AB World Foods
Marketing – Graduate Role 

Want to shape the future of big brands in the food industry? We’re looking for creative, curious, hardworking individuals with a real appreciation for Marketing. Do you want to advance your career in a forward-thinking learning culture? Then it is time to join our Marketing team at AB World Foods.

What are we about?

AB World Foods is an international branded food business famous for flavour. Today, our portfolio of brands includes Patak's, Blue Dragon, Levi Roots, Al’Fez, TABASCO® and recently acquired Capsicana. How many of our brands do you have in your cupboard? We’re owned by Associated British Foods (ABF) a diversified international food ingredients and retail group with sales of £20bn, 133,000 employees and operations in 55 countries.

If you’re looking for a scheme with big brand names where you get real responsibility, then this opportunity sounds just right for you. Join us in a Marketing position and you’ll get to develop skills, knowledge, and professional experience from day one, as you play a key supporting role in the development and execution of annual marketing plans.

As great as our brands are, our people are what makes us special. We are committed to making AB World Foods a great place to work, grow & develop; for the right candidate this is a fantastic role on a diverse and “real job” Early in Career Scheme.  We create a collaborative and fun environment that is food orientated and friendly, with a trust-based culture where we value productivity. As such, we have a flexible and inclusive approach to ways of working, our core office days are Tuesday-Thursday.

What’s the role about?

Your role will involve providing wide-ranging support to one of our brand teams as you work together on marketing plans for our range of brands.  Areas you could get involved in include:

• Creating annual activity plans with clear targets and budget allocation
• Supporting the development of new and existing products
• Getting closer to our shoppers and consumers through our Consumer Closeness programme
• Overseeing brand and performance reporting to ensure we stay on track to deliver budget commitments
• Working closely with Sales and Category and the wider Marketing teams to ensure promotional strategies are effectively delivered
• Developing brands with the commercial teams so that key initiatives are prioritised
• Working with agency partners in digital, packaging and media
• Supporting the management of A&P spend for brands

What can we offer you?

While we encourage you to advance your own career development, we also make sure you are fully supported along the way, by taking great care in understanding your development needs and tailoring your individual career experience to enable you to achieve your goals.   As well as learning every day on the job, you will benefit from a thorough onboarding programme, functional marketing training, continuous development, ongoing networking opportunities and business support to progress – plus there will be plenty of people to guide and advise you on your career path. 

Just some of the benefits this role comes with:

• A competitive base salary of £28,500
• Sign-on bonus of £1,500
• The opportunity to share in our growth through our discretionary bonus scheme
• Private Healthcare

How can you stand out?

We’re looking for curious, collaborative, commercial, motivated graduates with a strong impetus to understand the consumer and customers viewpoint.  Storytelling ability is key, whether you’re delivering a presentation to a roomful of people or turning complex information into inspiring stories that customers will believe. Numeracy is also important, especially when it comes to handling data and drilling down for insights.

You’ll need a 2:2 degree or above in any degree discipline. We expect all our graduates to demonstrate our early in career talent competencies, which are: 

• Drive & Ambition
• Analysis & Judgement
• Humility & Authenticity
• Learning & Growth

What’s the application process?

Our application process is a two-way street – we want to get to know you as much as we want you get to know us!

• Application Form: This is opportunity to tell us a bit more about yourself, why you would like to join us, as well as what makes you a great candidate.
• Video Interview: Here you’ll be able to tell us a bit more about your fit for the scheme in line with our early in career talent competencies.
• Online Ability Tests: If this sounds scary don’t worry! This is just one of many opportunities for you to show us your abilities.
• Assessment Centre: You’ll be able to meet your potential colleagues and team in person at our assessment centre and final stage of the process.

These stages are designed to get to know you, to understand your passions and proficiency that would make you a good candidate! So be yourself and talk about specific examples that let you demonstrate what makes you shine

We will communicate with you through every stage of the process, you will never be left wondering where your application is and which stage it is at! Suitable applicants could be looking to start as early as July 2025 – starting dates are flexible.

We strive to build an inclusive work environment for all and will consider all candidates without regard to gender, including gender idendity, gender expression and gender reassignment, race inlcuding colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnanacy or maternity or trade union membership.  If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process please let us know

To apply for this role, you must have the right to live and work in the UK with one of the following applying to you:

• British Citizens (but not a British Overseas Citizen, British National (Overseas) or British Protected Person)
• EU/EEA/Swiss nationals resident in the UK by or before 31 December 2020, holding status via the EU Settlement Scheme
• Non-EEA nationals with Indefinite Leave to Remain/Settlement in the UK
• Current UK Student Visa or Tier 4 Student Visa

Application close date: 5th January 2025

Assessment Centre date: 4th and 5th February 2025 in our Head Office in Maidenhead