Kepak Marketing Graduate Programme 2027 - UK

Cooper & Hall Limited; Kirkham; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount Scheme

Educational Assistance / L&D

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Cooper & Hall Limited invites ambitious graduates to join its 2027 Category & Customer Marketing Graduate Programme at Kepak Kirkham, home to Rustlers. The two-year programme rotates through Category and Marketing, with a clear learner journey and a dedicated mentor to guide development.

Applicants should be hardworking, mobile, and willing to travel across UK and Ireland sites. Undergraduates from all disciplines are welcome to apply, aligned with our core values of Responsibility, Ambition,

Qualifications

• We are seeking hardworking and ambitious Graduates.
• You must be mobile and willing to travel throughout the programme to undertake development activities at any of our sites in the UK and Ireland.
• We will consider undergraduates from all disciplines and backgrounds.
• Alignment with our Core Values: Responsibility, Ambition, Passion for Food, Teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Rotations through Category and Marketing to gain a broad business understanding.
• Develop understanding of brands, products and customer relationships.
• Learn to analyse performance data and make marketing recommendations.
• Mentor-supported learner journey with a structured training plan.

Skills

Hardworking

Ambitious

Willing to travel

Education

Undergraduates from all disciplines

Job description

We are seeking to recruit for the 2027 Category and Customer Marketing Graduate Programme at our Kepak Kirkham site, home to Rustlers.

Start date: 6th September 2027

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The Programme:

Our Category & Customer Marketing Graduate programme is to help us to develop our Category or Marketing leaders of the future, and allows dynamic, motivated, hardworking, and passionate Graduates an opportunity to start their career with one of Ireland & UKs leading meat businesses. We will rotate you through both Category & Marketing to help you gain a great understanding of the business, before specialising towards the end of your programme and into your first role. The programme lasts 2 years and leads successful graduates onto potential career opportunities within the business.

You can expect:

• To be fully immersed into our Culture from day 1, working alongside key industry experts and Kepak leaders
• Gain an in depth understanding of our brands and products, and our relationships with customers and consumers
• Learn to understand performance data initially, and then analyse and make recommendations in the team to improve commercial performance
• Support the development of new products, including new packaging designs & marketing campaigns. Build your knowledge of your customers to understand their lifestyle, so that you can tailor all marketing activity to their needs
• Support the development of strategies for our brands, and the planning future marketing activities to help realise the strategy
• To learn key aspects of our business, whilst you develop your skills and knowledge
• The opportunity to develop personally and professionally through exposure to key projects, tasks and development activities that challenge you, all supported by a detailed learner journey and training plan
• A dedicated mentor and development program to support you both on the programme and into a role that best fits your skills

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for hardworking and ambitious Graduates, who want to learn and grow in a challenging and fast paced environment, by performing real roles as part of your rotations.

You must be mobile and willing to travel throughout the programme to undertake development activities at any of our sites in the UK and Ireland.

We will consider undergraduates from all disciplines and backgrounds.

We will be looking for alignment with our Core Values:

• Responsibility – Ability to work on your own initiative and take accountability for your actions
• Ambition – You will have the willingness and confidence to challenge yourself to be the best you can be and be driven to succeed
• Passion for Food – this is at the heart of everything we do, you must be passionate about every aspect of our industry
• Teamwork – ability to build positive relationships quickly with people from all cultures and career stages is pivotal

Benefits

• Employee Discount Scheme
• Educational Assistance/ L&D
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme