Our Graduate Development Program offers recent university graduates work in real jobs with real responsibilities, exposing them to many opportunities within its three years.

Graduates join us to work in a variety of roles, including graduate chemists, marketing product managers, site managers and business analysts. They often move between business units such as Selleys, Yates, Dulux NZ and Dulux Paints Australia. They could be working at our new state-of-the-art paint factory at Merrifield, in the Innovation Centre labs devising new formulas for products, or on our iconic marketing campaigns. Our graduates are in high demand by managers across the company as they have academic and real, on the job experience.

The Graduate Development Program delivers much more than technical skills and knowledge; we are developing our graduates to be leaders of the future. During the three-year development program, they develop skills and experience in finance, project management, presentation techniques, effective communication and undertake a variety of business simulations. Our graduates do field work, spend time in various parts of the business and develop a holistic view of DuluxGroup. Our Executive team and other senior leaders actively sponsor and mentor graduates providing invaluable networking opportunities.

Business & Commerce

Finance roles
Sales roles
- e.g. sales, account management
I.T
- e.g. project coordinator, software tester, technical support
HR
- e.g. HR Graduate, Organisational Development, Recruitment

Engineering roles

Engineering
- e.g. site manager, maintenance manager
Supply Chain
- e.g. demand manager, production supervisor

Marketing

Product management
Customer marketing

Innovation/ Research and Development

Chemist
- e.g. product development and research, examine quality issues, test paints