Register your interest - Supply Chain Non Technical Industrial Placement (IP) - UK & Ireland

Cooper & Hall Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 25,108 - 30,687; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

End-of-placement bonus

Subsidised gym memberships

Discounted staff shop

28 days holiday pro rata

Job summary

Cooper & Hall Limited is offering a hybrid Supply Chain role based in Leeds. The ideal candidate should be in their penultimate year of their degree, with strong problem-solving and communication skills. The position includes launching new products and contributing to sustainable projects.

Benefits include a competitive salary of £27,898, a bonus at the end of the placement, and a flexible working environment.

Responsibilities

• Helping launch the newest Beauty and Personal Care innovation.
• Contributing to sustainable engineering projects at one of our UK factories.
• Working in our UK/head office, ensuring products arrive on time.

Skills

Strong problem-solving ability

Proactivity

Effective communication & business partnering

Education

Completed penultimate year of undergraduate degree

Job description

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care and Foods products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 3.4 billion consumers daily.

Our goal is to deliver best‑in‑class performance with market‑making, unmissably superior brands.

As we receive a high volume of applications, please make sure to read the job descriptions on our website carefully and apply for the ONE function you are most interested in. Only your first application will be considered.

What do we look for?

For our Non‑Technical roles, we are open to students from any background who have an appetite for Supply Chain. Students must have completed the penultimate year of their undergraduate degree by the time they start their placement and be returning to study after the placement.

With a strong performance culture, challenging goals, and continuous feedback, we will support you to achieve your potential in an inclusive environment. You will thrive by gaining exposure to real business challenges where your energy and fresh thinking will have an impact.

Some positions you could be allocated to include:

• Portfolio Procurement Assistant at our Leeds or Port Sunlight offices, collaborating and negotiating with suppliers while championing our sustainability policies
• Support performance tracking, digital tools, and stakeholder engagement. Manage Personal Care Quality Scorecards, support Unmissable Brand Superiority (UBS) initiatives, contribute to digital innovation projects like PQS (Product Quality Services) tracking and AI insights, engage in quarterly reporting, data automation, and quality improvement activities.
• Customer Experience Specialist at our Leeds or Kingston offices, being the face of Unilever to our customer’s supply chain planning and managing our operations and strategy.

What could your day‑to‑day role include?

• Helping launch the newest Beauty and Personal Care innovation.
• Contributing to sustainable engineering projects at one of our UK factories.
• Working in our UK/head office, ensuring our products arrive on time and in full at our customers.

Skills required include:

• Strong problem‑solving ability
• Proactivity
• Effective communication & business partnering

Location

Hybrid working with at least 3 days weekly at the Port Sunlight (Wirral), Leeds or Kingston office – subject to where you are based.

Benefits

• A competitive salary of £27,898.00
• End‑of‑placement bonus
• Subsidised gym memberships (availability varies by site)
• Discounted staff shop
• Opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
• 28 days (pro rata) of holiday inclusive of bank holidays; after 12 worked weeks your holiday entitlement increases to 33 days inclusive of bank holidays, pro rata for the term of the placement.
• Opportunity to join one of our Future Careers Development Teams such as Outreach, Digi, Community & Wellbeing and many more.
• A dedicated buddy to help you onboard and learn about the business.
• An experienced line manager to develop your knowledge and understanding across the year.

Equal‑Employment‑Opportunities statement

We give full and fair consideration to all applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity. We are a key advocate of well‑being and offer a variety of support for our people, including hubs, programmes, and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family‑friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.