Quality Management Trainee Greater Manchester
Job description
Working at Cargill is an opportunity to thrive – a place to develop your career to the fullest while engaging in meaningful work that makes a positive impact around the globe. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Every day, we connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with food. We combine our experience with new technologies and insights to serve as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers in more than 125 countries. We offer a diverse, inclusive and inspiring working environment where you will grow personally and professionally.
What is the Quality Management Trainee Program about?
We aim to develop top diverse talent towards future expert and managerial roles for our food and feed safety, product quality and regulatory compliance functions at Cargill. The program offers access to accelerate development on the job and through other channels during a 24-month program which may include depending on your area of expertise:
Being responsible for food safety, product quality and regulatory compliance for the assigned facilities. Conducting sampling, testing and auditing of products & raw materials to ensure compliance to government, customer and internal standards. Promoting the development of food safety attitude and culture. Monitoring plant operations and equipment for compliance to behavioral standards related to food/feed safety and quality. Supporting for complaints and incidents investigations. Assisting with the design and the execution of routine laboratory activities. Supporting process teams to aid troubleshooting and optimization. Leading directly or supporting multi-functional teams on FSQR matters. Learning on the job from experts, developing technical and soft skills and receiving coaching from your manager and peers. Participating in structured learning (digital and instructor led) to develop your technical, professional and leadership skills with peers across Europe, Middle East and Africa, learning from each other during the different sessions of the Cargill European Graduate program. Building a peer network across Cargill. You will join a diverse team of FSQR experts and support them in maintaining and optimizing quality systems as well as applying CI mindset. Upon completing the traineeship you will embark on an exciting career within Cargill FSQR organization.
What you will bring to Cargill (REQUIRED)
- Master degree in Process or Food Technology, Chemistry / Biochemistry, Microbiology or any other science-related field.
- Up to 2 years of work experience and/or an internship in relevant areas.
- Fluency in English.
- Passion for food and feed industry, CI values and mindset.
- Self-starter; highly motivated and able to work independently. Willingness to take responsibility and initiative. Demonstrated experience in prioritizing work and meeting deadlines
- Proven natural leadership and excellent interpersonal skills.
- Teamwork; ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-functional teams.
- High integrity and ethical standards.
- Fast learner and oriented to self-development: curiosity to learn and create new way of building and/or improving systems and processes.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to details. Ability to proactively identify and resolve problems.
- Flexibility; able to cope with fast changes within a growing company.
We will provide a fast-paced stimulating international environment, which will challenge and stretch you. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest private companies in the world!
At Cargill, everyone matters and everyone counts. Cargill is committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. As such and in alignment with our Guiding Principles, Cargill's long-standing equal employment opportunity policy prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, family status, citizenship status, veteran status, military status, union affiliation, or any other status protected by law. Cargill is also aligned with all applicable national and local laws and regulations pertaining to non-discrimination and employment.
Next steps
The shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete an initial video interview (please, expect to receive an e-mail with the subject “You are invited to interview with Cargill”).
