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Ready to kickstart a Marketing career with a leading manufacturer? Join Forterra on a 24-month Marketing Graduate programme and you’ll gain management responsibility through a series of project-based roles focusing on the development & implementation of Forterra’s product & brand strategy. You’ll develop a solid understanding of our products, customers, and processes, all while earning £30,000 a year!
About the opportunity
Over the course of our programme, you will support the marketing & product management functions, gaining hands-on experience in all aspects of real-world marketing projects within the construction sector. This will include, creative (with an emphasis on digital), analytical & strategic elements of our marketing activities as well as product portfolio management & new product development.
- You’ll learn all about our competitor landscape, keeping on top of product and market developments. Responsibilities you could own on the programme include:
- Gathering customer & market insights, shaping these insights into ideas/concepts and creating cases
- Implement processes across the organisation to capture market insights & drive ideation initiatives
- Monitor competitor activity & disseminate across the business
By the end of your structured training period, where you will be mentored throughout, you should be ready to take on a permanent role within our Marketing department!
About you
We’re looking for highly motivated teammates with a 2:1 (or equivalent) in either a business or technically orientated discipline. You’ll need to be capable of working on your own initiative as well as prioritising your workload. Experience with Microsoft Excel would be helpful but is not essential. You will need a full driving licence, as well as the ability to travel to sites across the UK, although the role will be primarily based in our Northampton Head Office. Other qualities we’d like to see include:
- Excellent communication and relationship skills
- Strong analytical and creative thinking skills
- Good knowledge of digital tools
- Strong presentation skills
We are unable to offer sponsorship so you must have the full, unrestricted right to work in the UK for the full duration of the programme.
About the rewards
On the Commercial Graduate training programme, you’ll receive a salary of c.£30,000 with annual salary reviews and company bonuses. You’ll also be able to make use of a wide variety of benefits, including:
- Company Car, mobile phone and laptop
- Life Assurance and Company Pension Scheme up to 10% employer contribution
- Generous holiday allowance
- Gym benefit and Cycle 2 Work Scheme
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme for self and family members
- Employee Referral Scheme & Service Awards
- Sharesave Scheme eligibility
- Holiday Exchange Scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Program
We are a leading manufacturer of a diverse and trusted range of concrete and clay building products used extensively within the construction sector, with instantly recognisable brands including Thermalite block, Bison Precast and the iconic London Brick.
Our complete product range comprises of clay bricks, aircrete blocks, aggregate blocks, precast concrete, flooring products, permeable paving and chimney, roofing, and flue systems.
Forterra’s purpose is to build lasting legacies, manufacturing a range of products from the ground up to support customers with their construction projects.
We are proud to be at the forefront of the industries’ safety standards and are committed to achieving zero harm in our workplaces.
