Industrial Placement Student - London, United Kingdom - Tate & Lyle Sugars

Tate & Lyle Sugars

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

ASR Group is the world's largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar.

The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products.

Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico.

In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company's brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle's and Sidul

POSITION SCOPE

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Support in managing multiple projects of either a continuous improvement nature (cost savings, productivity gains, and process improvements), sustainability, or to fulfill a specific customer need.
Technical support to create new/revise existing packaging specifications across all phases of development; responsible for the maintenance of packaging specifications within SAP.
Assist in overseeing plant trials in support of project implementation; reporting against predetermined key performance indicators to gain adoption within the Operations group.
Identifies packaging related waste and material standardization opportunities; implementing improvements when supported by a business case.
Support the technical packaging and sustainability program in collaboration with cross

- functional teams (including but not limited to Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sales & Marketing).

Performs other departmental duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

You will currently be enrolled on an undergraduate course at a UK university, studying in a field related to Material Science, Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, Engineering Design etc.
Entrylevel role, so no prior experience working directly with packaging development is required.
Basic knowledge of a broad range of materials and manufacturing processes, as covered in university modules, is preferred.
A grounding in technical drawing and/or computer aided design, would be an advantage.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams etc.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work under supervision as well as unsupervised and to prioritize the workload to meet project objectives.
Adaptable and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
Strong organization skills.
Driven individual who is willing to learn and progress their career within research and development within then food or FMCG industry.
Comfortable presenting to their colleagues and senior leadership.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This role has no supervisory responsibility.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Less than 5% travel for business meetings; travel frequency will be mínimal and will be based on business needs.

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.

Service Excellence- Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services.
Efficiency and Sustainability- Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment.

Value-Add:

create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services.

The foundation of our values is
Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.