Digital Executive Intern (Industrial Placement)

About us

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 3 businesses:

• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK and also drives the global development of our iconic Gin brands through The Gin Hub
• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group’s duty free, air travel and cruises business.

About the Bright Futures Programme

We’re looking to recruit undergraduates with flair and motivation to join our Bright Futures programme, offering you a huge amount of invaluable business experience. At Pernod Ricard you can actually make an impact, and many of our placement students have returned to Pernod Ricard.

Placements will commence in June 2023, and will be based in our West London offices on Chiswick Business Park. We offer a fantastic package including a competitive salary, generous annual leave entitlement and a product allowance to spend on our brands.

About the team    

This position sits in our Pernod Ricard UK (PRUK) business. Our diverse population of 300+ passionate employees have been creating conviviality since 2001, bringing our premium brands and unforgettable experiences to the UK. As the world’s 2nd largest spirits market, the UK is a key location for our company. Since 2017 PRUK has also hosted The Gin Hub, the team responsible for managing the Group’s unrivalled portfolio of ‘Premium+’ International Gins globally.

At PRUK, we have a culture that blends performance and conviviality: we are recognised as an open and diverse business with a firm commitment to our employees’ wellness, inclusion and safety and to making a positive impact on our industry and environment.

The UK Off Trade encompasses grocery multiples, symbol groups, eCommerce as well as cash and carry wholesale routes to market. It is a highly competitive and concentrated market with large scale customers and competitors providing a fast paced and dynamic trading environment. The Off Trade is a data rich environment which enables a relatively sophisticated analytical approach to managing customers. The key dynamics include the continued growth of the grocery multiples, the growth of convenience and the development of digital platforms.

The UK market is a well-developed, competitive environment with a number of large competitors selling to very well developed trade segments. The On Trade consists of over 120,000 licensed premises supplied by a number of large national and many small regional wholesalers. Although the On Trade Channel in totality has been under pressure in recent years, the markets that Pernod Ricard operate in remain comparatively buoyant. Thus the channel is an important contributor to the profit of Pernod Ricard in the UK as well as playing a vital role in building the equity of our brands with consumers.

About your role

You will have three main areas of responsibility:

1. Managing Amazon’s content platform: become proficient at managing the content’s platform. Logging & responding to case logs to enable smooth business processes for NPD launches, cost changes, items descriptions and product image uploads.
2. Key Digital Projects: Build best in class online product content for Pernod Ricard’s full portfolio utilising personal creative skillset and in-house studio. Be responsible for the successful roll out & evaluation of key digital projects including reviews, content compliance tracking, A/B testing, and new technology. Curate & broadcast weekly progress updates capturing market activation and commentary to feed out to the business on key activations.
3.  E-Commerce tracking: Support test and learn hypothesise with the quick sourcing of data from various customer platforms. Building small scale case studies on the impact of portfolio, media and promotion, sharing with the team a continual evaluation and understanding for marginal gains on subsequent campaigns. Develop with wider Digital labs and integrate touchpoints to build and optimise our Digital Consumer Experiences.

What you need

• Growth Mindset: Forward thinking, embodying a vision that translates into inspiring strategies. Thrives in a complex and changing world deploying resources effectively and efficiently.
• Deliver Through Collaboration: Achieves results while balancing rigorous planning and flexible transversal collaboration. Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Consumer Centric: Develops consumer intimacy with a focus of technology to innovate and create more value for the consumer and Pernod Ricard.
• Bold and Agile: Decisive and courageous even in the face of difficult and complex situations and always learns from past experiences. Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said in a respectful way.
• Open and Authentic: Role Models who instil trust, engage teams by giving and receiving feedback and constantly fostering open dialogue.
• Grow Diverse Teams: Leverages and values diversity of profiles to build empowered teams and develops talents creating a sense of belonging in an environment that promotes Pernod Ricard values.

What do we require?     

• Studying a recognised sandwich undergraduate degree (or able to transfer onto one) 
• On track to achieve 2:1 or above 
• Be available to work for 12 months from June 2023, based in west London

Benefits

• For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.
• Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!
• You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.
• We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

Application Process

The selection process will be as follows:

1. Online application & CV submission
2. Blended assessment & video interview
3. Shortlisting
4. Assessment Centres (likely Feb 2023)

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. 

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.