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What you'll be doing
Our 12-month Commercial Placement is your chance to gain hands-on experience, build your skills, and make a real impact. This placement is perfect for students completing a year-in-industry as part of their degree and there’s even the potential to return to Greencore after graduation!
You won’t just be observing—you’ll be immersed in the action, working alongside industry experts and contributing to projects that shape what millions of people eat every day.
As a Product Development Technologist, you will play a crucial role in supporting the product development process, ensuring new products are validated, documented, and ready for a smooth launch.
This will include:
· Inputting recipes into the management system to calculate costs, assess nutritional values, and maintain accurate documentation for product approvals.
· Working with New Product Development buyers, the packaging innovation team, and other stakeholders to source materials and meet project requirements.
· Help prepare kitchen made samples for internal panels, nutritional testing, and presentations, while organising product samples for ordering, transportation, and documentation.
· Conduct sensory testing to assess product quality throughout its shelf life, supporting recipe adjustments where needed.
· Support critical path timelines, identify risks, and escalate delays while ensuring sustainability considerations are factored into product development.
· Label and pack samples accurately for external shipment, purchase ingredients, and benchmark competitor products to inform development.
· Support in preparing product samples and coordinating project activities to ensure smooth progression through all stages of development.
By the end of your placement, you’ll have real-world experience, a deep understanding of the commercial side of the food industry, and skills that set you apart.
We believe our people drive our success, which is why we invest in your development. You’ll have a dedicated mentor, access to networking opportunities with other Early Careers colleagues, and the chance to attend industry events to grow your professional connections
What’s next?
Applications are due to close on 4th Feb 2026, however if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early.
Upon successful telephone screening, you will be invited to a virtual Assessment Centre which will take place w/c 2nd March 2026
The second stage, face to face assessment will take place at one of our Greencore sites, w/c 23 March 2026.
Induction and enrolment for this role will begin June 2026.
About the Company
Why Greencore?
We’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK.
Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.95bn.
Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
This is a dynamic and innovative field, which brings many commercial challenges relating to market trends, product launches, maintaining relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams.
What do you need?
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for motivated undergraduates who are studying either a food related or business degree and have a keen ambition to gain experience within the commercial function of a fast-moving consumer good business.
You will also be:
· Passionate about working as part of a team and have an ambition to have a long-term career in a commercial environment/food.
· Highly motivated to grow your career.
· Resilient and equipped to take change in your stride.
· Curious, organised, and able to use your excellent communication skills to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.
Whilst this role is based at our site in Selby, there may be requirements to travel to other sites when necessary, and therefore a full driving license is advantageous.
To join our Commercial Placement programme, you will need:
· Currently studying
· The right to live and work in the UK.
We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of nationality or background. However, applicants must have (or be able to obtain) the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the programme, as we do not offer visa sponsorship.
Join us and you'll get
What you’ll get
Not only will you gain experience across our business; you will also have access to our Greencore colleague benefits including:
· Competitive salary and job-related benefits
· Wellbeing benefits at no cost, including Virtual GP, annual health check, mental health and nutritional consultations, Adult Care helpline, and on-site physio.
· Opportunities to develop through our Grow with Greencore offer, as well as dedicated Early Careers learning events Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
What’s next?
Applications are due to close on 4th Feb 2026, however if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early.
Upon successful telephone screening, you will be invited to a virtual Assessment Centre which will take place w/c 2nd March 2026
The second stage, face to face assessment will take place at one of our Greencore sites, w/c 23 March 2026.
Induction and enrolment for this role will begin June 2026.
