Purchasing Undergraduate Placement

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Purchasing Undergraduate Placement

What will you be doing?

You'll be responsible for adding value and support to the Procurement team to ensure requests and processes are fulfilled. You’ll get the opportunity to support functional project work, negotiations with suppliers and direct involvement with cost reduction activities. 

What's in it for you?

As an undergraduate on one of our placements, you'll receive a £23,000 salary, as well as a new car every six months (as long as you have a full, clean UK driving licence). You'll also receive 27 days' holiday – plus bank holidays – a discretionary bonus, an award-winning pension scheme, employee well-being support, an on-site restaurant and shopping discounts.

What do you need?

To be successful in this role you must have a high attention to detail and possess good time management skills. You'll have strong numerical, analytical and Excel skills together with robust verbal reasoning and communication skills.

Our placement is open to any university student who is eligible to work full-time in the UK for twelve months from June 2025. You should be on a sandwich degree or course which offers a one-year industrial placement.

We believe all employees should have a good work/life balance and wouldn't want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so we require our undergraduates to be based within a reasonable distance from our Milton Keynes head office. 

What's the assessment process?

Once you have hit the apply button, you will be asked to complete numerical and situational judgement assessments. If you successfully complete these, we will invite you to an online video interview so that we have a chance to get to know a little more about you. Our final step in the journey would be for you to attend a face-to-face interview.

This process is designed to help us both work out if a placement here is the right step for you. Successful candidates will be offered a place soon after the interview.

If you’re ready to charge up your career, apply now.

About Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen Group is the parent company for Audi, SEAT, CUPRA, Škoda, Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Working across all six brands, our people are reshaping the future of mobility. From developing strategies and delivering insights to supporting a network of more than 600 UK dealers and managing every aspect of sales and aftersales, they’re driving our success. It’s an environment where you’ll find unique opportunities and deliver sustainable solutions that keep people moving.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.

Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.