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students & early careers

Our early careers opportunities are full of all kinds of goodness, big and small. And we don’t just mean the chocolatey kind either. Along with roles that are rich in responsibility and people who will fuel your passions, you’ll enjoy training and benefits that will unlock your delicious best.

Growing With Us

Wherever you are, whatever role you’re in, you’ll have big and small opportunities to learn from the best in the business. You’ll also have regular one-to-ones with your line manager and mentor to discuss your career path and to design an enticing development plan.

We know real development doesn’t come from any one method. That’s why we’ll offer you a range of development opportunities, from coaching and training to skills-stretching experiences and, if you like, support towards professional qualifications. All of which you’ll need to step up and own.

Best of all, you’ll have the chance to make a huge impact on the business early in your career. As a company that’s young and growing, we understand the value of great ideas. If you’ve got one, we’ve got the energy and resources to make that idea happen – on a big scale.

Picking up new skills

Our three-year graduate programmes will give you every business skill you can think of focusing on many areas like your ability to present and influence stakeholders through effective communication. We will also provide you with the skills and knowledge to navigate your own career. It includes courses on presentation, influence and effective communication. But we believe that you’ll get the majority of your learning and experience working across a variety of roles, gaining ‘big-picture’ commercial expertise and a broader understanding of how our business works.

70% of the time you’ll work in a real position with real responsibilities.

20% of the time you’ll learn directly from your managers and mentors.

10% of the time you’ll spend at our in-house graduate academy.

What our graduate academy could look like for you

During your first year on the graduate programme, you’ll focus on general business acumen and self-development.

During your second year, you’ll focus on presentation, people influencing and project management skills. At the beginning of the year you’ll work on a community project, while halfway through you’ll begin collaborating on a cross-functional project with other graduates.

During your third year, you’ll complete the cross-functional project – which could potentially go live – and take courses on career management and leadership training.

Rewards and Benefits

Big and small perks that give life a real boost. That’s what our benefits package is all about.

Salary

It all starts with the salary. We offer graduates a £27,000 – £29,500 (dependant on location) starting salary plus a £2,000 joining bonus. If you’re an intern your salary will be £17,000 and if you’re a school-leaver you’ll get £15,000.

Salaries for Apprentices start at £12,000 in year one. Provided personal performance is where we would expect, this would rise to £14,000 in year two. Apprentice Engineers then step up to around £16,000 in year three and around £18,000 in their fourth year.

Holidays

We give you a sublime holiday entitlement of 27 days per year. And that doesn’t count bank holidays. If you like, you can also buy up to three extra days annually.

Flexibility

Some benefits, such as personal accident cover, are given to everyone who joins us. Others are part of our flexible benefits package, which allows you to choose the benefits you like. These include travel, dental and car breakdown insurance.

Wellness

You’ll have access to two state-of-the-art gyms (if based at Bournville or Uxbridge) and numerous wellness initiatives throughout the year.

Savings

We offer you and your friends tasty discounts from popular retailers. We also have an employee shop stocked with Mondelez International goodies at massively discounted prices.

Pension

Everyone who joins gets to take part in our delightfully reassuring company pension scheme.

Career Progression

If you’re a graduate or school-leaver, you’ll be on a full-time contract from day one. Once you’ve completed the programme, you’ll then be able to choose a permanent role. If you’re an intern and we like what we see throughout the year we may even offer you a role within the business following graduation.

Ready to taste success? Join the UK’s largest manufacturer in confectionery and, thanks to high-quality training and support from a mentor, you almost certainly will.

We’ve been offering apprenticeships in the UK and Ireland for many years now. So we know how to bring out your best, and help you thrive within a fast-paced, global business.

We offer apprenticeships in several business functions across various sites, including Bournville (our biggest UK site and the home of both Cadbury and our global centre of excellence for chocolate research) and Sheffield, home to our UK biscuit and candy production.

Whichever apprenticeship you take up, you’ll become part of a supportive team who’ll share their knowledge and expertise with you and help you develop on the job. Add formal college course work to the mix and, before you know it, you’ll be a highly-skilled professional with a bright future ahead of you.

Your Special Ingredients

You’ll need a solid academic record, and couple this with excellent people skills and the ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment, and the delicious world of Mondelēz International could be yours to enjoy.

We’re looking for people who are hungry to learn and love nothing more than taking on a challenge. We’ll also need you to have great attention to detail, an insatiable curiosity about the wider world and a real passion for building a successful future.

Applications for Bournville and Sheffield are now open – to request an application form please email earlycareersenquiries@mdlz.com.

Engineering Apprenticeship - Bournville

Overview: Up to 4 years encompassing manufacturing and packing equipment, the operation and maintenance of a number of fully automated production processes, factory quality, and hygiene and safety requirements.

Learn engineering basics at a college in the first year, and be based in one of our UK factories. Experience industrial scale computerised control systems and an understanding of Continuous Improvement techniques, condition based monitoring, vibration analysis, and preventative maintenance.

Roles: Rotational programme changing between a wide variety of roles

Location: Bournville & Sheffield placements

Qualification Opportunities: Level 3 Advanced Maintenance, with potential opportunities to further qualifications

Entry Requirements: Minimum 5 GCSEs A*-C including Maths and English

Manufacturing Apprenticeship - Bournville

Overview: Up to 2 to 3 years learning the practical and theoretical elements of manufacturing operations - product process, plant operations, health & safety, world-class Continuous Improvement processes, routine maintenance activities and some technical training.

This will include the opportunity to Lead Projects, write and deliver presentations, be involved in new product launches as well as to represent the company on a national level!

Roles: Rotation of placements covering a variety of roles

Location: Bournville

Qualification Opportunities: Level 2 and 3 opportunities

Entry Requirements: Minimum 5 GCSEs A*-C including Maths and English

Applications for Bournville are now open – to request an application form please email earlycareersenquiries@mdlz.com.

engineering apprenticeship - sheffield

Engineering is where our brilliant ideas become a delicious reality. Our engineers develop the highly technical processes behind every product we make, whether it’s an imaginative chocolate bar like Marvellous Creations, an irresistible snack like Dairylea Dunkers or some wonderful new treat we haven’t even thought of yet.

Join our Engineering apprenticeship programme and experience both the operational and technical sides of what we do. Over the course of four years you’ll learn about a wide range of areas, such as manufacturing, factory quality, hygiene and safety requirements, and the maintenance of a number of production processes. While learning the engineering basics at a recognised college during your first year, you’ll be based in one of our UK factories, earning while you learn. You’ll gain knowledge of industrial-scale computerised control systems, world-class Continuous Improvement techniques, condition-based monitoring, vibration analysis and preventative maintenance.

Having completed over 4 years the academic and vocational training at level 2 and level 3 within a range of engineering disciplines, you will have developed the skills and abilities necessary to complete the Advanced Engineering Apprenticeship. During your development you will be coached and supported in an environment that utilises the most modern of manufacturing techniques, creating a truly all-encompassing learning journey that will prepare you for working within a modern flexible manufacturing environment. Candidates that demonstrate the capability to grow beyond the Advanced Apprenticeship Framework can apply to be considered for progression onto a Foundation Degree in Engineering during years 3 and 4 to further develop their skills and knowledge and future employability.

There’s no limit to your potential at Mondelēz International. Previous apprentices, for example, have gone on to become Engineering Technicians, maintaining fully automated production processes for brands such as Trebor.

Chocolate Research, Development & Quality (RD&Q) Apprenticeship - Bournville

Our Chocolate RD&Q apprenticeship will give you all the skills and experience you need for a bright future in the food industry. It’s a work-based programme lasting two years, and is meant for people with a genuine passion for chocolate. If that’s you, get in touch!

Research Development & Quality is the magical ingredient that brings all our brands, big and small, to life. From developing new products to measuring their nutritional value to extending shelf life and providing sensory testing, RD&Q is where we turn great ideas into brilliant brands.

As part of our Chocolate RD&Q apprenticeship, you’ll gain the technical skills to become a fully-trained chocolatier and confectioner. You’ll learn everything from artisan methods to mass production processes, as well as the importance of health and safety in the workplace, quality assurance and food safety. What’s more, you’ll get to put your skills into practice by working on real projects with scientists, engineers and packaging specialists. You’ll learn about the wider business too, how it works and the importance of RD&Q in driving us forward.

At the end of the two-year programme you’ll come away with a level 3 FDQ diploma for Proficiency in Food Industry Skills and, if all goes well, an opportunity for a future career with us.

Applications for our apprenticeships in Bournville and Sheffield are now open. To request an application form, please email earlycareersenquiries@mdlz.com Please check back on our page regularly for all new positions.

Ready for a tantalising taste of the commercial world? Then sink your teeth into a Mondelēz International internship.

Most of our placements are 12 months long, though we do offer some flexibility in Research Development & Quality (RD&Q). Either way, we’ll make you an integral part of our team, giving you a real job – with real responsibilities – from day one.

We want to make sure you get the most from your time with us. That’s why once you join we’ll work out ambitious goals for you. Then through the support of a buddy and regular reviews with your manager, we’ll help you achieve them.

It’ll be quite a challenge. After all, we’re a global company working in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. But if all goes well, you could be offered a graduate role.

Your Special Ingredients

If you have an outstanding academic record and the people skills to match, the delicious world of Mondelēz International could be yours to enjoy.

We’re looking for people who are hungry to learn and love nothing more than taking on a challenge. You’ll also need great attention to detail and the ability to adapt to the ever-shifting needs of a global business.

We’re open to students on all courses, though if you’re applying for an Engineering, RD&Q or Information Systems internship, we’ll expect you to be working towards a related degree.

Some roles may require you to be geographically mobile.

Engineering Internship

Engineering is where our brilliant ideas become a delicious reality. Our engineers develop the highly technical processes behind every product we make, whether it’s an imaginative chocolate bar like Marvellous Creations, an irresistible snack like Dairylea Dunkers or some wonderful new treat we haven’t even thought of yet.

Immersing yourself in a world of Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, you’ll work in a range of environments, with a range of responsibilities. Along with experiencing both the operational and technical sides of what we do, you’ll be given the freedom to innovate, the scope to make key decisions and the opportunity to take on the many small and exciting challenges that make up any large-scale production.

Sales Internship

Our Sales team is all about our customers, the stores and supermarkets that buy our products and enable consumers to enjoy them. The stronger our customer relationships are, the more likely that our products will be displayed in the best places – and attract maximum attention.

Join us in Sales and you’ll get a flavour of our ingenious sales and merchandising strategies. Working in a Field Sales placement, you’ll develop tight relationships with independent retailers and promote new product lines while selling existing ones. All to ensure optimum sales and exposure.

During your induction you’ll receive comprehensive training on selling techniques and negotiation skills. Thereafter, you’ll enjoy on-going support from a Field Sales mentor.

Research, Development & Quality Internship

Research, Development & Quality (RD&Q) is the magical ingredient that brings all our brands, big and small, to life.

Our Chemistry Department, for instance, makes chemical and physical measurements to characterise composition, functionality and nutritional value, while our Packaging team uses their expertise for everything from extending the shelf life of our products to ensuring they’re wrapped in an environmentally-friendly way.

Our Consumer and Sensory Science people provide sensory testing and consumer research, our Nutritional Group offers strategic leadership in nutritional science and our Science and Regulatory Affairs Department handles legislation and regulatory compliance. We also have a Quality team that develops and carries out proactive food safety initiatives.

We also have our Product Development team who work on the final product creative design, and our Process Development experts who work on the way we make our products.

Apply today and you could work in any of these areas, collaborating with teams of talented scientists, technologists and engineers. All while enjoying outstanding pilot plant facilities with state-of-the-art equipment and well-funded laboratories.

Information Systems Internship

Information Systems (IS) connects every aspect of our organisation, big and small. It brings us together and makes us more efficient. It changes how we work and opens up new worlds of mouth-watering possibilities.

Join IS and you’ll be part of a business-focused team providing crucial support for our Corporate, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales and Marketing teams in the UK and Ireland. You’ll also develop specific local applications in Visual Basic and SQL and ensure we make best use of our regional applications. Moreover, you’ll resolve IS issues, gather technical requirements for people across the business and develop strong relationships with the end-user community, regional IS teams and third party suppliers.

Graduate Programmes

Your journey with us could start in any number of places around the UK and I with our main sites in Bournville, Reading, Uxbridge & Dublin. You could even wind up doing a placement in Europe as part of your programme! For graduates who love a challenge and the thrill that comes with working in a constantly changing environment, the possibilities are endless.

Each scheme lasts three years. Wherever you’re based during that time, you’ll get almost unheard-of exposure to every corner of our business. Working in real roles and teaming up with industry experts, you’ll learn invaluable new skills and gain the kind of flexibility that will allow you to take your career in whatever direction you like.

Mentoring will also be a big part of your graduate experience. You’ll get loads of advice and support from highly experienced managers and other colleagues. This will help you build strong networks across the business, and put you in a great position to become one of our future leaders.

Graduate Direct Entry

Along with our graduate programmes, we also have real roles that you can apply for as a graduate. In fact, every function within Mondelēz International hires graduates directly into the business.

Join us in one of these direct-entry roles and you’ll experience a rapid stream of exciting, career-boosting opportunities. You’ll work alongside industry experts, enjoy world-class training and be given a real chance to progress.

You’ll also benefit from our strong focus on development, including a twice-yearly personal review and access to our excellent Learning and Development Academy.

Your Special Ingredients

We’re looking for creative, commercially astute graduates who are hungry to succeed. We’re after future leaders who are also team players, and for self-starters who can adapt to the changing needs of a global business.

If you can see both the big picture and the small details, have outstanding academic results and are geographically mobile, we want to hear from you.

Your degree can be in any subject, though if you’re applying to the Engineering programme, we’ll expect it to be in Mechanical, Electrical, Process, Production or Chemical Engineering.

Bonus points go to anyone who speaks a second language.

Engineering Graduate Programme

Engineering is where our brilliant ideas become a delicious reality. Our engineers develop the highly technical processes behind every product we make, whether it’s an imaginative chocolate bar like Marvellous Creations, an irresistible snack like Dairylea Dunkers or some wonderful new treat we haven’t even thought of yet.

Join our graduate programme and you’ll get to experience both the operational and technical sides of what we do. Working in Projects and Development, Operations, or Optimisation and Continuous Improvements, you’ll be given the freedom to innovate, the scope to make key decisions and the opportunity to take on the many small and exciting challenges that make up any large-scale production.

You’ll also have the opportunity to be part of a cross-disciplinary team of the best and brightest graduates, working together to plan and design a new product or service. Moreover, because we’re a global company, you may even get the chance to do an international placement at some point down the line.

The business supports its chemical engineers in gaining Chartership through its IChemE ACTS (Accredited Company Training Scheme), helping to promote the role of chemical engineers within the business and wider industry.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Graduate Programme

Supply Chain & Logistics is one of the most expansive areas of our business. Not only do they help manage customer accounts, but they’re responsible for storing products, taking orders, managing demand, arranging transport, collecting payments and, ultimately, ensuring our products reach store shelves all over the UK and Ireland – in full and on time!

Join our graduate programme and you’ll get to do around four placements in different areas of Supply Chain & Logistics, including Production Planning, Procurement, Logistics Operations and Customer Finance. Once you’ve learned the ropes, we’ll encourage you to contribute and prove yourself on live projects.

Working as part of a small interdisciplinary team, you’ll also have the opportunity to plan and implement a new product. Who knows? If we like it enough, we could even green light it for production.

Sales & Marketing Graduate Programme

Our Sales team is all about our customers, the stores and supermarkets that buy our products and enable consumers to enjoy them. The stronger our customer relationships are, the more likely that our products will be displayed in the best places – and attract maximum attention.

Our Marketing team focuses on consumers, the people who eat and drink our products. Marketing is where we first capture consumers’ imaginations, giving them a tantalising taste of our brands, big and small.

Join our Sales & Marketing programme and you’ll get an in-depth look at both of these critical functions. Working across a variety of roles, you’ll learn big-picture commercial skills from some of the best people in the business. You’ll also get a flavour of our cutting-edge marketing campaigns and ingenious sales strategies. Moreover, you’ll help plan, price, develop and deliver our iconic brands, including Cadbury, Philadelphia and Oreo.

From building tight relationships with retailers to understanding what people want to eat, you’ll always be looking for new ways to engage and delight both customers and consumers.

HR Graduate Programme

As a company that employs 100,000 people worldwide, we need to make our size work for us. By ensuring every person counts and can use their unique talents to help us on our journey, our industry-leading HR team brings out our best.

Join us in HR and you’ll help drive change throughout the organisation. Moving around different areas of the business, you’ll support the design and delivery of our people systems and processes, while working with senior leaders to support our people agenda.

You’ll have the chance to work on projects of all sizes, with some cross-functional and international assignments. You’ll also develop generalist skills such as leadership and workforce planning, and gain specialist skills in areas such as organisational effectiveness and compensation and benefits.

What’s more, we’ll support you – through time off and funding – to gain a CIPD qualification in Occupational Psychology, and to take advantage of our internal management development courses.

Research, Development & Quality

As a business we feel building a career in RD&Q should be focussed on developing deep technical understanding and knowledge of a particular topic or subject and as such we don’t offer a rotational graduate programme for this function in our business. We do however, offer a wide range of exciting direct-entry opportunities for graduates interested in the world of RD&Q focussed in two broad areas in Product Development and Process Development.

As with the Engineering graduate scheme, the business supports its chemical engineers in gaining Chartership through its IChemE ACTS (Accredited Company Training Scheme), helping to promote the role of chemical engineers within the business and wider industry.