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At Tata Steel we believe that our strength is not just in our steel, but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference. Your Tata Steel graduate programme is just the beginning, where you go next is up to you. Apply today and lets make the difference together.
We pride ourselves on our world-class products, processes and people. We value individuality and believe that exposing people to genuine challenges on live projects fosters creativity and allows potential to be fulfilled.
The Role
The scale of the work we do means that Tata is an immense arena for learning and development. Our professionals work across our entire business, working closely with colleagues to align products closely to customer needs. Functioning as the link between the customer and the supply chain, they galvanise departments from manufacturing to distribution into meeting our clients’ needs, via a unique ability to listen, interpret and communicate complex requirements.
Their creativity and professionalism ensure that our products and services are offered to customers attractively and effectively, with a constant emphasis on first-class service and support.
We employ over 1,800 commercial employees across 23 different countries, which means that you’ll have plenty of scope to grow your skills and experience in a variety of different business environments. And with a global customer base there’s even the potential for international travel.
Our graduate training programme will offer you unparalleled exposure to each of the key areas of our Sales and Marketing function. A robust mixture of mentoring, on-the-job training and structured learning modules will help you to develop expertise in fields including account management and planning, negotiation and selling value, customer service and building relationships, market insight and market strategy. Soon, you’ll be ready to take on key accountability within the Sales and Marketing team, as customer facing Account Managers, Marketing Managers, Customer Support Managers and in other specialised commercial roles.
You must have at least a 2:1 Degree, ideally in languages, economics, humanities or business, although we’ll also consider technical disciplines like engineering, manufacturing or science, and subjects such as finance.
We’ll be looking for evidence of your interest in Sales and Marketing, possibly through modules you’ve studied on Marketing, Marketing Analysis or Business Finance. Whatever your background, you’ll be commercially-minded with a strong understanding of business drivers and the ability to build, maintain and develop strong, proactive relationships across the customer network.
The Graduate Programme
There are few organisations who can offer the scale, complexity and diversity of career opportunities that you will find at Tata Steel. Throughout the programme you will gain experience of a wealth of systems, operations, methods and tools. You will be supported by experienced professionals with excellent on the job training. You will be in charge of your graduate training programme whilst having access to different training opportunities both to develop your soft skills and your technical skills Tata Steel will give you real projects to deliver to help you develop programme skills, influence people and manage effectively. Opportunities to work collaboratively with various departments to discover the best solutions whilst ensuring solutions proposed align with business strategic goals.
You can expect to be challenged every day, but you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional experts who can help you achieve and exceed your own ambitions. Be part of our team and make the difference together.
What do we offer?
As well as your starting salary of £26,750, plus £1,500 welcome bonus, you will also be eligible for a wide variety of benefits including:
- One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes
- Welcome bonus
- 35 days’ holiday
- Private medical insurance
- Graduate loan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- CSR / volunteering opportunities
- Discounted shopping with various local and national retailers and services including Vodafone, Nandos, Virgin Holidays, Jaguar Land Rover, ASOS.
- A business and social networking platform for young professionals to develop in fun and energetic activities in and outside of work
The Business
Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.
But it’s not just our size that sets us apart. What makes us different is our approach to business. We believe our strength is how we build collaborative relationships that create new success for our customers.
Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.
