About the Program
The Markaids Food Ingredients Graduate Trainee Program is designed to accelerate your career through structured, hands-on experience across our commercial function. You will rotate through our Business Development, Marketing, and R&D teams before stepping into a full commercial role giving you a 360 view of how we bring food ingredient solutions to market.
Key Responsibilities
- Integrate on-the-job training to build a solid foundation across application, commercial, and marketing functions.
- Develop a strong understanding of Markaids’ product portfolio, including functions, benefits, and how they serve customer needs.
- Learn to present and explain product features confidently using marketing kits and relevant materials.
- Participate in customer visits, internal meetings, and cross-functional projects to gain real business exposure.
- Support business growth strategies, customer engagement initiatives, and BD pipeline activities.
- Work with R&D and application teams to understand the technical aspects of food ingredient solutions.
- Assist the Marketing team in developing collateral, campaigns, and promotional content.
- Demonstrate personal drive and commitment to growing along a commercial/BD career path.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
- Fresh graduates or candidates with up to 1 year of experience are welcome to apply.
- Proactive, curious learner with a genuine interest in commercial functions and food ingredients.
- Good communication and presentation skills, comfortable engaging with customers and internal teams.
- Willing to learn, adapt, and contribute across different teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Passionate about building a long-term career in Business Development.
- Able to travel for customer visits when required.
What You Will Gain
- A structured, 360 exposure to BD, Marketing, and R&D, all in one program.
- Mentorship from experienced professionals across all three teams.
- Real hands-on experience with customers, business strategy, and product applications.
- A clear, accelerated pathway into a full-time Business Development role upon program completion.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: RM2,900.00 - RM3,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person