Graduate - Leaders Scheme

Position: Graduate - Future Leaders Scheme 2026
Location: Greater London

# Graduate - Future Leaders Scheme 2026###
** the ideal candidate****:
*** Highly organised with effective verbal and written communication skills
* Self-motivated and excited to thrive in a fast-growing FMCG business where priorities evolve quickly
* On track to achieve, or have achieved, a 2:2 degree or equivalent
* Ambitious and open-minded; with the drive and commitment to develop into a future leader within our business
* Proactive; able to spot challenges early and take initiative to solve them
* Comfortable working at pace, managing pressure, and delivering against targets and deadlines
* A genuine passion for food and the FMCG industry itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm.

With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.  itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…
** D&I statement:
** itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.
** Scope of the role:
** We are looking for ambitious and motivated graduates to join our graduate scheme starting September 2026. Over the course of this two-year scheme, you’ll gain experience across key areas of itsu [grocery], connecting the dots to understand how the business operates as a whole. Our graduate scheme is tailored to you and can include divisions such as Brand, Sales, Supply Chain and Finance.

** application process:
*** application and numerical reasoning test
* online psychometric test
* short literacy questions covering each of the four business areas above
* video interview
* in person task and interview with Managing Directors w/c 30th March
** what we offer:
*** Competitive salary
* Competitive bonus scheme
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
* Health insurance
* Company pension scheme
* Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
* Opportunity to work from abroad
* 50% employee discount in itsu shops
* Free itsu lunch
* Discounts at major retailers
* A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing developmentitsu|  |  || --- | --- || Salary | Competitive + Bonus and Benefits || Job Reference | itsu/TP/198628/7028 || Contract Type | Temporary || Closing Date | 11 February, 2026 || Job Category | Commercial || Division | itsu Grocery || Location | Partnership House, Carlisle Pl, London, United Kingdom || Posted on | 12 January, 2026 ||  Open Street Map  contributors

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