Arla Foods F15 programme

The F15® programme is flexible to match the individual yet structured to ensure that you are exposed to a versatile picture of Arla Foods as a company and workplace. The programme consists of three job rotations of eight months each.

During the F15® programme, you will find yourself in three jobs within different business groups and funtional areas. You enter at least one international position in one of Arla's subsidiaries e.g. in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, UK, Germany, Poland, Argentina, USA, China or Dubai. Also, at least one of your positions will be at Arla's headquater in Aarhus, Denmark. Although you have a master’s degree within a specific field e.g. finance, technology or marketing, we will challenge you to assume a position within a different field to make you gain a broad experience of Arla before you set your mind on a specific career.

Our company

Arla Foods is a cooperative, owned by more than 7,000 Danish and Swedish milk-producing farmers. We are 16.000 colleagues who develop and market recognised dairy products like Lurpak, Anchor, Apetina and Castello for the global market. Our annual turnover is more than 6 billion euros. We are proud of our production facilities spanning 13 countries and of our sales offices in some 33 different countries across five continents.

Our graduate programme

Soon it will be time to identify the next 15 talented graduates who will be selected for their unique Arla Foods leadership potential. We invite you to join the F15® challenge and start your global career within our wide range of functional and geographical areas. We expect you to provide effort and determination. In return, you can look forward to a unique framework for your professional and personal development. Deadline is March 15 - apply at futurefifteen.com.

Team trainings accelerate your development

The F15® programme begins in September 2012 with a thorough introduction course to the various fundamentals of the Arla value chain - what we call ‘From Cow to Consumer’.

During the graduate programme you will attend team trainings with your F15 colleagues. Arla designs the team trainings targeted to you and closely linked to your role in the organisation. The training enhances your performance and people skills to boost your professional and personal development within business strategy, organ-isational understanding, project management and leadership competence.

To anchor your new skills, you will conduct a team project with your F15® colleagues. This project is an add-on to your job and you will involve and report to stakeholders from across Arla.

Performance reviews to keep you on track

At the end of each job rotation, your host manager will evaluate your performance and behaviour in the current position: Did you reach the objectives and how? This input will inspire you to work with your Personal Development Plan and bring focus to your strengths and areas for improvement.

A Top50 manager will be your personal sponsor

Throughout the F15® programme, you will be coached by a personal sponsor from top mangement level who will guide you on your Personal Development Plan and help you build strong networks with colleagues and decisionmakers.