Business Management and Marketing Placement (Digital Imaging)

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Business Management and Marketing Placement (Digital Imaging)

Role Overview

Panasonic is giving you the opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation within Consumer electricals. Panasonic has grown to become one of the largest electronics companies in the world, producing market leading products in home appliances, cameras, TV, surveillance and many more.

You will be joining the Imaging team in a year in which the management and marketing teams will be integral. The Imaging category includes Mirrorless Cameras and Compact cameras under the LUMIX brand.

How you will become part of the bigger picture....

As part of our team you will provide support in tasks including:

• Regularly update weekly reports and develop a thorough understanding of market forecasts and data.
• Analyse market data monthly, create, and present PowerPoint presentations to update senior management on the key insights.
• Monitor sales and advertising activity on Amazon and suggest optimizations for campaigns.
• Assist in organizing and executing promotional activities and events.
• Liaise with colleagues in Europe and Japan regarding products, stock, and marketing materials.
• Manage the process for creating local kits and bundles.
• Order stock from factories or other sales companies in Europe. Arrange deliveries and collections of stock between EU countries and the UK to maintain operating levels. Make decisions on stock orders from central for both EU countries (PNO) and the UK.
• Take responsibility for product setup and price setting.
• Maintain strong communication between product, sales, and brand communications teams to support sales and marketing actions.
• Update web content for online retailers and have a creative influence on how our products are marketed online.
• Assist with the business planning process during your year with us.
• Take charge of the recruitment process to find the next student after you complete your placement.

What you will bring to the picture....

• Must be a university student with an industrial placement year, where this experience would be beneficial to your course.
• Microsoft Office skills – Mainly Excel + PowerPoint
• Experience of remote working
• Experience working in a team
• Experience communicating with customers via email
• Presentation skills (or at least the willingness to present and develop these skills)

Whilst knowledge & experience of a business environment is helpful – a proactive personality and willingness to succeed is most important to us!

About Panasonic

What does our big picture look like?

Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure. Since our founding over a century ago, we’ve been committed to improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place, one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time.

We believe in strong collaboration and team spirit to develop Panasonic’s competitive edge even further. Panasonic is an energetic, creative and proactive organisation consistently aiming to exceed our customers’ expectations, enabling them 'to live their best'. We achieve this by embracing with our Seven Business Principles and striving for an inclusive, supportive and purposeful working environment.

Inclusion and Equality

In keeping with our principle of Fairness and Honesty, Panasonic’s ambition is to continue to become a more inclusive company. We are a proud disability confident committed employer, we have several established business impact groups that supports our colleagues, we aim to attract the best applicants and recognise that these candidates will come from different backgrounds, cultures and characteristics which make them unique, we welcome them all to apply. We have invested in an inclusive recruitment program which alongside our other diversity activities helps to demonstrate our commitment to celebrating and promoting diversity.

If you require any support or adjustments as part of the recruitment process please do contact us at Industrial.Placement@panasonic.co.uk (please note due to the volume of applicants any general queries cannot be answer via this inbox).

What we offer :

• Salary range: £24,600 per annum
• Annual Bonus
• Annual Leave: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Contract Type: Fixed Term 13 month contract
• Hours: 37.5 Full-time
• Location: Bracknell
• Hybrid working – with the expectation to work from the office a minimum of 2 / 3 days a week
• Travel Requirements: Occasional travel may be required

How to apply

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