Waitrose – Company Profile

Where customers love to shop, and you’ll love to work. The John Lewis Partnership is unique. We’re a pioneering business combining the nation's favourite supermarket, largest department store group in the UK and a Head Office operation seamlessly co-ordinating this vast retail network. Added to which we’ve a choice of careers as wide as the assortment of products we sell. We like to think they offer the same outstanding quality too. What makes us so confident in this? Well, the purpose of our business is to ensure the happiness of those who work in it. It always has been and always will be. So we go out of our way to ensure our jobs are not only fulfilling and rewarding but suited to the way you work best as an individual.

And because our people (we’re all called Partners here) are co-owners in the business, you can also expect a share in the profits and a say in how we’re run. What’s more, we take genuine pride in treating each other with respect and honesty. It’s an ethos reflected in the outstanding level of service we deliver to our customers.

As a pioneer in the food retail sector and a leader in standards of quality, service and choice, Waitrose should be the only choice for determined students ambitious for success in the exciting and fast-paced world of food retail.

Choosing where to spend your year out from university isn’t always easy. After all, you want to be certain that wherever you go, you’ll gain the kind of invaluable experience that will benefit your future career development.
Rest assured that industrial placements at Waitrose have been carefully designed to give you more involvement, more opportunities to show what you’re capable of, and more responsibility.

We offer industrial placements in retail management across our network of branches, and in head office.

To apply please visit our website via the button below:

www.jlpjobs.com/graduates/graduates-waitrose-industrial-placements

You can view a video profile of someone who has been on our retail management placement at

www.jlpjobs.com/your-career/partner-profiles-steve

A number of those who complete our placements move to our retail management graduate scheme. You can read what some of our graduates are up to on our new blog at:

www.jlpjobs.com/graduate-blog