About this role
Job Title: Ingredients Customer Operations InternLocation: Market Drayton, Hybrid with occasional travel to Skelmersdale Contract: Starting July 2027, 13-month Fixed Term Contract Hours/Shift Pattern: 9am- 5pm, Monday to Friday Why join the Muller Internship Program?
At Müller, we’re passionate about helping students launch their careers through our dynamic Internship Programmes. Over 13 months, you’ll gain hands-on experience in a professional environment while building the skills that matter - technical expertise, leadership, communication, and more. Our tailored learning journey blends real-world challenges with personal development, so you’ll grow in confidence and capability from day one. Ready to shape your future with Müller? Let’s make it happen.
What you'll be doing:
Müller is offering a 13-month for ambitious students who want to gain hands-on experience in both supply chain planning and customer operations. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to spend 13 months with our Ingredients Customer Operations team, while heavily supporting our Ingredients finance team. All roles operate on a hybrid basis, and, while you will be based out of our Market Drayton office 2 days a week, some travel to Müller sites and customer locations will be required, along with home working.
The team is responsible for managing orders and delivery of bulk ingredients such as butter, milk powder, cream and buttermilk. You’ll liaise with customers directly and help transact these products in both offline systems & SAP. This role offers great exposure to the end-to-end operations process, from order entry to logistics and export documentation.
There is a heavy reliance on information provided by this team, into our finance function and therefore the right candidate will be able to support the finance team with ad hoc tasks as needed.
Key tasks & responsibilities include:
Ensure clear and regular communication with customers regarding deliveries.
Manage relationships with 3 PL (third-party logistics) warehouses
Carry out physical stock takes
Control stock and liaise with logistics teams to ensure smooth delivery
Handle export documentation, ensuring accuracy and compliance
Reconcile sales, production, and pricing data, providing regular reports on ingredient matters
Work alongside other placement students on a group project, enhancing teamwork and problem-soling skills
What we're looking for:
Müller is looking for driven, outgoing students with a passion for success to join this 13-month placement program. We’re seeking university students who are on track to achieve a 2:1 and above and are looking for a placement year role.
Key Skills and Qualifications Include:
Clear and respectful communication skills: Both written and verbal. The ability to express ideas effectively, listen actively, and tailor communication to different audiences and contexts
Adaptation in dynamic environments: Ability to adapt and stay focused in dynamic environments, including when working to tight deadlines
Problem solving: Innovative thinking and solution-oriented approach
Initiative and teamwork: Capability to work independently and collaboratively
Organisational skills: Effective time management and high attention to detail
Strong numeracy and analytical skills: Making data-driven decisions to solve problems efficiently
Technical proficiency: Competence with Microsoft office and digital tools
UK Residency: Eligibility to work in the UK (Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship as the salary falls below the required threshold
UK Driving License: Must hold a full UK driving licence for at least one year
Why Join Muller?
Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain, and operates Muller Yogurts & Desserts, Muller Milk & Ingredients and Muller Services Ltd.
Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year.
We produce the nation’s most loved dairy products.
We make dairy that makes people smile – as well as being nutritious and delicious! From Müller Corner yogurts to the 100% British milk yo