About this role
Production Intern
Location on-site in Blendecques
3 to 6 months
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Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier, and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
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Description and Responsibilities
As a Production Intern at our Blendecques site, you will play an active role in supporting operational excellence and continuous improvement. Your main focus will be
- Implement Work Element Sheets (WES) and Standard Work Operating Procedures (SWOP) for our primary production line (dry coating ingredients). This involves close collaboration with production operators and team leaders to define standard ways of working.
- Conduct shopfloor observations and measurements to identify opportunities for process optimization.
- Perform audits and analyses, including SMED (Single-Minute Exchange of Die) studies for setups and cleanings.
- Support projects aimed at improving Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), ergonomics, and overall working conditions.
- Collaborate with the production team to implement efficiency and quality improvements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across operations.
Kerry Internship Programme
As a Kerry intern, you will benefit from
- Meaningful work experience
- Networking with other interns and graduates
- Exposure to our Senior Leaders
- Opportunities to demonstrate your impact during the internship
- Learning about our wider business
We are committed to developing our interns and aim to convert top performers to graduates through an early assessment center at the end of the program.
What We Are Looking For
- Currently studying an Engineering-related degree
- Fluent in English and French (speaking and writing)
- Results-oriented and motivated self-starter with the determination to succeed
- Strong ability to work well in a team and independently
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
- Excellent organizational, time management, and communication skills
Other facts
About Kerry Group
Every day, millions of people throughout the world consume foods and beverages containing Kerry’s taste and nutrition solutions. We are committed to making the world of food and beverage better for everyone, and dedicated to our Purpose, Inspiring Food, Nourishing Life.
At Kerry, we are proud to provide our customers – some of the world’s best-known food, beverage and pharma brands – with the expertise, insights and know-how they need to deliver products that people enjoy and feel better about consuming.
Kerry is a company rich in heritage and resources. Over the past five decades, our focus on changing lifestyles, the globalisation of food tastes and ever-evolving consumer needs has brought us to a market-leading global position.
Today, we are firmly established as a world leader in the food, beverage and pharma industries, with 22,000+ staff and 150+ innovation and manufacturing centres across 30+ countries.
Learn more about Kerry: www.kerry.com
What you'll do
- As a Production Intern, you will support operational excellence and continuous improvement by implementing Work Element Sheets and conducting shopfloor observations. You will also collaborate with the production team to improve Good Manufacturing Practices and overall working conditions.
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