Are you looking for a 12-month IT & computing placement for 2019/20? Do you want real responsibility with the chance to influence household name coffee brands including Tassimo, Kenco, L’Or and Jacobs?
Global Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company (FMCG) JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is looking for year-in-industry students from technical degree backgrounds to join their diverse, global team of over 15,000 coffee champions, on 12-month placements in IT and computing.
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| Company |
Jacobs Douwe Egberts |
| Location |
Banbury, Oxfordshire |
| Roles |
12-month Year in Industry Placements in IT |
| Salary |
£18,500 + £1,000 sign-on bonus |
| Assessment dates |
26th November – 7th December 2019 |
| Start Date |
July 2020 |
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| Deadline |
9th November 2019 |
Who is the company?
– JDE is a €5 billion global business with around 15,000 associates based in 28 different countries, selling their brands in over 100 different countries around the world.
– Formed in 2015, JDE retains a start-up feel containing some of the leading brands in the Coffee and Tea industry including – Kenco, L’OR, Tassimo and Douwe Egberts to name a few.
– JDE UK is headquartered in Banbury, Oxfordshire, which is one of JDE’s global ‘Power Plants’ responsible for producing 20,000 tonnes of coffee per year across 9 production lines.
– The UK represents a top 5 global market for JDE and continues to be a growth engine for the category, driving premiumisation by leading the single-serve partition with the Tassimo brand and premiumising the instant coffee segment through Kenco, L’OR and the Douwe Egberts brands.
– JDE believes amazing things can happen over a cup of coffee and with values including Entrepreneurship, Solidarity, Accountability, Simplicity and Discipline working at JDE offers you an exciting opportunity to make an impact in the world’s largest pure play coffee company.
– JDE’s goal is simple but ambitious: a coffee for every cup.
“Everyone deserves the coffee they love.”
What are the roles?
– A placement in IT at JDE will be very varied and you will be getting stuck into lots of different tasks, depending on business needs at the time.
You will either be working in Retail:
– This IT placement involves supporting IT operations for end user services, local infrastructure, and ensuring that applications are aligned and meet business needs.
– You will be supporting the Infrastructure Specialist in local and end user services
– You will be responsible for the maintenance and delivery of web systems
– You will work with application and infrastructure vendors to resolve issues
Or Manufacturing:
– This IT placement involves working with the Plant Systems team in relation to any system or production issue
– You will be leading on the creation and development of network Policies
– You will maintain updates, patching and antivirus of computer operating systems and applications
– You will catalog, document and verify backups and archives as well as document and maintain system policies
One application will consider you for both roles!
Why should you apply?
– Travel: JDE provide awesome opportunities to travel. Last year around half the placement students travelled abroad.
– Fantastic perks: 25 days holiday, free hot beverages (not just coffee!) and even Barista training!
– Student Charity Committee: Every Friday all the placement students get together for a fun charity meeting. Last year their charity work raised over £30,000 in total.
– Culture: At JDE they have a friendly, hands-on environment where everyone is encouraged to contribute and all opinions are valued. There is also a strong mentoring programme and you will be periodically reporting to senior business stakeholders and interacting with other placement students.
– Corporate Social Responsibility: From sourcing ingredients responsibly with internationally recognised standards, to partnering directly with suppliers to improve working conditions and protect natural resources, and aiming to make all manufacturing sites landfill free by 2020, at JDE they are driven by their passion for coffee & tea, care for people and respect for the environment.
Who is best suited to this role?
– You must be studying for a technical degree (such as computing & IT) and have an interest in IT and technology systems.
– You must be a good communicator with excellent attention to detail and be willing to get stuck in.
– You must be an undergraduate looking for a 12-month Year-in-Industry placement from July 2020 to July 2021.
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https://employers.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/jde/job/it-jde/?ref=DEPT
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