Placement Programmes
About the programme
Our placement programmes are open to students studying towards an undergraduate degree who are looking to spend a year in industry, before completing the final year of their degree.
Commercial
The Commercial Placement is perfect for someone who is keen to gain experience within a Commercial Team in a fast-paced business in an evolving and exciting industry.
As the largest sandwich maker in the UK, we partner with both major supermarkets and smaller retailers. During this placement you will have the opportunity to get to know our customers by experiencing a placement in one of the following areas:
- Logistics – our Direct to Store network comprises of 18 distribution depots responsible for 11,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties, this is a supply chain role focussed on coordinating the delivery of products to our customers
- Food – supporting the development of new products and recipes alongside our chefs, process and operational teams and other developers bringing new products and new recipes to the market
- Account Executive – this role focuses on providing day to day operational support by taking ownership for tasks that ensure our products are consumer ready and meet the needs of both our internal and external customers and stakeholders
- Category– supporting our strategic activity by identifying trends and insight that help our teams to understand customer and performance data
At the end of the placement, you will have gained valuable on the job experience while also gaining knowledge of a commercial environment within the food industry.
How to apply
Applications for our 2025 placement programmes, open in January 2025 for a June 2025 start.
Our Commercial Placement Programme is perfect for someone who is studying a food related or business degree.
Please make sure you include as much information as you can about your education and work experience in your application, to make sure we get as complete a picture of you as we can.
Our application process consists of:
- An online application
- A telephone interview
- A virtual, online assessment centre
- A face to face assessment centre
Register your interest
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Frequently asked questions
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What do you look for in your application process?
The main things we look for are a positive attitude and a passion for food. We look to understand your motivations for wanting to undertake one of our programmes, the skills that you’ve learned at university and anything else you can apply to your role.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of work experience, we also look at how you worked with your peers at college/university, and our applicants frequently talk about projects they have undertaken as part of their studies throughout the application process.
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How long does the application process take?
We receive lots of applications for our early careers programmes, which means we are very busy working our way through them, scheduling calls, interviews and assessment centres. We aim to keep you involved throughout each stage of the process, and you will hear if you have been successful soon after each stage. Following assessment centres and final stage interviews, we also provide all candidates with feedback on how they performed, which can help to shape any future recruitment processes if need be.
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When do the early careers programmes start?
We induct all our new early careers colleagues together at the same time, in late August. Induction lasts 3 days and is usually held in a close to one of our sites. At induction, you will meet others on your programme as well as people across all our early careers programmes, previous cohorts, your support network and learn plenty about what life at Greencore is really like!