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Bentley’s legendary history needs no retelling – we’ve been creating extraordinary customer journeys for more than a century. But what will Bentley’s future look like? And could you play a part in shaping it? A transformation is happening, evolution in real time, as we undertake our own extraordinary journey towards becoming the most sustainable luxury automotive brand in the world. This bold vision can’t happen without bright, fresh minds, innovators and disruptors, challengers of preconceptions. Could that be you? We seek motivated and digital-savvy individuals to join us on our journey, to help envision and shape Bentley’s future. If you are interested in building your career in Manufacturing within an extraordinary company, this could be your moment. The perfect chance to make a difference.
Extraordinary Graduate Programme
The Bentley Graduate Programme is designed to give you a broad experience of the business. Working closely with technical experts, a community of peers and other trainees, you will spend your two years focusing on projects and tasks aligned to your home department’s objectives, while also gaining an understanding of the wider business processes and functions. We encourage Graduates to spend time learning how the product is built in our factory, whilst also recognising the route that a customer order takes to make it to the production line. At Bentley, we ensure everybody feels connected to our amazing products and services - and as an integral part of the team your input will be valued alongside every colleague.
In addition, you will be part of a community of over 150 trainees all working towards the same developmental goals. You will spend time developing your behaviours and project management skills through collaborative work with this community of trainees, from charity work and attraction activity to project management opportunities.
Extraordinary Team
The Brand Communications team are responsible for all global brand and product marketing communications, creating content that will resonate with our future and current customer and protect our luxury brand values. The Graduate working within this team will play a crucial role in supporting our mission to grow the relevance of our brand and products in a fast changing competitive landscape, as well as creating content that will resonate with our future and current customer and protect our luxury brand values. You could be involved in projects related to product launches, brand marketing campaigns, social media and more.
Extraordinary People
We believe that every candidate can make a difference. The difference about working at Bentley is all about questions – not the questions we ask you but the questions you ask us. What kind of future do we want to build? If we can open our minds to new ideas we can create extraordinary journeys, not only for our customers, but also for ourselves.
To apply for this Graduate Programme you must be on course to achieve or have achieved a minimum of a 2:1 degree in Marketing or Business Management, alongside a pass in Maths and English at GCSE Level.
A successful candidate will
- Show an interest and passion for Marketing Communications
- Be excited to take ownership of and deliver projects
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Be able to demonstrable project management skills with the ability to effectively plan, organise, prioritise and manage multiple tasks
- Be a creative thinker with a passion for communication and social media
- Be a team player, with a keen sense of their own responsibility to the team, the business and themselves
- Be adaptable, quick-thinking and with an appetite for problem-solving
- Be confident in all Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.)
- Be pro-active in pushing new ideas and solutions forward
- Embrace the challenge of influencing stakeholders, both internal and external
Extraordinary Benefits
Our aim is to create extraordinary Colleague journeys to support and recognise your valued contribution. The equally high value we place on every individual is underpinned by our culture of diversity and inclusion, which fosters a collaborative environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves and empowered to be the best they can be.
Your dedication and commitment will be rewarded by a package of benefits including:
- Flexible working (including support for hybrid working)
- Guidance and support from a sponsoring manager who is an expert in their field
- Access to our colleague car scheme
- Access to a network of Bentley specialists to share ideas and support with
- 35 days’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Subsidised catering facilities including an onsite Starbucks and Costa Coffee
- Discounted onsite gym facilities
Location: Crewe, Cheshire / hybrid working
Programme Duration: 2 Years
Start Date: October 2022
Our trainee programmes are in high demand, so if you’re interested in joining us at Bentley Motors, to be part of our extraordinary journey, click the Apply button to get your application started!
Please note:
- Applications may close before closing date if a suitable candidate has been found.
- We want you to be confident in the path that you choose, therefore, please only apply for one Graduate role.
For more info about the Bentley brand and our Bentley behaviors, visit our Careers Website.
