Ornua

About Us

Ornua is a dairy co-operative which sells dairy products on behalf of its Members, Ireland’s dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. It is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to 110 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin, it has annualised sales of over €2.3 billion and a global team of 2,850 employees. Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.

The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.

Ornua Foods is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Kerrygold, Dubliner, Pilgrims Choice, Kerrygold, Avantage, Forto, and BEO. Markets are served by production facilities and in-market sales and marketing teams in Africa, Asia, Germany, Ireland, the UK, the rest of Europe, the Middle East, and the US.

Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturing and foodservice customers across the world. Ornua Ingredients is also responsible for managing volatility through de-risking and trading strategies. The business is supported by production facilities in Saudi Arabia, Spain, the UK, the US and by in-market teams in Africa and the Middle East.

What it’s like to work for us?

Life at Ornua
Grow Together, Achieve Together, Belong Together

Grow Together
At Ornua, we invest in our people. Through the Ornua Academy, we provide professional and technical learning interventions for employees at all levels of the organisation. We foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement to enable you to advance your career at home or abroad.

We know your leadership experience is critical to your success at Ornua, so we provide our people leaders with specific training and development to ensure you receive a positive leadership experience and work with those who support your development and help you be at your best.

Achieve Together
Our work environment is stimulating as we focus on meeting the needs of our member co-ops, customers and consumers. Through our dedicated centres of excellence (e.g. Innovation, Marketing, Trading, Continuous Improvement), we aim to provide seamless and responsive customer service.

We encourage curiosity, innovative thinking and getting things done. We empower our people to take responsibility and make decisions.

We have a responsibility to our customers and consumers to produce and deliver dairy products to the highest quality and standards. We work in partnership with our member-suppliers in delivering on this promise, day in, day out.

Belong Together
Wherever global expansion may take us, we never forget our roots and values. Inclusivity, acceptance and respect for our colleagues bring us closer together. So, wherever we collaborate, we are all proud of Ornua, and we do great things together.

We have developed values and behaviours that give a nod to our roots, but also guide us towards our future ambitions. We are also on a journey of diversity and inclusion to promote a culture that values a diverse workforce and supports equal opportunities for all employees.

We have developed a health and wellness programme globally called Spring, which promotes healthy bodies and happy minds. Spring helps us to support our employees’ health and wellbeing, ensuring they can be at their best every day.

The type of jobs we recruit for?

We recruit a wide variety of roles across both our production and office space. In the office setting, we would recruit for our roles across our IT, HR, Technical, Finance and Supply Chain functions amongst many other departments.

We would also recruit for engineers, production operatives, fork lift truck drivers and many other roles.

Benefits

Discounted or free food
On-site parking
Company pension
Bike to work scheme