Goodman Fielder Graduate Programs & Internships

Who are we?

Goodman Fielder is home to some of the most loved and trusted household brands. Our products and ingredients cover every meal occasion, including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. We produce and market: rice, flour, oil, bakery fats, sugar, bread, milk, margarine, flour, dressings, condiments, mayonnaise, frozen pastry, cake mix, desserts, sauces, vinegar and cooking oils.

Goodman Fielder has No.1 or No.2 positions in most of the larger product categories where we compete. This leading product offering is supported by a large scale, efficient distribution network that enables delivery of the company’s products to over 30,000 outlets every day including supermarkets, route outlets and food service customers.

Headquartered in Sydney, Goodman Fielder employs over 5,000 people in Australasia and the Pacific Islands. We manufacture our products in over 40 plants in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia. This, coupled with an efficient distribution network means we can get our products to our customers and consumers at high speed and quality. 

Our purpose

At Goodman Fielder, our purpose is to make everyday food better for everyone. We believe we can make a real difference to people’s lives, and the communities they live in, through our food. Being purpose-led energises our team, guides our priorities and helps us make the best decisions.  

Heard of our brands?

Open most cupboards and fridges in Australia and the odds are you’ll find one of our loved and trusted brands like: Helgas, Wonder, White Wings, MeadowLea, La Familia just to name a few. 

Why Goodman Fielder?

In order to make everyday food better for everyone, our teams think differently; bringing a growth mindset to solve challenges across our diverse business. We want our people to grow both individually and as a team, so we can reach our absolute potential. 
 
Culture and leadership are central to what sets us apart, enabling bold ambition, innovation and performance. Our culture allows us to attract, retain and develop the best people and build better leaders.

Our aspiration is to be the leading integrated food business in the Region. We are a team that believes that anything is possible. We understand our business and focus on the right things that make the biggest difference and consider our end-to-end value chain when making decisions to optimise our business. We drive change as an opportunity for us to innovate and transform our business and to achieve beyond what we think is possible. 

We’re also creating a more sustainable future where we can work Better Together with our community and customers to reduce our environmental impact and make food a force for good.

The Early Careers Program is a full-time employment opportunity open for talented early career professionals who will become our future leaders. Operating in the FMCG industry means no two days are the same. The pace is fast, the work is diverse and the various functions need to work together to ensure our products delight our consumers and customers every day in Retail, Route Retail, Foodservice and industrial channels.

Our program runs for 18 – 24 months, and you will be supported every step of the way as you explore and learn about our business. You will gain valuable on-the-job experience, and get training across different functions which will give you true insight into how Goodman Fielder works.

At the end of the program, you will have a thorough understanding of the end-to-end operations of our business and how our functions work together to make everyday food better for everyone.

Our supportive learning environment will provide you opportunities to grow and develop, setting you up for success in your future career at Goodman Fielder.

We are looking for Early Career Professionals who:

• Have up to 2 years’ work experience
• Are ambitious and passionate about forging a real career with us and playing a part in our ongoing success
• Are seeking an exciting career in the FMCG industry

Applications for our program open in January with the program commencing in April / May.

Why Our Program

• You will join one of the largest international FMCG organisations across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
• You will have a structured but flexible roadmap for the program with a senior leader as your sponsor to ensure a meaningful learning journey across the program.
• You will be taken through our business end to end to learn how our teams work together to make everyday food better for everyone.
• You will work on meaningful projects and you will have the support of a manager, mentor and buddy.
• You will have time out from your work and projects where your focus will be to learn more about our business.
• You will also have regular training and development days to build your people and technical capability.
• You will be offered a permanent role at the end of the program.

Hamish, Early Careers Professional (Marketing)

I have loved the opportunity to work across different functions and learn new skills from a variety of people.

The Early Careers Program has allowed me to listen, learn and contribute across a number of functions. It has given me the opportunity to pick up valuable skills along the way such as business analysis and building recommendations to support the development of key categories and brands.

The support received in the program made me feel immediately welcome and comfortable amongst my new colleagues. You have continuous support from your sponsor and manager, and you also have a mentor who you can ask any questions you may have, no matter how big or small.