Supply Chain Industrial Placement - Procurement 2026

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food and beverage leader is seeking enthusiastic undergraduates for a 12-month placement in Supply Chain, starting July 2026. Successful candidates will engage in projects related to agriculture, supplier relations, and digital tools. This role offers substantial professional development and a competitive salary of £25,500.

Benefits

Vibrant culture

25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Discounted PepsiCo products

Market-leading health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Students in their penultimate year of university studies.
• Full RTW for placement duration (July 2026 – July 2027).
• Interest in agriculture as part of a degree path.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects focused on Agriculture and digitisation.
• Work in the Agriculture lab involving crop sampling.
• Fieldwork including potato crop monitoring.

Skills

Intellectual curiosity

Willingness to challenge norms

Passion for sustainability

Creativity

Ambition

Education

Degree in Science, Procurement, or Supply Chain

Tools

CropTrak

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Overview

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 2026 on a full time basis.

Each day 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. Our function is 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 role to play in our future. We provide a perfect environment for individuals to develop, feel valued and have 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

Procurement, Agriculture

Leicester based, but travel and working from home is required (more travel days during the summer period).

In this placement you will:

• Lead a number of projects focused on Agriculture, commercial agreements and digitisation.
• Work in the Agriculture lab, sampling crops and providing analytics.
• Undertake field work, to include potato crop monitoring and regenerative agriculture projects.
• Contract management and commercial experience.
• Build relationships with suppliers and farm contacts.
• Utilise and enhance digital tools including CropTrak, Tableau and PowerBI.
• Present business case proposals, cost analysis and sustainability projects.
• Carry out financial control/management.
• Create project time-plans.
• Be given real-life objectives to work on and be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Students that have the full RTW for the duration of the full-time placement (July 2026 – July 2027).
• 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.
• Following path to a degree in Science, Procurement or supply chain – an interest in Agriculture.
• 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 you need to know?

Our placements start in July 2026 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, online digital physiotherapy service

Our application process

• Online application
• Video Interview sent to you by HR: September–October 2025
• Virtual Assessment Center: November – December 2025

Application Closing Date: 20th October 2025

Our application window is scheduled to close on the above date; however, in the event of a large response we will close applications early. We would therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. Our product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people.