Arla F15 Graduate Programme

FUTURE LEADERS WANTED
As an F15 Graduate you are expected to become one of Arla’s future leaders and help shape our business moving forward. The F15® Graduate Programme is a fast-track leadership programme that includes 3 different 8-month rotations. Rotations will be in different business areas and various locations globally where you will get to work on high profile projects to boost your professional and personal development to prepare you to move into a key role at the end of the programme.

STEEP LEARNING CURVE
Being part of our leadership programme means that you will also receive leadership training combined with deep insights into Arla’s strategy, operating model and the local businesses. The F15 Programme starts with a thorough introduction course to the Arla value chain as well as training camps themed Leading Self, Leading Change, Leading Others and Driving Business.

LEARN FROM ARLA TALENTS
Throughout the F15® Graduate Programme, you will be supported by a personal mentor who is a Senior Manager or Director in Arla and who will guide you on your Personal Development Plan, help you build strong networks with colleagues and decision makers and provide professional and personal sparring where needed. Visit our F15 blog to read how valuable a mentor has been for our F15s.

About you

WHAT MAKES A F15® GRADUATE?

You are a university graduate with a Bachelor or Master degree from any educational background which you finished no longer than two years ago. You have previous work experience from either a fulltime or student job, internships or volunteer work. Fluency in English as well as international experience are imperative criterias to join the programme. Furthermore, you are to some extent globally mobile, have the commitment to make a difference in a diverse environment; being a fast mover with a strong personality, a keen interest to deliver results and a good understanding of current business- and market trends. You are ambitious and ‘ambition’ not only concerns your own performance but also to enable others to succeed. Additionally, you like to challenge the status quo, have a desire to drive change and an ambition and hunger to grow. You are eager to possess a future key role in the organisation and you aspire a leadership position.

About Arla

We’re the farmer-owned dairy cooperative behind global brands Arla®, Lurpak® and Castello® and our 19,000-strong team of passionate people have helped us become the fifth largest dairy company in the world and the largest producer of organic dairy products. We’ve got a strong strategy for growing our business and one for growing our colleagues too. We’ve got a high performing culture and we have great ambitions. We offer challenging tasks, diversity throughout and plenty of development opportunities in a dynamic environment where change is an everyday occurrence.