Supply Chain Apprentice

About the role

Kerry Dairy Ireland are looking to recruit a Supply Chain Apprentice.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidates to develop a career progressing to a management position in the supply chain, operations, logistics, warehouse, process engineering, or planning department. You will gain a Third Level apprenticeship qualification, experience with on-the-job training, and the opportunity to earn while you learn.

Kerry Dairy Ireland will pay your salary while you are being trained on the job and attend college off the job, and there are incremental salary increases aligned to the achievement of agreed milestones within the program.

What will I be doing?

Develop productive working relationships with relevant stakeholders and departments within the business – this will include Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Despatch, Stores, Planning, and Accounts – to ensure that the output and delivery of products are as per customer specifications.

Assist with the daily planning of food production, customer supply, and movement of goods throughout Ireland, the UK, and Europe.

Liaise with all areas of Management across our sites and the Group to create a good working relationship.

Gain a full understanding of all relevant roles and processes with Operations and Production gaining experiential on-the-job learning.

Assist the Management where necessary and take on management responsibilities providing support and acting as a point of contact where appropriate.

Work with Site Management to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

What do I need to be successful in this role?

Applicant must meet one of the LAA program entry criteria:

H7/O6 or above in five leaving certificate (or equivalent) subjects. A minimum of grade O6 must be obtained in English. A minimum of grade O6 or a B2 or above in Foundation level must be obtained in mathematics.

Holders of a QQI Level 5 or Level 6 (or equivalent) in cognate areas (e.g., business, logistics, and distribution, supply chain management, etc.)

Excellent organisation skills and time management.

Ability to take ownership of queries/issues, bringing them to a successful conclusion.

Enthusiastic attitude to the challenge of the role with a positive can-do approach to tasks.

Ability to multi-task and work independently with minimal supervision.

Candidate must be able to work with others in cross-functional roles & environments.

Good IT Skills.

About Kerry

Our dairy business has a diversified portfolio of dairy, nutritional ingredients and market leading dairy brands and its vertically integrated dairy processing ensures the highest quality, sustainably produced 1.2bn litres of milk for our dairy, nutritional ingredients, and consumer foods business – a key consideration among some of our largest customers across the globe.

We have an unrivalled dairy consumer brands portfolio coupled with a track record in innovation underpinned by technology and science. We manufacture and market our own leading butter, dairy, and plant spreads brands: Dairygold, Low Low, Pure and Golden Cow. We are the largest supplier of Private Label dairy spreads, supplying all major retailers in Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. Our cheese brands compete in children’s cheese snacks (Attack-a-Snak), natural cheese (block, slices and grated), and in processed cheese segments and our leading cheese brands include Strings & Things, Coleraine, and Charleville Cheese. Through our multi-geographical presence (UK, Ireland, and Western Europe) we have a deep consumer insight which is a key component of the business