Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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We are looking for graduates to join our Business Growth team.

Our Business Growth graduate development programme offers an excellent opportunity for you to explore and experience the diverse areas of our function responsible for growing the UK business across the whole of our portfolio, serving both defence and civil markets, in the UK and overseas.

Whether you are allocated to Strategy & Marketing, Sales, Account Management & Capture or Communications & Government Relations for your first placement in our 2 year rotational programme, you will grow your skills, experience and competencies across a diverse range of markets and sites, not to mention a broad spectrum of business challenges.

Key Responsibilities In Business Growth

  • Working with the Business Growth Function leaders, developing and supporting the growth of new business to generate potential sales with our customers in both domestic and export markets. This will include working on and supporting competitive bids and developing skills in how to determine the value for the customer in the offer
  • Analysing and understanding strengths and weaknesses against the competition in any of our markets
  • Innovating and generating new ideas to address our customer / stakeholder /employee needs
  • Developing high quality bid packs to achieve negotiating mandates from senior management
  • Producing high quality customer proposals
  • Co-ordinating, analysing, forecasting and reporting information to support a number of activities including bid and peer reviews for both domestic and export opportunities
  • Supporting the CEO and senior management teams with strategic political advice
  • Working with the editorial team to develop and distribute content through a variety of on and off line channels
  • Developing strategies to engage, involve and motivate employees to give their best
  • Participating and contributing in major customer events and shows, such as Farnborough/Paris Air Show/Defence and Security Exhibition International. This could be in a variety of ways, from meeting and greeting UK and International delegations of customers, briefing the media, creating content, managing our profile across social media before, during and after the event, or helping to host senior political figures
  • Developing your network across a broad range of customers and stakeholders

Requirements

  • You will be on track to, or have achieved, a bachelor’s degree in any subject, however, Business, Marketing, International Business, Economics, Politics or numerical degrees such as Maths or Physics are of particular interest
  • You will enjoy socialising and interacting with people, fostering valuable relationships and developing networks in a high energy environment. You have the drive and motivation to push yourself and your peers to generate and support new business ideas and solutions and see these through to completion. You will be comfortable in making decisions, taking informed risks and have the ability to think of innovative ways to do things differently. You will be very customer-focused, ensuring accuracy and high quality in all that you do
  • You will also enjoy travelling, both in the UK and internationally

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Performance-related pay uplifts
  • Rotational programme
  • Development programme
  • Support towards professional accreditation
  • SMART working
  • 10 volunteering days
  • 201 hours of holiday a year
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Career mentors to help guide your journey
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Recognition and reward schemes
  • Discount portal & cash-back
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Deadline: 26-06-2024

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