MENA Supply Chain Graduate Full Time

At Arla, we do so much more than make some of the world’s favorite dairy products. We make healthy, taste delicious products for mornings and family dinners. Puck®, Dano®, Lurpak® and Castello® – names like these make us a vital, natural part of modern life in over 100 countries around the world. There are 2000 employees in the MENA region and 19,000 global employees at the heart of our business. Every one of us plays an important role and together we build on our 10 billion Euros turnover and establish our position.

FUTURE LEADERS WANTED!

Arla Foods is one of the world’s largest dairy companies, and we are welcoming talented graduates who possess the intellectual power, drive and innovative ambition to pursue an international career at our production sites. The purpose of the Supply Chain Graduate Program is to ensure a strong pipeline and the right talents to take over strategic positions at our production sites in the future.

Do you want to pursue a career as a Supply Chain Professional and play a key role in producing high quality dairy products? Then this could be the start of your career with Arla.

Purpose of the Role:

This program is designed to support the development of local Bahraini talent. The Supply Chain Graduate Program is a three-year program that will provide you with an opportunity to work in MENA production sites (Bahrain & KSA). You will also spend two years at different European production sites where you will spend 12 months at your primary location (Bahrain/KSA)) and 24 months abroad. We will ensure that you get the right challenges at the right time to unfold your potential and show us what you have got. During their rotations, our former and current graduates have been working on projects closely connected to:

• Optimization possibilities within our production for working even greener and more cost-consciously.
• Facilitation of lean principles implementation.
• Quality and process management.
• Projects to meet technical, production and logistical challenges.
• Team management.

Are you someone with the ambition to take the lead and deliver our production objectives?

You have graduated in the last 1-2 years with either a bachelor’s or master’s degree. Preferably your education lies within engineering, production, dairy, food science, related subjects, but we are open for other backgrounds.

On one hand, you are ambitious, analytical and result oriented. On the other, you are a curious and open-minded person who will take pride in working with high-quality dairy products on a global scale at one of our production sites. You learn fast and you are not afraid to ask questions. You enjoy the ‘learning by doing’ principle and taking lead is mostly fun when it means that others will follow with great motivation.

In addition, it is essential that you:

• Have the drive to deliver results and early on in your rotation be able to demonstrate Arla leadership behaviors.
• Have an ambition to grow and to make a difference within your given environment.
• Have an open and curious mindset enabling you to gain an insight into and understanding of Arla Foods as a whole.
• Have managed to complement your studies with work experience.
• Are geographically mobile and flexible within our European core countries & MENA region (Bahrain & KSA).
• Are fluent in Arabic & English.

What Do We Offer?

In Arla’s Supply Chain Graduate Program, you will join a dynamic and fast-paced environment where development and real ownership go hand in hand. You will gain hands-on experience across supply chain functions, build strong cross-functional relationships, and develop the skills needed to grow into a future leader within the business.

Working within our regional setup, you will also benefit from exposure to cross-country collaboration and best practices across markets, helping you build a broad and practical understanding of the end-to-end supply chain.

📩 To Apply: Please submit your application through our LinkedIn job post.