• PROGRAMME DURATION: 12 months
- LOCATION: Gaydon, Statford-upon-Avon.
Hybrid working is potentially available, depending on the area and
manager. JLR is a multi-site business and you’ll be required to spend
time working with different departments at several locations.
Your placement year at university could not have come at a more exciting
time.
An undergraduate scheme at JLR is specifically designed to prepare you
for a successful, long-term career with us. Surrounded by an innovative
and dedicated team of industry experts, you’ll apply your learning and
satisfy your curiosity for what’s possible.
Arrive curious. Discover opportunity.
Vehicle Programmes Undergraduate Programme
Vehicle Programmes offers a truly cross-functional experience, through
product strategy, programme management, business performance,
cross-carline and commodity strategy and programme purchasing.
You will use your innovation and creativity to the full every day, as
you develop all the skills for a fast-moving career. With ongoing
support from industry-leading experts, backed by continual learning
opportunities, you’ll quickly realise that our programmes are as
inspiring as the vehicles you’ll help to create.
You will initially be assigned into one of two key areas of Vehicle
Programmes. Along the way, you will gain a customer-centric view of
satisfying evolving needs and accelerating delivery to reduce
time-to-market, using agile principles to transform the way we think and
work.
Programme Management
This team’s purpose is to integrate the enterprise to deliver
commercially successful products on time and to quality standards, which
fulfil our brand and customer promise throughout their lifecycles. As
such, we work with all areas across JLR to realise our product
programmes, which provides you with great exposure to the business.
Business Performance
Business Performance optimises our vehicles’ profitability and ensures
that they remain highly competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace.
To make this happen, you will identify growth opportunities, support
risk mitigation actions and improve our vehicles’ margins, using data
insights to develop focused plans addressing a balanced mix of market,
revenue and cost opportunities.
WHAT’S REQUIRED?
You will need to be on track to achieve at least a 2.2 degree in a
science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) discipline, business or
management.
In addition, you will have real passion for problem-solving and the
curiosity to understand business challenges and deliver innovative
solutions. You will also have strong numerical and interpersonal skills
and the confidence to champion new initiatives.
Please note that our undergraduate placement opportunities are open only
to penultimate-year students (those who will be returning to their final
year of study or on an integrated master’s after their placement with
us). All our undergraduate programmes have a fixed start date,
commencing 1st July 2024.
REWARDS AND BENEFITS
Our 2024 undergraduate programme salary will be £21,377. You’ll also
enjoy a generous holiday allowance, a discounted car purchase and lease
scheme for you and your family, an excellent pension scheme and access
to a wide range of deals and discounts from retailers and sports clubs.
You will be applying your curiosity and creativity every day as you
begin to hone your skills for a successful, impactful career. You own
your development, and only you can make it happen. We’ll be right by
your side in your pursuit of exceptional, and we’ll give you all the
encouragement and support you need.
Your future starts here.
Please be aware that we may close our programmes at any point and
at short notice based on the volume of applications received. To give
yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this
programme, please apply early.
