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Procurement Industrial Placement

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Deadline: 31st October 2024
9 days remaining to apply for this job
Salary: £24,000
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Procurement, Project Management, Business Operations, Purchasing and Supply
Location: South East
City: Windsor

Procurement Industrial Placement

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is # MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.

Your journey is just as important as ours.  Ready to step away from your studies for a year and get hands on with some real projects?  

Our Year in Industry Schemes place you at the heart of a range of brands and business units, collaborating across teams, driving change and challenging the status quo.    

We are a Flexible-First employer, which means we live and breathe a culture of trust and flexibility when it comes to where and when we work. Although we don’t have mandated office working, we need you to be willing to travel on-site regularly as we believe immersing yourself into our social and collaborative culture is vital in making the most of the opportunities we offer and will give you the best possible head start in your career.    

But you won’t be doing it alone. With a network of buddies, mentors, and experienced line managers ready and waiting to support – we’re with you every step of the way.    

We want to invest in your future so you can help re-write ours.   

Procurement 

Our Procurement Year in Industry Programme will complement your studies and accelerate your development – setting you up for your future career.   

The team are responsible for purchasing all the goods and services our business needs to succeed. You could be involved in setting out strategy to ensure we keep a responsible, environmentally friendly supply chain, building tenders for new projects, negotiating contracts with new suppliers or managing our relationship with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft.   

No procurement experience? No problem. We’ve got plenty to go around and can’t wait to share it with you. You will be provided with an unparalleled level of support with access to buddies, mentors, and experienced line managers, as well as having a ready-made network of graduates across the business to tap into.   

Our main procurement hub is located in Windsor but we have teams across Leicester and Hull near our national distribution centre and onshore oil terminal which you will have the opportunity to visit.             

What we need from you:    

  • Expecting a minimum 2:1 degree (2:2 if combined with a Masters)  
  • Willing to relocate   
  • Have the right to work in the UK  
  • Available to start the programme on 17th June 2025 until Friday 31st July 2026 

We’re a people place  

We’re building a workplace where everyone feels they can belong – and we’re looking for people to add to this culture, not fit in with it.  We know that every voice matters, and every new perspective makes us more empathetic and reflective of the 10 million customers we serve.    

You are welcome here for who you are, no matter how you see the world, how you express yourself or the journey you’ve been on to get here. It’s our differences that will give us the power to revolutionise the future of our planet.    

With 13 different colleague networks, there’s space to find your community, beyond the graduate sphere.     

Here’s what's in it for you

As an Energiser, you get a bumper reward package bursting with benefits including huge discounts on your energy bills and our British Gas & Hive products. Plus, you can choose from loads of extras to add in if you’d like to. Whether it’s a brand-new electric car, a gym membership, or extra days off. Our rewards are designed to give you the choice of benefits that support both you and your loved ones, making sure that you’re covered no matter what life throws your way.     

Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, each year we give every colleague a chunk of free Centrica shares, as part of our group-wide profit share scheme. We’re all about making things fair. That’s why every single colleague receives exactly the same benefits, no matter who you are.

About Centrica

Be part of more

We’re so much more than an energy company.

We're a family of brands, revolutionising how we power the planet.

We’re made up of eight brilliant businesses that each make their own impact across every stage of the energy chain.

We Make it. Store it. Move it. Sell it. Mend it.

We do energy differently. We do it all.

That’s why we’re more – and why working here is more than a career.

Powered by Purpose

We’re all united in the same mission: Energising a greener, fairer future.

We’re not just part of the energy transition – we’re leading it. Through innovative green products, intelligent storage solutions and developing smarter ways for customers to use and save energy, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to leave a lasting legacy on our planet.

We’re also living our powerful commitment to create positive change in our local communities. Each year, our colleagues are given two paid volunteering days, to support causes that matter to them – and, in 2023, we donated over £1million to local projects that they had identified.

We're a People Place

We’re building a workplace where everyone feels they can belong – and we’re looking for people to add to this culture, not fit in with it.

You are welcome here for who you are, no matter how you see the world, how you express yourself or the journey you’ve been on to get here. It’s our differences that will give us the power to revolutionise the future of our planet.

From parenthood to pride, our networks help our people find their community within Centrica. They challenge us to think and act differently and open opportunities for learning and allyship across the business.

Energise your Career

Your journey is just as important as ours.

All of our graduate schemes are built upon rotations – meaning you’ll have the opportunity to work across a range of brands and business units, guiding teams, driving change and challenging the status quo.

We want to invest in your future so you can help re-write ours. Over half of all our recruitment is prioritised internally – so when we say we’re big on opportunities. We mean it.

We offer more than just a salary. If we do well, so do you. We give all colleagues a slice of our annual profits as company shares. From a great pension, to healthcare and energy discounts, we make work, worth it with access to a host of additional benefits like retail vouchers, gym passes, additional holidays and an electric car scheme.

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