Operations Graduate, Gousto
£26k
1-2 days a week in office
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
Job no longer available
Recipe boxes delivered to your door
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
£26k
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be the most-loved way to eat dinner.
Role
Who you are
- You will gain insight into our Fulfilment Operations and what goes into our red boxes. You will learn how our pick lines work, the importance we place on food supply, quality and waste
- The programme will include key learning indicators to help you know what is expected and how you are tracking. There will be lots of opportunities to gain regular feedback. We will work closely on your continued development to support you achieve industry qualifications, such as Lean Six Sigma
- After the successful completion of the programme we will work with you to select your chosen area to launch your ongoing career at Gousto!
What the job involves
- Our Graduate scheme is a two year programme with 6 month rotational placements. you will gain a breadth of experience across our Fulfilment teams - this includes supply chain, operations excellence, and our fulfilment centres. You will have the opportunity to select your final placement, ideally in an area you would like to continue working in after the successful completion of the scheme
- You will gain insight into our Fulfilment Operations and what goes into our red boxes
- You will learn how our pick lines work, the importance we place on food supply, quality and waste
- The programme will include key learning indicators to help you know what is expected and how you are tracking
Salary benchmarks
Our take
There is an accelerating consumer need to eat healthily, sustainably, and at value. Gousto aims to meet this need with its meal-kit delivery service, which offers pre-packaged ingredients and recipe instructions. It sets itself apart with more than 60 different recipes to choose from each week - a third of which are customisable.
In 2021, Gousto sold more than 90 million meals, amounting to three meals every second, a figure that is on the rise. It is part of the UK Plastics Pact, which advocates for 100% reusable, recyclable and compostable plastic. As a member, Gousto has committed to eliminating problematic plastics, stimulating innovation and helping to build a stronger recycling system in the UK.
Gousto became a B Corp certified company for its sustainability efforts. Following huge investments in 2023, the company is now a unicorn and is sure to continue its growth over the coming years as more consumers switch to convenient online grocery shopping.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2023
$68m
LATE VC
Jan 2022
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $380.9m
Company benefits
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Interest free loan to spend on the latest tech
- Referral scheme
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays), + a holiday day added each year (up to 30 days), + buy up to 5 days extra holiday
- 40% Gousto discount, 15% for friends and family, and first box free
- Digital GP & wellbeing apps
- Private healthcare
- Discounted gym membership
- Company pension
Company values
- Dream - We’ve got huge ambition and believe everything is possible - Curious, bold and resilient, we’ve got an insatiable appetite to learn and grow
- Deliver - We work at pace and focus on impact, taking ownership of the solution and raising the bar every step of the way
- Care - We obsess over our customers, doing the right thing for them and for the planet. We are one team, supporting and celebrating one another
Company HQ
Hammersmith, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Timo Boldt
(Founder & CEO)Spent 4 years in Finance at Rothschild and a hedge fund before founding Gousto in 2012. Sits on the Digital Advisory Board at Unilever.
People progressing
Joined as Operations Development Director, being promoted to EVP Operations after 1 year, and has since become Chief People Officer.
Joined as a Customer Care Agent in 2014, and is now Head of Customer Care.
Joined as PR Manager, being promoted to Senior Brand and PR Manager after 1 year and again to Head of Brand Marketing and PR after 3 years.
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