Fleet & Data Insights Undergraduate Placement

Volkswagen Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Milton Keynes seeks an intern to support fleet management and customer operations. This role involves assisting with vehicle utilization, financial processes, and logistics coordination. Ideal candidates are currently studying Business or Finance with strong analytical and organizational skills. The position offers valuable exposure to real-life business projects, a supportive work environment, and various employee benefits including health support and subsidized meals.

Benefits

Subsidized onsite canteen

Employee Resource Groups

Income protection and life assurance

Access to Care Concierge

Qualifications

• Currently studying a degree in Business, Finance or a related field.
• Strong analytical, accuracy & problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and ability to use own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Support Fleet Services Manager to minimize vehicle downtime.
• Assist in life asset management tasks for smooth fleet operations.
• Facilitate logistics movements for customers and rental locations.

Skills

Analyzing data

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office skills

Education

Currently studying a degree in Business, Finance or a related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support the Fleet Services Support Manager to ensure vehicle downtime is minimal resulting in higher vehicle utilisation and optimisation liaising with 3rd party suppliers, dealers and customers as appropriate.
• Support the Fleet & Customer Operations Executives within life asset management tasks to enable the smooth running of fleet to include managing and raising ad hoc invoices from the rental system such as excess mileage charges, write offs, fines, insurance, sales invoices.
• Support the Fleet & Customer Operations Executives with effective processing of logistics movements for customers & rental locations through successful communication with 3rd party suppliers.
• Regularly generating insightful Fleet reporting.
• Generate customer and head office invoices to locations to ensure the Mobility revenue stream is maintained.
• Liaise with Finance to ensure invoices are processed correctly and within SLA to maintain effective management of the payment process.
• Through regular research and industry awareness ensure the Mobility Services Management Team are kept up to date with any environmental, legal, economic, political developments directly impacting fleet and rental business in the Mobility Sector, A focus on personal development with access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed' platform and a bespoke development programme throughout your placement year delivering personal management, technical and soft skills including building successful relationships, presentation skills, IT skills and data literacy.

Benefits and Development

• A supportive environment and network of colleagues to help you get your best out of the year - in a recent survey, 100% of our undergraduates said they felt valued and supported.
• The opportunity to work on real life business projects and deliver impact around topics like sustainability.
• Subsidised onsite canteen and coffee shop
• Subsidised onsite restaurant with a range of hot and cold breakfast and lunches.
• Employee Resource Groups supporting an inclusive workplace
• Social gatherings and team events & volunteering opportunities.
• Physical and mental health support with our Onsite Wellbeing Centre, Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), will writing, retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults). Private medical insurance is available following successful completion of probation.

Recruitment Process

• Apply and upload your CV, covering letter and answer a few application questions.
• You’ll be invited to complete a Situational Judgement Test. This is a short multiple-choice question set to help us understand how you may approach situations.
• If you pass this stage, you will be invited to complete an online video interview where you will have the opportunity to tell us more about yourself.
• If successful, your last step in the journey is to attend an in-person Assessment Centre at our Milton Keynes office. You’ll also meet some of our managers and our current undergraduates to find out more about a placement year with us.
• Our current car schemes are under review following changes in legislation from HMRC and so whilst we don't have full details of our car scheme to share with you now, we will let you know what this looks like as soon as we are able.

Qualifications

• Currently studying a degree in Business, Finance or a related field.
• Strong analytical, accuracy & problem-solving skills
• Self -motivated, with excellent organisational skills and ability to use own initiative
• A proactive and flexible approach with the ability to react appropriately and effectively to changing circumstances and demands
• Ability to work both independently and effectively within a team
• PC literacy - Microsoft office skills.