Student Launchpad Tesco

Welcome

Launch your career in the food sector! Learn more about graduate careers, meet professionals working in the food sector and gain skills to improve your CV and interview technique.

 

Why a career in the Food Sector?
Meet the mentors
Directions to the venue

Programme

10:00 – 10:30

Arrival and Registration

10:30 – 10:50 Introduction and welcome
Emmanuelle Lerges, Food Technical Director, Tesco
Robin Leaper, Education and Careers Coordinator, Institute of Food Science and Technology
10:50 – 11:10 Opportunities in the food sector
Ben Dodridge, Head of Technical for Central Europe, Tesco
11:10 – 11:40 Interactive group exercise - session led by Robin Leaper
Small group activity focussing on job roles and skills
11:40 – 11:50 Break
11:50 – 12:10 Early career perspective
Hannah Stodart - Sensory Scientist, McCormick
12:10 – 12:30 Standing out from the crowd - a recruitment perspective
MorePeople
12:30 – 14:00 Food Mentor Networking Lunch
Speed networking tables with 'mentors' from a range of roles in the food sector
14:00 – 14:20 Sustainability at Tesco - The Planet Plan
Karen Poole, Head of Health and Sustainable Diets, Tesco
14:20 – 14:40 Virtual Factory Tour - Raynor Foods Sandwich Factory
14:40 – 15:00 Introduction to IFST - including competitions, awards, events
Robin Leaper

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Tesco is a leading multinational retailer, with more than 330,000 staff. Their aim is to serve customers every day with affordable, healthy and sustainable food – to help them enjoy a better quality of life and an easier way of living.