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The Danish Crown Graduate Programme

Our two-year Graduate Programme features three different eight-month rotations, across three different business units and departments. This structure allows you to explore diverse career opportunities while gaining insight into Danish Crown’s value chain.

In addition to your hands-on learning during rotations, four professional training and development courses are integrated in the programme. We prioritize continuously improving your toolbox both professionally and personally.

Eight months abroad

As part of the programme, you will live and work abroad (outside of Denmark) for eight months in one of our business units. Here you will broaden your perspective, experience new cultures, gain international experience and learn about Danish Crown’s international challenges and opportunities. Our team will support you with day-to-day practicalities like housing and networking, as well as with tax and insurance.

Graduates have been on exciting rotations in the UK, Germany, Sweden Poland, Spain and more.

 

Join our Graduate Programme and become one of our future leaders. With this programme , we're building a strong pipeline of high potentials that focuses on diversity and mobility across borders and business units.
- Jais Valeur, Group CEO.

Inspiring work environment

You will join a group of graduates at Danish Crown and you will support, help, guide and challenge each other. You are not alone – you will be supported in achieving professional and personal development from your line manager and dedicated mentor. We will also match you with a buddy, who will be a friendly face to help and guide you in everyday challenges. Your placements will involve daily, structured work, and strategic projects that you will work on in teams and independently. We have a very open, informal and involving team spirit in Danish Crown, where we are constantly inspiring and empowering each other to reach our full potential.

Leadership Principles

Our Leadership Principles are our roadmap that help guide leaders in their everyday behaviours and decision making. Our Leadership Principles call on Danish Crown’s core strengths and remind us to stay focused on the right targets. They help us build a more professional leadership culture and reach our short and long-term goals. In Danish Crown we have five Leadership Principles which are Dedicated to Results, Be an Ambassador, Together with Consumers and Customers, We are One Team & Develop and Empower People.

Who are you?

Upon graduating, you will be faced with multiple big decisions that will shape your future career. Perhaps you know exactly where that will take you, or you are open minded and ready to explore. Either way, our programme is tailored to support your future development. We see our Graduates as part of our leadership pipeline - that means you might not necessarily fast track straight into a people management role on day one, but we will provide you with the skills and experience to start that journey

We are looking for candidates who have graduated in the last two years or are about to graduate. We value any previous work experience that you might have, such as student jobs, voluntary work, internships or part-time work in any sector. You must have a bachelor’s or master’s degree – the field of study may vairy. We place importance on your ambition, drive, broad business understanding and your motivation to gain experience and influence our agenda to create a more sustainable future for food.

To become part of Danish Crown it is also important that you:

  • are curious, independent, outgoing and embrace diversity
  • have an international and enthusiastic mindset
  • act as an ambassador – you can build relationships with stakeholders through open dialogue and transparent processes. You act responsibly with integrity and respect for all stakeholders and are proud to be part of Danish Crown
  • have a drive towards results, seek innovative solutions and act on them
  • understand that by working together and utilizing core strengths across departments and teams, we can strengthen the way we meet customer and consumer needs - now and in the future

To join you must possess:

  • Newly graduated in the last two years
  • A Bachelor’s or Master's degree (or are about to finish a degree)
  • Relevant work experience is appreciated
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and English skills (it’s not a necessity that you speak Danish)

An opportunity to experience the entire value chain

With our Graduate Programme you can have the opportunity to experience the entire value chain in Danish Crown. The Danish Crown Group is unique in that we have an integrated and full value chain. This starts with our farmer owners – the livestock producers that supply our raw material – and extends to abattoirs, and to ingredients, processed food and trading businesses, and, finally, consumers. We are cooperatively owned and operate in more than 130 markets worldwide. Our businesses create innovative foods within fresh meat, bacon, pizza toppings, snacks, sausages, ready meals and canned products. In all parts of the value chain, our focus is on food and feeding the world.

Develop a great business know-how

You will work with projects and tasks in three different functions. You have the opportunity to meet and work with these Business Units in the programme.

Learn more about our organization and business units here

Example of projects in the Graduate Programme

In the Graduate Programme you will experience three rotations of eight months each, working in three different functions, such as Sales, Marketing or Production, in three different Danish Crown business units, which could include Danish Crown Foods, Danish Crown Pork, DAT-Schaub or Sokolow. The abroad rotation could be both in or outside Europe. We will take your preferences into account regarding the location and department of your placements, giving you the opportunity to really shape your future career.

Together with the business and you, we will decide where your second and third rotation will be. It is important for us that it is the business’s needs and your wishes and qualifications that determines where your future take you. Examples of tasks and projects could be in the area of production processes, sales, M&A processes, growth & marketing strategies, process-optimizations, business controlling, business management, agricultural supply chain, operations finance and strategy in general. More specific it could be:

  • International production optimization
  • LEAN-implementation/support
  • Sales development management
  • Development and optimization of existing and new sales markets
  • Development of existing and new product categories
  • Strengthening the internal focus on the by-product production throughout the value chain
  • Work with Payroll systems and time study
  • Work balance improvement for one of basic lines
  • Work safety improvement in given department
  • How to win within new growth platforms, e.g. convenience
  • How to expand our market position within FMCG