Supply Chain Industrial Placement 2024 - Brigg, United Kingdom - PepsiCo

PepsiCo

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Brigg, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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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 2024 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.

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products.

Making every day 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.

Responsibilities:

Manufacturing Excellence:

Opportunities available at Coventry, Leicester and Lincoln.
Preferred degrees in Business Management or closely related disciplines.

In this placement you will:

Lead process improvement teams to understand the root cause of poor performance 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 reallife objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Engineering:

Opportunities available at Coventry, Leicester and Lincoln.
Preferred 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 reallife objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Operations:

Opportunities available at Brigg, Cupar, Leicester, Lincoln, Skelmersdale and SRDC Leicester.
Preferred 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 reallife objectives to work on and will be expected to make a noticeable contribution to your department.

Transformation:

Opportunity available at one of our Manufacturing Sites (Coventry, Leicester, Lincoln or Skelmersdale).
Preferred degrees in Business Management or closely related disciplines that involve Project Management, Sustainability or Lean Manufacturing as an example. Alternatively, an Engineering Degree for someone who does not want to specialise in Engineering during the placement.

In this placement you will:

Work with cross site and functional teams to support in the planning and deployment of exciting investments on our sites. These initiatives could be focused on Sustainability, Growth, Productivity, or Operational necessity projects.
Contribute to the improvement of our Project management systems and tracking to improve efficiency for our department for the future.
Run & lead small projects yourself.
Be part of a team delivering a large scale project.
Work with front line operations teams.
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