What’s it like to be a grad at Suntory Oceania?

As a graduate at Suntory Oceania you will be immersed in a 18 month program where you will gain hands on Supply Chain experience, creating strong foundations for you to grow your career.

Our Program

Our Technical Graduate programme provides an accelerated technical capability build into the Packaging area of our business. The programme runs for 18 months and will see our graduate rotate across roles within the Packaging department at our versatile and transitioning Wiri site, spending about 6 weeks per area.

The rotations bring about a practical understanding of how high-speed packaging lines operate as well as growing in the technical understanding of each area.

Suntory’s grad program is designed for you to gain a broad understanding of the whole manufacturing supply chain and is a great opportunity for you to find what excites you!

You will do rotations across:

Operational Excellence (Continuous Improvement) - You will be immersed in how Suntory bring their “Monozukuri” way of Manufacturing to life to enhance efficiencies, reduce waste and improve quality which helps us craft superior products that our consumers love.

Procurement – Spread your wings across our Procurement function, where raw materials and key services are ethically sourced and relationships with suppliers enhanced

Logistics - In this rotation, you will build an understanding of how incoming finished goods and raw materials are transported to and from our Manufacturing sites and state of the art robotic automated Warehouses, across land, air and sea.

Operations - Here you will gain Manufacturing shopfloor hands-on experience in how we safely create our wonderful liquids and pack our products on our ultra-modern and high speed packaging lines. You will also work alongside and help lead our best assets – our Suntory people.
Quality - Your Quality rotation will give you’re the foundational knowledge on how we “Protect our Castle” to give our consumers the most enjoyable, Quality experience each and every time.

Are you up for it? 

There is no perfect background, we are looking for future leaders that will help define the next generation of beverage manufacturing.

Our recipe for success includes the following ingredients: 

Be graduating in 2026 or have completed your degree in the last 2 years

We have seen graduates with all kinds of degrees succeed – Mechanical, Electrical, Robotic Engineering and everything in between we are looking for passion and behaviours

You will be dynamic and adaptable – you will need to be comfortable in the office as well as on the manufacturing site

A natural leader – maybe you were the captain of your sports team or take charge in your friend group. You will want to lead and develop teams in the future

Have tonnes of initiative and you won’t be afraid to get stuck in, ask lots of questions and give things a go

You will need to be available to start at our site in Wiri, Manukau (Auckland, New Zealand) in January 2027 and be an New Zealand/Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident.   

What’s in it for you?

This is a great opportunity to forge your own career and decide where you want to take it.

Industry leading mentors who will help you build a successful career

Access to fridges filled with your favourite products

We are committed to giving back to our communities so we provide you with volunteer leave to do so

Incentive scheme to recognise your hard work

We are committed to sustainability and supporting our local communities

So grab your boots, head on site and come help us make some of New Zealand's favourite beverages!