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This role is designed to give you hands-on experience working on real business challenges while developing the skills, knowledge and leadership capability needed for a successful career within one of the UK's leading fresh food manufacturers.\nAs part of the programme, you'll work alongside experienced operational leaders, benefit from support from an external professional mentor, and participate in structured rotational placements across a range of Albert Bartlett business units, giving you valuable exposure to different functions, sites and areas of the wider business.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nWorking closely with Production, Engineering, Technical, Planning and Supply Chain teams, you'll help identify and deliver improvements that positively impact safety, quality, cost, service and productivity.\nYou'll gain experience in:\nAnalysing operational performance data to identify trends and improvement opportunities\nSupporting continuous improvement projects from concept through to 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colleagues at all levels\nBenefits\nOur Graduate Programme is designed to accelerate your development and provide you with the experience, support and exposure needed to build a successful long-term career.\nYou'll benefit from:\nWhy Join Albert Bartlett?\nOur Graduate Programme is designed to accelerate your development and provide you with the experience, support and exposure needed to build a successful long-term career.\nYou'll benefit from:\n Structured graduate development programme\n Dedicated external mentor support\n Rotational placements across Albert Bartlett business units\n Hands-on involvement in business improvement projects\n Exposure to senior leaders and operational teams\n Training in Lean, continuous improvement and project delivery\n Experience using emerging technologies and AI tools in a real manufacturing environment\n Clear progression opportunities into Operations, Continuous Improvement and Project Leadership roles \nIf you're looking for a graduate 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