Commercial Placements

by Jacobs Douwe Egberts

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Deadline: 9th November 2019
Salary: £18,500 + £1,000 sign on bonus
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Advertising, Business Management, Consumer Products/FMCG, Sales
Location: South East
City: Banbury - Oxfordshire

Commercial Placements

Category OR Shopper Marketing:

  • As part of the Category Growth team within the wider sales function, you will be analysing shopper behaviour, sales data and helping to identify opportunities to develop the category
  • You will be evaluating promotional activity and advising the national account manager on how to increase sales and profit
  • You will support the Shopper Marketing Team to deliver excellent execution of JDE's business priorities
  • You will be monitoring, sharing and evaluating all JDE and competitor activation to share insights and recommendations across all functions of the business

National Accounts retail OR eCommerce:

  • These commercial sales placements will oversee various sales-related projects, covering supermarkets, wholesalers, convenience and discounters
  • You will record and manage key data, such as sales performance, market insights and working on key business projects that lead to long-term decisions for JDE

Why should you apply?

  • Travel: JDE provide awesome opportunities to travel. Last year around half the placement students travelled abroad.
  • Fantastic perks: 25 days holiday, free hot beverages (not just coffee!) and even Barista training!
  • Student Charity Committee: Every Friday all the placement students get together for a fun charity meeting. Last year their charity work raised over £18,000 in total.
  • Culture: At JDE they have a friendly, hands-on environment where everyone is encouraged to contribute and all opinions are valued. There is also a strong mentoring programme and you will be periodically reporting to senior business stakeholders and interacting with other placement students.
  • Corporate Social Responsibility: From sourcing ingredients responsibly with internationally recognised standards, to partnering directly with suppliers to improve working conditions and protect natural resources, and aiming to make all manufacturing sites landfill free by 2020, at JDE they are driven by their passion for coffee & tea, care for people and respect for the environment.

Who is best suited to this role?

  • You can be from any degree background to apply for these placements, however those with good numerical understanding e.g. business, economics, mathematics or science is desired
  • You must be self-motivated, highly disciplined and have the ability to breakdown complexity to deliver clear messaging
  • You must be an undergraduate looking for a 12-month Year-in-Industry placement from July 2020 to July 2021.
  • You must have the confidence to stand up and present and be happy managing your own time to complete your work load

It only takes 30 seconds to register your interest in these roles, and we’ll support you throughout the full application process. One application will consider you for all roles - you will be able to decide which role you are interested in after you have submitted your application!

About Jacobs Douwe Edgberts

JDE is a €5 billion global business with around 15,000 associates based in 28 different countries, selling their brands in over 100 different countries around the world.

Formed in 2015, JDE retains a start-up feel containing some of the leading brands in the Coffee and Tea industry including – Kenco, L’OR, Tassimo and Douwe Egberts to name a few.

JDE UK is headquartered in Banbury, Oxfordshire, which is one of JDE’s global ‘Power Plants’ responsible for producing 20,000 tonnes of coffee per year across 9 production lines.

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