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Next Gen Nestlé Oceania

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Contents

3 Welcome to Nestlé

4 How the program will work

5 Selection Process Overview

The Graduate Experience

6 Sales & Marketing

8 Operations

10 Supply Chain

12 Finance

14 Summary


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“I wanted to work for a great company, which would give me the training I needed, have career development opportunities and big brands that would be exciting to work on. Nestlé had it all!”

Melissah

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Welcome to Nestlé

Join us and you’ll discover an inclusive and energised culture where you can really make a difference.

As a global company, we’re able to open up a world of opportunities for you. We’re passionate about driving success and we recognise that our high performance culture is a direct result of our people and the ongoing support, training and development they enjoy.

Our philosophy is Good Food, Good Life, and our vision is to be recognised as Oceania’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company.

Be part of a world-leading, dynamic organisation that seeks to provide consumers with high quality products and support to help them to lead healthy and active lifestyles.



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The Next Gen Nestlé program will enable you to experience multiple roles across Nestlé Oceania in your chosen area – Sales & Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain or Finance. Over the course of two years, you will be exposed to the broad spectrum of career opportunities and distinctive culture for which Nestlé is renowned.

The Next Gen Nestlé program is about one thing: fostering talent. Our key objectives are:

• To develop potential leaders within our business

• To accelerate learning in a real, hands-on environment

• To develop business acumen, broad functional knowledge and a commercial mindset

During the two year program, you will enjoy continual support and learning opportunities. With a sound platform of business knowledge, experience and well-developed networks, you will be ready to move into the business – your future career at Nestlé is in your hands.

How the program will work

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Candidates who apply for our Next Gen Nestlé program will complete a series of steps.

Selection process interview


1 Online Application

2 Screening

3 Online Assessment

4 Assessment Centre

5 Reference Checks

6 Offer

Submit your CV and answer a few basic questions around your degree, work experience, residency and drivers licence etc.

Your details will be screened against a predetermined set criteria for eligibility. Successful candidates from this phase will be contacted by the Recruitment Team.

Successful candidates from screening will undertake an online assessment. This tests for cognitive ability and can be completed at home.

Successful candidates from Step 3 will be invited to attend an Assessment Centre. You will participate in group activities with fellow applicants, then meet and present to senior leaders within the business.

At this point, we will contact your referees – preferably work-related ones.

Successful candidates will be sent a Letter of Offer.


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In your first year as a Sales & Marketing graduate, you will be placed in our Field Sales team as an Area Manager. This position will look after a group of stores and manage a small team of merchandisers.

A typical store visit will involve meeting the Store Manager and walking the floor to get a feeling for the layout and the different sections. You will assess the range and competitor presence and be able to identify potential distribution and display opportunities. Take the time to go over your observations, suggestions and actions with the Store Manager as well as discuss any relevant sales offers or campaigns. You will then finalise any necessary orders and promotions.

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In your second year, you will become an integral part of the Marketing team and the Category Channel Sales Development (CCSD) teams. Spending six months in each team, you will work in cross functional teams managing some of the world’s leading food brands.

In Marketing, you will get exposure to new product development, point of sale development and communications.

In CCSD, you will work closely with the Sales team to optimise promotional activity and develop integrated shopper campaigns with our retail partners.

Your time in Sales & Marketing will be dynamic and varied, creating a sound platform for your future career success at Nestlé.

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In your first year, you will have the opportunity to work at two of Nestlé Oceania’s regional factories.

At the beginning of your first rotation, you will be introduced to Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) – our competitive manufacturing approach. You will learn problem solving techniques such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) and contribute to a team project that makes a difference to the factory by delivering step change improvement.

After this, you will lead projects with the chance to demonstrate your leadership skills, knowledge and experience within the factory environment.

As your rotation progresses, you will work in different areas of the factory including Quality, Line Management and Engineering. This will provide you with a depth and breadth of experience in understanding how the different areas of the factory work together.

OperationsThe Graduate Experience


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You will gain experience in leading and managing projects and people, safe work practices, and leading a high performing team. This will enable you to produce quality product through standard and improvement work.

The Next Gen Nestlé experience in Operations will give you the chance to embody the Nestlé Continuous Excellence philosophy of one team, zero waste and 100% engagement, and deliver:

• Delight Consumers: Enhance what Consumers and Customers really value

• Competitive Advantage: Ensure the best offer on shelf

• Excel in Compliance: Be trusted by all stakeholders

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In Supply Chain, you will have the opportunity to work across different areas on projects that add real value to our Supply Chain function.

Customer Service

As part of the Customer Service team, you will manage customer orders from our key clients, and optimising the frequency and/or size of their orders. There will be opportunities to liaise with our internal Sales team, particularly at month end, when you are driving through final orders help our business achieve demanding sales targets. This role presents a great opportunity to get involved directly with customer interactions, eCommerce and improvement projects.

Demand & Supply Planning (D&SP)

As a Demand & Supply Planning Coordinator, you will be supporting the D&SP teams of one of our Nestlé businesses and interact with our Distribution Centres, Planners and our Sales team. You will provide reports on customer service levels and inventory levels to optimise Demand or Supply Planning decisions. You will also be responsible for managing our bad goods portfolio i.e. ensuring we minimise aged stock. You will have significant interaction with a business unit and is a great career development opportunity.

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Physical Logistics

As a Load Planner in one of our three distribution centres (DCs), you will be the last point of contact to the customer and responsible for planning and optimising the workload and capacity of the DC. This involves booking transport and liaising with customers and colleagues on progress to ensure a high service level is maintained.

The DCs are a strong team environment where attention to detail but flexibility and a willingness to complete the work are keys to success.

Procurement

As a Procurement Analyst, you will be challenged to support key Procurement activities in both strategic sourcing and category management activities across the value chain. The main purpose of this role is to support complex Procurement activities across various spend categories in order to deliver competitive advantage to the Nestlé Oceania business.

You will become familiar with our 7 Step Strategic Sourcing process. This includes the Responsible Sourcing Program and Procurement Best Practices which are key drivers behind our vision of being a strategic business partner. This ensures we deliver a competitive advantage and sustainable value to all Nestlé spend.

Supply Chain


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In Finance, you will have the opportunity to work across four areas:

Operational Financial Services (OFS)

Working in OFS will give you an appreciation of the overall Finance function. You will support a range of activity across corporate and factory finance teams including Accounting Operations, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.

This is a great place to start your working career as the daily activities will typically align with the focus of your finance degree. For example, you will be analysing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, co-ordinating journals from across the business, and assessing accruals. At each month end, you will be immersed in talking to the business to ensure the book close goes smoothly.

Factory Finance

As a Factory Analyst you will be based in a regional location where you will have opportunity to appreciate manufacturing costing. You’ll gain exposure to production and apply costing standards to this process. In addition, you will work with a range of non-Finance stakeholders across factory management, the production floor, Safety representatives and the planning team to ensure this diverse group has an appreciation of the financials.

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Sales Finance

Have you ever wondered who pays for the price discounts you see in the Woolworths or Coles catalogues that get delivered to your letter box? By working in Sales Finance, you will learn the mechanics of trade promotions, how these get on to the catalogues, who and how these are being paid, how we measure the success of these trade promotions, and how trade promotions impact our financial performance.

Costing

How much does a Kit Kat cost to make? What would it cost if we changed the packaging?

These are the types of questions you’ll be asking and finding answers for when you’re working in Costing. From working with Marketing on new product development to working with factories on the Annual Budgeting process, your time in Costing will be varied and dynamic.

You have the opportunity to be the conduit between Factory and Business Unit as you help both sides understand and appreciate the intricacies of Nestlé’s costing system. Your understanding of this system will no doubt be a vital asset for you as you embark on more senior roles in Finance.

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Next Gen Nestlé gives you the opportunity to work with some of the most passionate and strategic minds in the FMCG industry. Our people love their brands, innovative manufacturing processes and development of new products. They are always eager to impart their knowledge on the way we work with customers. Together, our teams in Sales & Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance, push the boundaries to innovate and renovate the way we work and the way we deliver products to the market.

Whether you are marketing iconic brands such as NESCAFÉ or MAGGI, negotiating with our customers across multiple channels, improving the way we make our products across our factories or delivering financial solutions across our business teams, you will have access to cross-functional specialist teams to support you. They will help you better understand the consumer and shopper, research facilities to improve all aspects of product formulations, and the innovative ways that we can manufacture new or existing products.

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With global tools at your fingertips, along with the size and scale of the leading global food and beverage company, you’ll become an integral part of our outstanding teams operating at the top of their game.

Shape your future…a future which is only limited by your imagination and motivation to deliver at the highest levels.

Next Gen Nestlé

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“The biggest learning was the realisation that I had contributions that were valued by the business based on my experiences from the graduate program. It highlighted to me just how far I’d developed as a result of the program.”

Tim


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“The best thing about the program is the diverse cross-functional experience you will gain from working with and in different business units, great training program to get you started and relationships that you will form throughout the program.” Elisabeth


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