Digital Manufacturing Trainee

Join Reckitt's Manufacturing Excellence team as a Digital Manufacturing Trainee, supporting digital transformation initiatives across a global manufacturing network of 40+ factories. You will work closely with factory teams worldwide on automation, data platforms and Industry 4.0 solutions.

About the role

This Digital Manufacturing Graduate Traineeship offers hands-on experience in digital transformation initiatives across a global manufacturing network of 40+ factories. You will join the Manufacturing Excellence team, which drives automation, data platforms and Industry 4.0 solutions in close collaboration with factory teams worldwide.

This role is designed for recent graduates or early-career professionals who want to apply technical and analytical knowledge in a real business environment and gain first-hand exposure to large-scale digital manufacturing operations.

What You Will Learn

• How digital transformation is delivered at scale in global manufacturing organisations.
• Practical application of automation, data platforms and analytics in factories.
• How real-time data supports operational and performance decisions.
• Key drivers of manufacturing efficiency and supply chain performance.
• How cross-functional, international teams collaborate on complex problems.
• First-hand exposure to Industry 4.0 technologies in an FMCG environment.

Why Join This Graduate Traineeship?

• Real responsibility and access to real factory data.
• Direct exposure to automation and digital innovation at scale.
• Fast onboarding and early involvement in impactful projects.
• Strong learning curve with investment in your development.
• Solid foundation for a career in digital manufacturing, automation or supply chain.

Your responsibilities

• Support digitalisation and automation initiatives across global manufacturing and supply chain operations.
• Analyse factory and supply chain data to improve transparency, KPIs and decision-making.
• Build reports, dashboards and visualisations using Excel and Power BI.
• Contribute to use cases involving real-time data capture and automated manufacturing processes.
• Support problem definition and simple analytical or statistical models for operational improvements.
• Prepare presentations and insights for internal team meetings and stakeholder discussions.
• Collaborate with factory managers, engineers and global stakeholders across locations.
• Actively participate in team discussions, innovation topics and project meetings.
• You will work on real business challenges, not theoretical case studies.

The experience we're looking for

• Recently graduated in Engineering, Data Science, IT, Automation, Digital Manufacturing or a related technical field.
• Academic or early professional exposure to automation, data analysis, statistics or programming.
• Interest in manufacturing, supply chains and Industry 4.0 concepts.
• Experience working with data, including basic models, algorithms or analytical problem-solving (academic or project-based).
• Strong working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; ability to explain insights clearly.
• Basic knowledge of Python, SQL or similar programming languages is an advantage.
• Familiarity with Power BI or strong motivation to learn dashboard development.

The skills for success

• Supply Chain Management
• Business Partnership
• Collaboration and partnership building
• Relationship Management
• Business Accumen
• Productivity management
• Improve business processes
• Advanced Analytics
• Data Analytics
• Logistics Management
• Supply Chain Planning
• Vendor Negotiation
• Contract Negotiation
• Category Management Expertise
• Supply Management
• Procurement

What we offer

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.