Who you are

Who you are

Our future starts with you

A future leader is a forward thinker. We expect that you are able to make quick decisions in response to often unexpected complex situations. You are a fast learner, have strong analytical skills and can perform in a fast paced environment. You enjoy challenging status quo, hunting a root cause and provide new solutions with passion, energy and empathy.

You have the ambition to grow and to make a difference within your given environment. You are curious and open-minded and take pride in working with high-quality dairy products and with skilled and knowledgeable colleagues. You learn fast and you are not afraid to ask questions. You have the drive to deliver results and early on demonstrate Arla leadership competencies. You enjoy the “learning by doing” principle and taking lead is mostly fun when it means that others will follow with great motivation.

Ambition  to grow
Ambition to grow
People person
People person
Passion for production
Passion for production
Analytical mindset
Analytical mindset
Drive to deliver
Drive to deliver

What makes a PM Graduate?

In additional to having the profile as described above, you want pursue a career in a global, farmer-owned FMCG-company in the long run. Ideally you are a university graduate with either a Bachelor or a Master degree from any educational background which you finished no longer than three years ago. Preferably your education lies within Dairy, food science, engineering or production related subjects – but we are open for other backgrounds.

You should have previous work experience from either a fulltime or student job, internships or volunteer work. Furthermore, you are to some extent globally mobile, have the commitment to make a difference in a diverse environment.

Fluency in English and ideally another of the following languages: Danish, Swedish, German, Finnish or Dutch. You are geographically mobile and flexible within our European core countries.

Sharing experiences

Our graduates on the blog

Arla Foods' current graduates are blogging about their work. Read about their experiences. 

Our graduates on the blog

Apply for the future

The application window for the Production Management Graduate Programme will open in November 2024.

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Together we create the future! #growwitharla