Edwards Evolve - Global Sales & Marketing Graduate Programme - UK

Atlas Copco; Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards is seeking high-potential graduates for the Evolve Global Sales & Marketing Graduate Programme in the UK, based in Burgess Hill. Start date is September 2027 with applications closing 31 December 2026, and the programme offers rotations across Sales and Marketing to build commercial, customer and leadership skills.

A six-month international assignment is a core part of the experience, with opportunities to live and work abroad, contributing to global projects and meetings with colleagues

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree to be completed before September 2027.
• Discipline: Marketing, Business, Management, or related fields.
• Fluent in English with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Attend structured rotations across Sales and Marketing to gain commercial exposure.
• Contribute to customer insights, campaigns and sales materials.
• Participate in international assignment and global teams.

Skills

English fluency

Communication

Analytical thinking

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree (to be completed before Sept 2027)

Job description

Edwards Evolve - Global Sales & Marketing Graduate Programme - UK

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Language of job My profile Edwards Evolve - Global Sales & Marketing Graduate Programme - UK Marketing Edwards Burgess Hill UK - United Kingdom Hybrid Full-time Job Description

Build commercial experience. Understand our customers. Take your career global.

Start date: September 2027
Applications close: 31 December 2026

Where could a global career in Sales & Marketing take you?

Our Evolve Global Sales & Marketing Graduate Programme is designed to develop the next generation of commercial talent across our Semiconductor divisions.

Through structured rotations across Sales & Marketing, you’ll gain experience of our customers, markets and technology while taking ownership of meaningful work and contributing to business-critical projects.

You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues and global teams, building the commercial, customer, analytical and leadership capabilities that will help you shape your future career with us.

Take your career global

A six-month international assignment is a core part of the Evolve experience.

You’ll have the opportunity to live and work in another country, experience a different part of our global business and build an international network and perspective early in your career.

The international assignment is a mandatory part of Evolve, so you must be willing to undertake an international assignment during the programme.

What you’ll experience

Your rotations will give you broad exposure to our commercial organisation, helping you understand how we identify opportunities, understand our customers and markets, and support sustainable business growth.

Depending on business priorities and your development, your experience could include:

• Customer and market development
• Sales
• Product marketing
• Marketing communications

You’ll work on real projects and have the opportunity to gather and analyse customer, competitor and market information, contribute to customer propositions, sales materials and campaigns, and support initiatives that strengthen customer understanding, market positioning and commercial performance.

Alongside your rotations, you’ll develop through our programme curriculum, workshops and commercial training, supported by mentoring and regular feedback throughout your journey.

The difference you’ll make

From the start, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful commercial work. You’ll:

• Deliver project outcomes alongside experienced professionals and cross-functional teams.
• Gather and analyse customer, competitor and market information to identify opportunities and support evidence-based decisions.
• Help strengthen our understanding of customers and markets and contribute to sustainable business growth.
• Contribute to customer propositions, sales materials, marketing campaigns, communications and executive-level presentations.
• Build relationships with customers and colleagues across different functions, divisions and regions.
• Work with teams across Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Engineering, Operations and Service.
• Take ownership of your development, using mentoring and feedback from your rotations to help shape your future career.

What we’re looking for

You’ll have, or be on track to complete before the programme starts in September 2027, a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

Relevant disciplines could include:

• Marketing
• Business
• Management
• International Business
• Economics
• Communications
• Digital Marketing
• Data or Business Analytics
• Engineering
• Or a related subject

More importantly, we’re looking for someone who is:

• Genuinely interested in sales, marketing, customers and technology-led businesses.
• Customer-focused, curious and analytical, with a strong approach to problem-solving
• Commercially aware and interested in understanding customer needs, markets, competitors and business performance.
• A clear communicator who enjoys building relationships and collaborating with people from different backgrounds and disciplines.
• Proactive, adaptable and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.
• Well organised and confident taking initiative and ownership of their work.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Willing to undertake the programme’s mandatory six-month international assignment.

Knowledge of the semiconductor industry is useful, but not essential.

Where could Evolve take you?

By the end of the programme, you’ll have built broad commercial, customer, analytical and leadership capability, preparing you to progress into a substantive Sales or Marketing role and continue building your career with us.

Potential career pathways could include:

• Sales
• Business Development
• Market Development
• Product Management
• Marketing Communications

Right to work

Any offer of employment will be subject to you being able to demonstrate that you have the legal right to work in the country where your employment will be based.

Right-to-work requirements are separate from the international mobility requirements of the Evolve programme.

What happens next?

Applications for the Evolve Global Sales & Marketing Graduate Programme 2027 close on 31 December 2026.

If your application progresses, you’ll be invited to complete our online assessments. Successful candidates will then be invited to an in-person assessment centre at our Burgess Hill site in February 2027.

The assessment centre is also an opportunity to meet our people, learn more about Evolve and discover what a global career with us could look like.

Applications close: 31 December 2026
Programme starts: September 2027

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Information at a Glance

Edwards is a leader in the vacuum and abatement markets. The brand’s products are essential for industries such as semiconductor, power generation, chemical and food processing. Edwards believes in working with customers to set new standards and creating environments where innovation thrives. This trailblazer prides itself on making a difference in areas that are intrinsic to people’s everyday lives – from the medical care they receive to the coffee they drink. Wherever there is vacuum, Edwards can also be found, leading the way. Edwards is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.