Graduate to Export

Graduate to Export Programme

Launch Your Career with DELI LITES Ireland – Graduate to Export Programme.

Are you ready to gain real-life work experience, achieve a fully funded postgraduate diploma, and get paid all while working with one of Northern Ireland’s most innovative and award-winning food companies?

This is your opportunity to join DELI LITES Ireland, a dynamic, fast-growing business in the FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) industry, supplying premium food-to-go products to customers across the UK, Ireland, and internationally. As part of our Graduate to Export (G2E) Programme, you’ll play a key role in helping us expand into new markets while developing your own skills, experience, and qualifications.

This is an 18-month career opportunity designed to fast-track your future in international/national business.

• During the first six months, you’ll be based at our headquarters in Northern Ireland, gaining valuable insight into our business operations, supply chain, customers, and brand. You’ll learn first-hand how an ambitious FMCG business operates at pace, delivering high-quality products to major retailers and global partners.
• Following this, you will spend up to 12 months working and living in an export market (outside of NI), undertaking research, identifying growth opportunities, and helping us drive our expansion. This is real work, with real responsibility, and real impact.

A fully funded Postgraduate Diploma in International Marketing Alongside hands-on experience, you’ll complete a fully funded Postgraduate Diploma in International Marketing, delivered by Ulster University in partnership with The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade. This qualification is designed to give you a solid foundation in global trade, export strategy, and international marketing offering a pathway to further study at Master’s level if you choose.

Working with DELI LITES Ireland means joining a business that champions innovation, quality, and sustainability. You’ll gain experience within the fast paced FMCG sector one of the most exciting and resilient industries globally developing transferable skills in commercial operations, supply chain, project management, and international/national business development.

If you are ambitious, motivated, and ready to embrace the challenge of an exciting Commercial-Based career, the Graduate to Export Programme at DELI LITES Ireland offers a unique chance to grow your future, develop globally relevant skills, and make a real difference to our business.

The Role:

• We are seeking an ambitious and self-motivated graduate to join our Commercial Team in a newly created Graduate to Export role within DELI LITES Ireland. · This exciting position will focus on researching and identifying growth opportunities within the travel sector, a key area of expansion for DELI LITES. · The successful candidate will play a vital role in carrying out structured market research, analysing trends, and supporting the development of new commercial strategies. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to explore new export opportunities, support business development efforts, and attend relevant trade shows both locally and across Europe.
• This is an ideal position for a recent graduate with a degree in Business, Marketing, or a related discipline who is eager to develop a career in international trade and commercial growth.

As Graduate to Export you will echo the quality, legality and authenticity of all our values at DELI LITES and give customers the opportunity to achieve their extraordinary results through the passion we have for our people and food. At DELI LITES we have a commitment diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections and groups within the community.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct structured market research with a focus on the travel sector and export opportunities.
• Perform competitor analysis and contribute to identifying market gaps and trends.
• Analyse data and develop insights that support business development strategy.
• Partner with members of the commercial team to identify leads and prospects.
• Support gap analysis by mapping current offerings against market demand.
• Build an understanding of our core product range and competitive positioning.
• Assist in preparing presentations and internal reports based on research findings.
• Attend relevant trade shows and exhibitions in Ireland and Europe, representing the brand and gathering commercial insights.
• Maintain records of contacts, research, and commercial activity using CRM tools.
• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to support wider commercial initiatives.
• Carry out additional duties within reason and capability as required by the Commercial Manager.

Essential Criteria

• Education – Degree in Business, Marketing, International Trade or related field
• Experience – Experience conducting research or working on academic/commercial projects, Strong organisational and time management skills, excellent written and verbal communication, analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Skills – Analytical mindset with attention to detail, comfortable working independently or in a small team, strong interpersonal skills, proficiency in MS Office, especially excel and powerpoint.
• Personal Attributes – Self-motivated and able to use initiative, curious, adaptable and eager to learn, professional, positive attitude.

Desirable criteria

• Additional language qualification
• Previous internship, placement or part-time experience in FMCG, sales, or marketing
• Familiarity with CRM systems
• Basic knowledge of export or logistics processes