Graduate Programme Manufacturing Imperial Tobacco

Job description

Do you have what it takes to make a significant impact on our business and drive our future growth?

Our graduate programme is designed to help talented, ambitious, independent people like you develop into senior leaders at Imperial Tobacco. During the course of the programme, you’ll undertake a series of rotational placements within your chosen discipline while enjoying on-the-job learning and formal training opportunities. We will also help you study towards relevant professional qualifications.

In the long term, it’s an opportunity for you to build a successful international career, as we can offer rewarding opportunities in Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

We are looking to develop both functional specialists and those who would like a broad commercial career. There are opportunities to join us in the following areas:

Group Manufacturing
The role of our Group Manufacturing function is to develop, purchase, assess and produce compliant, cost-effective, quality products. We have a range of graduate opportunities available here:

• Manufacturing Finance

Focus: Driving results and efficiency in manufacturing and R&D

Primarily based: Hamburg and potentially within one of our European factories

• Product Development

Focus: Developing innovative new products and further improving existing ones

Primarily based: Hamburg

• Global Engineering

Focus: Supporting innovation, investment and business development in all manufacturing locations around the world

Primarily based: Nottingham

• Science and Submissions

Focus: Leading science strategy and activities to help the business meet commercial aspirations, regulatory requirements and legal responsibilities

Primarily based: Bristol

• Central Quality Management

Focus: Defining, measuring, controlling and improving quality on both an operational and strategic level

Primarily based: Hamburg

Person requirements

The programme is open to people who want to become functional specialists, as well as those who would like a broad commercial career. Candidates need to be talented and ambitious, with evidence of all-round achievement, not just academic results. There are also a number of minimum requirements:

• At least a 2:1 undergraduate degree or equivalent (awarded or predicted)
• Fluency in English
• An international mindset and a willingness to relocate

Company information

Imperial Tobacco is a FTSE 25 company, the UK’s largest FMCG business, and one of the most successful tobacco companies anywhere in the world. Our brands and products can be found in over 160 countries and we employ 37,000 people around the globe.

Accepted degree subjects

Any