Graduate sales and marketing programme

What's Consumer Healthcare all about?

We have some of the UK’s most well known brands. These include household names such as Ribena, Lucozade, Horlicks, Maxinutrition, Panadol, Sensodyne, Aquafresh and NiQuitin. This 2½-year sales and marketing programme is a chance to work with these brands. It’s also an opportunity to launch a career with an organisation dedicated to helping people do more, feel better and live longer.

Do I have the skills?

You’ll need to be both creative and commercially savvy, with the potential and enthusiasm to become an inspirational commercial leader. This means leading strategically from the front and being an effective team player. A minimum 2:1 degree in any discipline and a full UK driving licence are needed.

What will the programme be like?

The programme will give you a breadth of sales and marketing expertise through challenging rotations in field sales, brand marketing, commercial marketing and supply chain. You’ll work across our wide range of brands, building relationships with suppliers, retailers and consumers. There will be real structured opportunities from day one – preparing you to become a future commercial leader of our Consumer Healthcare business.

Where can I go?

You’ll be developed and supported every step of the way along the programme. Before the end of each placement, you’ll work with the programme manager to identify where you will go next. Each placement will be appropriate to your skills development and business needs. Initial roles are within the UK although as a truly global organisation there may be opportunities to gain international experience in the future.

What will I learn?

We’ll do all we can to help you develop yourself – and enable you to develop others. Most of your training will be on the job, but you’ll also learn from developmental relationships, coaching and formal training. Through this mix, you’ll develop your business knowledge and world-class leadership skills. While on the programme, you’ll be able to rely on the advice and support of a dedicated "buddy" (a current graduate), a mentor (a senior member of your team), the scheme sponsors group, and your programme and line managers.

How can I apply?

Applications are now closed for our programmes starting in 2013. Details of the 2014 programmes will be posted in September 2013.