Each year Wolseley UK recruits external candidates of graduate calibre and combines them with quality staff from within the company. The graduate programme operates across all UK brands, and opens up a wide range of opportunities in many different aspects of the UK business to both external graduates and suitably qualified internal employees.
Throughout the two year programme you'll be based in an area to maximise your experience of all types of branches. Training will include classroom sessions as well as practical experience of the operational side of the business. Your knowledge and experience of customers and products as well as company systems and procedures will be used to even greater effect. Together with sales and management training we'll expand and develop your individual and team skills.
Although the programme is structured we'll take into account previous experience and courses attended. Ideally, candidates should be final-year students or have graduated in the last two years. You'll need to have flexibility to move around allocated branches and be able to demonstrate drive, ambition and individual and team skills.
In addition to the hands-on training, the programme will involve attending courses to acquire and demonstrate sales techniques, people management skills, product knowledge and internal company systems and procedures.
Examples of first-year training courses
- Customers
- IT/Software
- Product Knowledge
- Project Management
- Sales Skills
- Systems and Processes
Examples of second-year training courses
- Branch Operations
- Business Simulation
- Management and Leadership Skills
- Supervisory
The opportunities for career development created through the graduate programme are considerable. As the business expands, the pressure to provide suitable intellectual capital intensifies. Not only is there a need to manage our trading outlets, but there are also considerable opportunities in sales management, field support roles and corporate office functions.
The diversity of opportunity is demonstrated by the following list of careers that former management trainees now enjoy:
- Assistant Branch Manager
- Assistant Marketing Manager
- Balanced Scorecard Supervisor
- Branch Departmental Managers
- Branch Manager
- Business Development Manager
- Commercial Controller
- Contract Terms Supervisor
- Depot Manager
- Key Account Manager
- New Business Development Coordinator
- Project Manager
- Regional Sales Manager
- Space and Range Manager
- Trainer
For further information contact Grant Winston on 01926 705567 | grant.winston@wolseley.co.uk
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