a science or food technology.
If you don’t have the A-Levels, your training and work experience may be relevant and Nottingham Trent
University may be able to accredit your prior learning or experience as an alternative to the A-Levels,
so please make sure you provide us with plenty of information in your application to account for what
you’ve done that might be relevant.
Also, if you’re currently studying A Levels or Level 3 qualifications and you don’t yet have your results,
please make sure you tell us about your predicted grades. We look forward hearing from you soon!
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