Marketing and Commercial Co-ordinator Placement

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Marketing and Commercial Co-ordinator Placement

What we offer

We have an opportunity for an undergraduate business student to join our commercial team in the Components business in Wrexham. This is an opportunity to gain experience in a busy commercial environment supporting our customers, both in the UK and internationally, through our sales teams. This will be a 12-month placement beginning in July 2025, starting with a two-week training induction for the successful candidate.

Main duties:

• Building relationships with customers.
• Understanding individual customer requirements ending with the preparation of customer quotations and tenders
• Responsibility for the maintenance of the Bicon Components website (www.biconcomponents.co.uk)
• Creating targeted marketing materials to advertise the Components range of products
• Participating in product launches
• As part of the Prysmian team, represent the business at a national exhibition
• Supporting the commercial team on sales and business analysis to determine the tactics and strategy to be employed for winning bids
• Compiling sales analysis data via the weekly reporting structure
• Collating market intelligence from tender follow up questionnaires
• Managing the process to produce company literature for the components business
• Opportunities will be provided to attend customer meetings at their premises in line with business requirements.

What you will gain

• 25 days annual leave (excluding Bank holidays)
• You will gain a good understanding of the working of SAP
• Experience of a busy office environment
• Working as part of a commercial team supporting the outside sales
• Given freedom to develop commercial acumen
• Opportunities to network with industry contacts at national exhibitions
• Take part in and build your profile as part of internal and external projects
• Knowledge of website design and the use of Adobe InDesign
• Opportunities to socialise with other placement students
• The opportunity to take part in the local Prysmian volunteering programmes
• Sporting opportunities, e.g. Wednesday night football, Running club.

What we require from you

• ·You will be an undergraduate in your penultimate year at University, ideally studying a business related degree.
• Eligible to work in the UK without restriction for the duration of the placement
• Eye for detail and the ability to plan and prioritise your own workload
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Professional attitude to work and a willingness to learn.
• An ability to work well under pressure, solving problems quickly and efficiently
• A good telephone manner is essential.

Location

This role is based at our Wrexham site, the address of which is Oak Road, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham, LL13 9PH. We are able to offer free car parking next to the site.

Due to the location of the factory, it would be advantageous to have a full UK driving licence or own transport.

Prysmian , as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are. 

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

About Prysmian Group

Come and join the world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry where your talents and enthusiasm can make a difference.

 28,000+ employees. 52 Countries. 100+ plants worldwide. One mission: making our mark in the energy transition and digitalisation of our communities around the world. This is what unites our people across teams and geographies – we are all striving to build a more sustainable future.

Prysmian in the UK

With over 100 years of history in the UK, we have an established headquarters in Eastleigh near Southampton, 3 additional manufacturing sites in Wrexham, Aberdare and Washington to help better serve our UK and export markets and a further site in Middlesbrough. Prysmian supplies cables and systems to a wide range of customers in the UK, including utilities, telecom operators, and the construction industry.

In the UK, Prysmian manufactures energy cables from low voltage to extremely high voltage for land applications. Additionally, it is able to offer a comprehensive range of cable accessories for these cables all designed with the cable in mind and therefore offering a robust system.

Prysmian UK can offer turnkey submarine cables and installation services as well as a comprehensive range of industrial cables for such applications as: mining, cranes, wind turbines and rail applications. At lower voltages, Prysmian's comprehensive range of building wires and power cables are available through a first-class network of wholesalers and distributors.

Prysmian ranks as one of the world's leading producers of Optical Fibres and Telecommunication Cables. With multiple production facilities worldwide Prysmian supplies a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the-art products in the telecoms industry including Fibre Systems, Copper Cable, Premises/Data Cable & Connectivity Hardware.

How to apply

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