MENA Graduate Programme

Arla Foods

UAE

Ref: OP451-44

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

At Arla, we do so much more than make some of the world’s favourite dairy products. We make healthy taste delicious, mornings worth getting up for and family dinners unforgettable. Puck®, Dano®, Lurpak® and Castello® – names like these make us a vital, natural part of modern life in over 100 countries around the world. There are 1,200 employees in the Middle East and North Africa and 19,000 global employees at the heart of our business. Every single one of us plays an important role and together we build on our 10bn Euros turnover and establish our position as one of the largest dairy companies in the world.

Are you ready to release your full potential?

Are you ready to release your full potential and develop your competencies through an international career in Arla - one of the world’s leading dairy companies with a strong base in the Middle East and North Africa? Are you ambitious, innovative and globally minded? If your answer to the above is YES, the Arla MENA Graduate Programme could be the right opportunity for you to kick start you career!

18 months on site in the MENA region

The programme consists of two rotations, each lasting 9 months. In each rotation period you will be challenged with new project assignments that will enable you to build unique competences within your profession. One of the rotations will be outside your home country but within the Middle Eastern and North African countries.

During your assignments you will be challenged to work both within teams and independently. We will involve you in our daily operations and complex business challenges to ensure that you build strong business capabilities. You will be provided with trainings throughout the program that will focus on your leadership skills and development, this will include a trip to our headquarters in Denmark. At the end of each assignment you will have acquired strong knowledge of Arla Foods’ local and global operations and created professional and personal results.

Requirements

Business profile with proficiency in several languages

You hold a Master’s degree e.g. within International Business or Business Administration and are top of your field. If you are also curious, global-minded and have a passion for learning, you might just be one of our new graduates. Added to this, you are bilingual or trilingual and have outstanding communication abilities, which you unfold with the right blend of stamina, power and self-confidence. Lastly, you enjoy travelling in the MENA region, and you take personal responsibility for your own career.

About the Company

Puck®, Lurpak®, The Three Cows®and Castello® – names like these make us a vital, natural part of modern life in over 100 countries around the world.

At Arla, we do so much more than make some of the worlds favorite dairy products. We make healthy taste delicious, mornings worth getting up for and family dinners unforgettable. Being part of all this and one of the biggest high-tech dairies in the world, means that youre not just realising your potential. It means that you play a vital and natural part of everyday life, making a difference to both consumers and colleagues around the world.

Arla is a cooperative owned by 13,500 farmers from seven different countries, and as a cooperative company, our mission is to secure the highest value for our farmers milk while creating opportunities for their growth.

We believe that milk is nature\\'s best food product, and we are proud to process milk into yogurt, cheese, butter, milk powder and many other dairy products to the benefit and delight of people in more than 100 countries. We are the worlds 5th largest dairy company with operations in 30 different countries and in 2014 we produced around 25 billion milk glasses. Lining up all the glasses would be enough to circle the Earths equator 47 times!

At Arla we are all a part of a global team with great ambitions, challenging tasks, and plenty of development opportunities. We combine traditional craftsmanship and world-class technologies, making sure we consider nature in every aspect of our supply chain from the farm to your kitchen. By pursuing growth for Arla we share a higher purpose of making the world a healthier, more inspiring place to wake up to, and being a part our company means, that youre not just learning special skills. Youre creating special moments.

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