Business Graduate

Our two-year Business Graduate programme will ensure you gain a breadth of valuable business experience early in your career. You’ll have the opportunity to do two, 12 month placements in two different areas of our business, giving you the broadest experience possible to maximise your opportunity to learn and develop your skills.

You might start your programme by making improvements to our supply chain - developing, trialling and rolling out a solution, so that customers can continue to get the right products, at the right time. Then you could spend your second year in the Property team, recommending where to open stores, or maybe our Food team, finding, developing and managing supplier partners to deliver our customer propositions and ensuring product quality is achieved and maintained. Based in our Welwyn Garden City office, you’ll either be supporting a key project or within a role, with the potential to positively affect the lives of millions of customers, as well as colleagues, communities and our planet!

This breadth of experience will help you think about your future at Tesco, beyond being a graduate, as there is a wide variety of job opportunities for you to apply for as you finish your programme. You should be well-equipped to excel in a role that plays to your unique strengths and interests utilising the range of skills you’ve developed over the 2 years.

Who we are looking for

We’re looking for self-motivated and curious graduates, who can work collaboratively in our business, and have a passion to do the right thing for our customers and colleagues. We want our graduates to be themselves at work and be open to new experiences whilst building new skills for their future.

Sounds like the programme for you? Click here to read about our Application process and let us know if you need support.

Working at our Welwyn Garden City campus

Our leafy, green campus is just 10 minutes’ walk from the centre of Welwyn Garden City with its many shops, restaurants, pubs and sports facilities. Close to the A1, and with frequent trains running to Finsbury Park in just 20 minutes (free shuttle buses take you between the station and office), the campus is well connected to the surrounding area.

On campus, you’ll find subsidised restaurants and coffee shops, as well as a Tesco Express to pick up your lunch or last-minute essentials. You can join the on-site Nuffield Health gym, which has state-of-the-art fitness equipment, two studios for group classes, plus treatment rooms (membership costs £23.50 per month). 

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Induction

We’ll kick off with a two-day induction, where you’ll learn more about our business and your programme. It’s a great opportunity for you to meet your fellow graduates. We’ll then introduce you to your team, so you can get to know more about your role or project and the area you’ll be working in.

Store experience

Within the first six months, you’ll spend two weeks working in one of our stores. You’ll learn how our stores operate and how they link to your role or project, which is crucial for serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

Programme structure

You’ll gain a breadth of business experience and skills as you complete two, 12-month placements in two different areas of our business, working in roles or as part of a project team.

Key information 

Application deadline - We recruit on a rolling basis, which means roles will be filled on a first come first served approach, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What you need – 2:2 degree

Location – Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

Programme start date: 4 September 2023

About Tesco

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details,  and evidence of right to work for the duration of the programme on your agreed start date. 

Benefits

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work! These include but aren’t limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme 
• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus 8 Bank holidays)
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues.