Start Date: March and September 2012
Salary: £21,500 + £1,000 joining bonus
Number of positions: 5+
Looking to secure your ideal graduate business development role?
- Early exposure to clients – “sitting in the boardroom of multi-million pound businesses being asked for my opinion on my client’s issues” (Ash – KWP New Business Graduate – 2010 intake)
- Autonomy and flexibility to develop relationships across a number of clients on their strategic marketing issues.
- An entrepreneurial environment in a supportive yet competitive team
- Developing a well rounded set of business development skills – researching and qualifying leads, learning to pitch, presentations, making recommendations – all supported by a comprehensive training and development programme.
- Achieving all of this within a global, market leader of consumer based commercial insights.
If you’re ambitious, pretty smart, an impressive communicator and presenter then this opportunity is waiting for you at Kantar Worldpanel.
Kantar Worldpanel is the world leader in understanding what people buy, what they use and the attitudes behind shopper behaviour. Who is doing what and why? Where is the market going? We apply our expertise to hard, quantitative evidence and our hindsight, insight, foresight and advice makes a real difference to the actions our clients take for their businesses. Major retailers, manufacturers and city clients know how valuable our knowledge can be – because we’ve already helped hundreds of them to better understand their shoppers’ needs and grow their business.
A WPP company, Kantar Worldpanel dominates the market in providing continuous, syndicated consumer panels and market research solutions into shoppers’ purchase and usage behaviour. With a UK panel of 25,000 UK households and in 32 countries (growing to 30,000 by the end of 2011) we provide insight and advanced analytics like no one else.
Our offices are bursting with some of the brightest, most passionate and experienced people in the industry. People who have a point of view and aren’t afraid to voice it and who are looking for a career in Sales. To ensure we consistently deliver high definition inspiration, we’re looking for top class graduates who are inquisitive, creative, passionate and driven for commercial success. We continuously invest in our people, this includes excellent training programmes that nurture and support talent. And you don’t need to take our word for it – 2011 has seen Kantar Worldpanel listed as one of The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For.
As a Kantar Worldpanel New Business Graduate Trainee, you will gain exposure to the shopping and consumption behaviour of the nation and how we provide our clients with vital insight that empowers them to develop effective and innovative business strategies. Our client list is enviable, from multinational to niche local suppliers and leading retailers in the FMCG, Fashion and Entertainment Industries.
What the Kantar Worldpanel Graduate Scheme can give you…
- All the great points at the beginning of this advert!
- A Structured Training Programme from day one and continuing throughout your career.
- Immediate responsibility, early client exposure and clearly defined targets.
- Incomparable commercial exposure. Present your thinking, experiences and potential to the Senior Management Team as part of your ongoing Development and Progression.
- …and much, much more.
What are we looking for?
- Ambition, confidence and a passion for developing business
- Enthusiasm for identifying a commercial opportunity and the drive to push it through
- An engaging, intelligent communication style and impressive presentation skills
- Ability and confidence in interpreting numerical information
- A genuine enthusiasm for understanding the markets our clients operate in.
- And, of course, you’ll need to be able to work successfully in a team environment.
On application we will be looking for a 2.1 or above degree, at least 300 UCAS points and GCSE, or equivalent, Maths & English at a minimum grade B.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.
Applications accepted all year round.
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