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Confectioner Placement Scheme
Salary - £19,400

Applications for this role are now closed

If you’re interested in a career as a confectioner, a Nestlé Confectioner Placement will give you the experience and skills you need to get started and could even lead to you being offered a permanent position with us. Applications are open now—come and launch your confectionery career with the world’s biggest food and beverage manufacturer.
At Nestlé, we want the best version of you so that you bring the full force of your individuality to the innovation process. After all, it’s diverse individuals working together that make us the creative organisation we are. That’s why we’ll always encourage you to be yourself and provide you with an environment in which you can really thrive.
Join us for a year in York and you’ll return to university with a real sense of direction that’ll supercharge your last year of study.
What the Confectioner Placement entails
At Nestlé, we don’t just meet expectations—we absolutely smash them. And that’s what you’ll do for an entire year on our Confectioner Placement. Under the guidance of some of the best confectionery experts in the industry today, you’ll learn how we channel our innovative spirit into exciting finished products.
You’ll work on live confectionery projects, spending time in the development kitchen and other areas of the function to gain a comprehensive understanding of how we create confectionery products. You might also present work to key stakeholders. It’s all about helping you find your strengths and potential ‘niche’ in the event that you’re offered a role with us further down the line.


Who is eligible for the Confectioner Placement?
To qualify, you’ll need to be in the next-to-last year (or year three in Scotland) of a relevant degree—BA Culinary Arts Management, BA Food Development and innovation, BSc (Hons) - Applied Food and Nutrition, BSc (Hons)—Bakery & Patisserie Technology or similar. We need to know that you’re committed to the career path you’ve chosen and are ready to put everything you’ve got into learning with us.
What will I get out of a Nestlé Placement?
You won’t just see how famous brands like KitKat, Smarties and Aero come into being, you’ll get to contribute to the development of new Nestlé products. Experience like that commands some serious respect and will get off to a great start in your career before you’ve even left uni.
Our ‘Force for Good’ initiative is another reason you can feel great about choosing Nestlé for your placement.

It’s about creating shared value by aligning our objectives with important social responsibilities like helping the environment and healthier eating—by getting involved with our product development, you’ll have direct input into that.
We’re impressed by people who make that extra bit of effort. By taking on a placement with us, you’ll demonstrate that you’ve got what it takes to cut it at an organisation like ours and improve your chances of being offered a place on our graduate scheme or even a role with us.
We understand starting a new role can be an expensive time – to aid this we offer relocation support if your role requires a move away from home. We know that the support needed is as individual as you are – so please reach out and let us know how we can make this journey in to work together.