Supply Chain Industrial Placement 2025

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Brigg; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits enthusiastic undergraduates to join a dynamic Supply Chain team at an industry leader. This 12-month placement program, starting in July 2025, offers hands-on experience with real-life projects that impact some of the world's most beloved brands. You'll work in a vibrant environment, gaining invaluable skills while contributing meaningfully to the business. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, this role is perfect for those eager to learn and grow their careers in a fast-paced setting. Join a diverse team that values creativity and ambition, and make your mark in a company that is committed to positive change.

Benefits

Vibrant culture

Development and mentoring

25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holidays

Discounted PepsiCo products

Competitive pension scheme

Market-leading health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Students in their penultimate year with a passion for engineering and sustainability.
• Full right to work for the duration of the placement.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects in Supply Chain from inception to handover.
• Support quality and food safety initiatives across various sites.

Skills

Project Management

Data Analysis

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Food Safety

Supply Chain Management

Excel

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Business Management

Degree in Food Science

Tools

Excel

Data Analysis Tools

Job description

Overview

PepsiCo Industrial Placements – Supply Chain 2025-2026 Cohort

You’ve learned a lot as a student already. Want to put it into practice at PepsiCo?

Our placement programmes are structured to give you the chance to make an impact on some of the world’s biggest brands. From day one, you’ll be working on projects that matter. You’ll shake things up, shape trends, and get guidance and development to help you discover your potential.

We are looking for enthusiastic undergraduates to join our Supply Chain team on a 12-month placement programme starting in July 2025 on a full-time basis.

Everyday millions of people in the UK enjoy our oats, snacks, juices and beverages. As a placement student within Supply Chain, you will have the opportunity to join our 4,500 strong team who are behind these household names. As a function we are spread across 10 sites which include our Quaker Oats Mill in Cupar and our Walkers Crisp factory in Leicester – the largest crisp factory in the world.

Undergraduate placement students have an important part to play in our future and we provide a perfect environment for individuals to develop, whilst feeling valued and having lots of fun. You will have lots of autonomy where your decisions will really make a difference to our business and in return you will have the chance to develop your skills and experience in a fast paced, energetic environment.

Responsibilities

Within Supply Chain we have opportunities within the following disciplines:

Engineering

• Opportunities available at Leicester. Required degrees in Mechanical/Electrical, Chemical or Manufacturing Engineering.

In this placement you will:

• Lead equipment reliability and energy improvements to understand the root cause of poor performing assets and implement initiatives.
• Support the development and deployment of both productivity and capital investment programs, which may include state of the art automation equipment.
• Be given real-life objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Operations

Opportunities available in Coventry. Required degrees in Business Management or closely related disciplines.

In this placement you will:

• Lead and own projects from inception through to handover ensuring key phasing of Projects are identified and worked to (Project Management).
• Seek opportunities for productivity improvements.
• Own data collection & improvements.
• Act as an interface (‘on project’ point of contact) for Site and other PepsiCo plants with teams such as Operations, Finance, Engineering and Quality.
• Lead Operations Teams as appropriate for the size of each project ensuring adequate/appropriate resource is allocated.
• Cross UK communication of projects for best practices.
• Be given real-life objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Process Lead Support

Opportunities available in Leicester. Required degrees in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or closely related disciplines.

In this placement, you will:

• Support the line structure team to drive SPARK cultural transformation on the shop floor.
• Obtain and validate data for Daily Direction Setting (DDS) and Weekly Direction Setting (WDS), including preparation of loss trees.
• Assist Process Leads with loss elimination activities, such as Gembas, problem-solving (e.g., 6W2H, UPS).
• Support the execution of SPARK initiatives, including developing new centerline parameters and conducting system health checks.
• Train operators in executing daily management systems.
• Own loss elimination workstreams related to equipment or processes.
• Assist with zone physical standard improvement requests and workstreams.
• Actively participate in planned stops, changeovers, and other business requirements.

Customer Collaboration and Customer Service Analytics

Opportunities available in Green Park, Reading.

Preferred degrees in Supply Chain Management, Business Studies or closely related discipline.

In this placement you will:

• Take ownership for the analysis of forecasting performance data for both accuracy and bias and to implement improvements.
• Review Impulse daily sales v forecast and make recommendations based on fluctuations.
• Create and maintain customer promotional trackers and using this data to make recommendations for current forecasts and future promotions.
• Provide effective forecast management information to make effective forecasting changes.
• Review seasonality of forecasts and ensure these are reflected in a timely manner.
• Provide management information in to the S&OP decision-making forum for customer related BIAS, Accuracy.
• Administer control zone forecast changes when required.
• Drive system and process improvements to leverage greater levels of efficiency.
• Use your Excel Intermediate skills to make a difference.
• Be given real-life objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Quality & Food Safety

Opportunities available in Leicester. Preferred degrees in Food Science, Food Science & Technology, Food Manufacturing, Food and Consumer Studies or closely related disciplines.

In this placement you will:

• Support the Quality & Food Safety Team on delivering key Quality and Food Safety initiatives, specifically the key metrics for the site.
• Support the Quality Specialists through trending of Consumer Complaints plus identification and facilitation of work streams for complaint reduction opportunities with site manufacturing teams.
• Support the Food Safety Team to drive food safety performance through completion of audits and taking an active role in root cause analysis following food safety issues.
• Support the site’s BRC Agenda by working on specific projects to drive continued improvements.
• Be given real-life objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Please note, when submitting an application, we will ask for your role preferences and these will be taken into consideration wherever possible.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Students that have the full RTW for the duration of the full-time placement (July 2025-July 2026).
• Students currently in their penultimate year of university studies, where the course includes the option of completing a sandwich placement before returning to study after the placement.
• An intellectual curiosity and a willingness to challenge accepted ways of doing things.
• Passion for our company, for your development, for sustainability and engineering delivery.
• Ambition, eagerness to learn and grow your career and aspire to be our future leaders.
• Creativity, bring your new thinking and fresh ideas to our brands.
• You! At PepsiCo we bring ourselves to work and embrace diversity and inclusion. We believe our differences is what makes us special.

What else do you need to know?

Our placements start in July 2025 on a full-time basis and will last for 12 months, with a salary of £25,500.

Other benefits:

• Vibrant culture.
• Development and mentoring.
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holidays.
• Discounted PepsiCo products.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Market-leading health and wellbeing benefits: Virtual GP: available to you and your family 24/7, Discounted gym membership, SWORD; online free digital physiotherapy service.

About PepsiCo:

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making everyday favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers, and Monster Munch & Rockstar, to name a few! We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $70 billion in net revenue in 2020. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted Top Employer for the 11th year in a row.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (Pep+). Pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.