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Kraft Heinz Company New Zealand

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  • 50,000 - 100,000 employees

2025 Global Manufacturing Graduate Program null

Hawkes Bay

Opportunity Expired

Get lost in the sauce at our Wattie's Factory in Hawkes Bay!

Opportunity details

Opportunity Type
Graduate Job
Number of Vacancies
2-4
Salary
NZD 65,000 - 75,000 / Year

Eligible for 10% Performance Based Bonus

Application dates

Minimum requirements

Accepting International Applications
No
Qualifications Accepted
E
Aerospace Engineering & Aviation
Automotive & Transport Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction
Communications Engineering
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Engineering Management
Environmental Engineering
Fire & Safety Engineering
Geomatic Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Marine Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mathematics & Statistics
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Renewable Energy Engineering
Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering
Engineering & Mathematics (all other)
Geotechnical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Hiring criteria

Entry pathway

See details

Working rights

New Zealand

  • New Zealand Citizen
  • New Zealand Permanent Resident
  • New Zealand Student Visa
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  • 12-month program designed to broaden knowledge of multinational food company operations
  • Intensive, hands-on onboarding focusing on Operations & Supply Chain functions
  • Commercial bootcamp covering Marketing, Sales, and Category
  • Two 5-month rotations across two functions (below)
  • Training in Lean Six Sigma Belt and Kraft Heinz Manufacturing Excellence Program (1 rotation)
  • Assignment a factory Team Leader to understand manufacturing processes and enhance leadership skills over (2nd rotation)
  • Participation in a site-based efficiency/productivity improvement Business Project to create real business impact

Designed to broaden your knowledge of how a multinational food company operates, the 12-month program includes:

  • Functional bootcamp with a 10-week hands-on onboarding and induction into all the different functions to provide you with the experiences you will need to be successful as a future leader within Kraft Heinz
  • Field Sales placement to live and breathe our value of being consumer-obsessed
  • Delivering a Business Project with real business impact
  • Business Placement where you will develop a deep understanding of one of our functions

This 12-month program will prepare you to transition into an Operations Management or Technical Expertise path at one of our factories following graduation from the program.

What we’ll give you

  • Fast-tracked career progression – Real responsibility from day one, leading teams and working on projects with real business impact
  • International exposure – You’ll be part of our Global Manufacturing Trainee Program cohort, working closely with our UK and Netherlands-based Centres of Excellence and cohort of graduates across Europe, South America & Asia. Previous graduates have been able to travel during the program.
  • Training & Development – Strong personal & professional development including technical training, leadership experience, and regular mentorship from senior leaders

What we’re looking for

  • Bachelor or Masters Degree completed in 2023 or 2024 – Engineering (Mechanical or Chemical)
  • Full, ongoing working rights in New Zealand at time of application
  • Willingness to move across functional areas, and relocate to different cities / rural areas or countries
  • Strong extra-curricular achievements that reflect a proactive attitude and ownership
  • Passionate about being challenged daily and ready to constantly learn, develop and grow

Benefits Program

We empower our people to own their work- and it’s true our employees are our competitive advantage – so we take care of our Kraft Heinz family with our ‘Live Well’ benefits program:

  • Gatherings - monthly drinks & nibbles- End of Year Celebration
  • Wellbeing - 5 additional days of leave annually + annual health checks & flu shots- onsite wellbeing sessions & webinars
  • Volunteering – volunteer days with Foodbank- meal packing events for our Global partner Rise Against Hunger
  • Purchase Leave – purchase additional annual leave at the beginning of each calendar year
  • Parental Leave - 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers

We are a company that is dynamic and exciting, and one which dreams big. If you are passionate about what you do and enjoy working in a culture that is transparent, collaborative and one where you can make a difference every day, then this is the place for you. Kraft Heinz promotes a culture of ownership and meritocracy, that you could be a part of.

Bring your appetite for more!

Hiring criteria

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Entry pathway
Degree or Certificate
Minimum Level of Study
Bachelor or higher
Study Field
E
Aerospace Engineering & Aviation
Automotive & Transport Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction
Communications Engineering

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

country
eligibility

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand Citizen

New Zealand Permanent Resident

New Zealand Student Visa


Graduate Success Stories


  • Graduate stories
Right from day one, I felt listened to and valued within the company.

Janna Chen

  • Graduate stories
I had the chance to travel internationally, talk with business leaders and learn a range of new skills including public speaking, excel and data analysis.

Georgia Francis