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Kraft Heinz Company New Zealand

3.6
  • 50,000 - 100,000 employees

2025 Wattie's Graduate Program (Jan 2025)

Location details

On-site

  • New Zealand

    New Zealand

    • Auckland

Remote

Auckland

  • New Zealand

    New Zealand

    Remote work

    • Auckland

Location

Auckland, Auckland

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeGraduate Job or Program
  • SalaryNZD 65,000 - 75,000 / Year
  • Additional benefitsEligible for 10% Performance Based Bonus
  • Number of vacancies3-6 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 19 Apr 2024
  • Start dateStart date 19 Jan 2025
  • Hybrid Working- flexibility around when and where you work
  • Direct learning from Kraft Heinz leaders
  • Two 5-month rotations across two functions in either Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Human Resources
  • Travel to Kraft Heinz sites to observe product manufacturing processes
  • Engage as a full-time employee from day one, contributing real work and delivering tangible results

Designed to broaden your knowledge of how a multinational food company operates, the 12-month program includes:

  • Functional bootcamp with a 10-week hands-on onboarding and induction into all the different functions to provide you with the experiences you will need to be successful as a future leader within Kraft Heinz
  • Field Sales placement to live and breathe our value of being consumer-obsessed
  • Delivering a Business Project with real business impact
  • Business Placement where you will develop a deep understanding of one of our functions

What weโ€™ll give you

  • International exposure โ€“ Youโ€™ll be part of an Australia & New Zealand cohort, as well our broader International Management Trainee Program
  • Permanent contract โ€“ from the commencement of the Graduate Program
  • Training & Development โ€“ intensive training and exposure to different business units
  • Mentorship & support โ€“ you will learn from our strongest leaders, with your own dedicated mentor and buddy
  • 65k-80k annual salary + super + 10% performance bonus (dependant on global business performance, business unit performance + team/individual KPI's)

What weโ€™re looking for

  • Bachelor or Masters Degree completed in 2023 or 2024 โ€“ Business, Commerce, Marketing, Finance, Economics, and Accounting are advantageous, however, this program is open to graduates from any discipline
  • Full, ongoing working rights in Australia at time of application
  • Willingness to move across functional areas, and relocate to different cities / rural areas or countries
  • Strong extra-curricular achievements that reflect a proactive attitude and ownership
  • Passionate about being challenged daily and ready to constantly learn, develop and grow

Recruitment Process

Timeline Key Dates
Applications open 6th of March
Applications closed 19th of April
Pymetrics & Video Interview 22nd April โ€“ 26th April 
Video Interview Review (HR) 1st May โ€“ 5th May 
Assessment Centre 8th May โ€“ 12th May 
ELT Panel 22nd May โ€“ 25th May 
Offers sent out 25th May 

Benefits Program

We empower our people to own their work- and itโ€™s true our employees are our competitive advantage โ€“ so we take care of our Kraft Heinz family with our โ€˜Live Wellโ€™ benefits program:

  • Gatherings - monthly drinks & nibbles- End of Year Celebration
  • Wellbeing - 5 additional days of leave annually + annual health checks & flu shots- onsite wellbeing sessions & webinars
  • Volunteering โ€“ volunteer days with Foodbank- meal packing events for our Global partner Rise Against Hunger
  • Purchase Leave โ€“ purchase additional annual leave at the beginning of each calendar year
  • Parental Leave - 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers

We are a company that is dynamic and exciting, and one which dreams big. If you are passionate about what you do and enjoy working in a culture that is transparent, collaborative and one where you can make a difference every day, then this is the place for you. Kraft Heinz promotes a culture of ownership and meritocracy, that you could be a part of.

If you think you are up for the challenge that this role offers, then donโ€™t hesitate to pre-register NOW!

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Australia
Australian Citizen
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New Zealand
New Zealand Citizen โ€ข New Zealand Permanent Resident

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Bachelor or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    New Zealand Citizen
  • Study fields
    Business & Management
  • Degree typesBachelor or higher
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Reviews

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Graduate
Auckland
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3 years ago

My role helps support several brand managers with different marketing tasks from innovation planning, project management, packaging design and more.

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Graduate
Auckland
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3 years ago

Updating reports used for tracking NPD, in store displays & data analysis Putting together presentations for customers Working on my graduate project

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Midlevel
Auckland
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5 years ago

Typical Account Executive responsibilities, ranging from admin to analysis with a bit of customer facing stuff.

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About the employer

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Kraft Heinz Company New Zealand

Rating

3.6

Number of employees

50,000 - 100,000 employees

Industries

Retail & Consumer Goods

Famous for our iconic brands on six continents, Heinz provides delicious, nutritious and convenient foods for families in 200 countries globally

Pros and cons of working at Kraft Heinz Company New Zealand

Pros

  • The people I am surrounded with are pretty awesome. The culture is so welcoming & makes working easy

  • I feel like my employer has my best interest at heart

Cons

    • Work-life balance at times