Graduate Traineeship programme

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Reckitt offers a valuable Procurement Graduate Traineeship in a supportive environment, aiming to develop the next generation of procurement leaders. This 6–12 month traineeship allows you to engage meaningfully with diverse activities such as supply analysis and stakeholder collaboration while being backed by a knowledgeable team.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program for mental health

Life insurance for all employees globally

Global share plan options

Short-term incentives for outstanding results

Qualifications

• Availability for an assessment centre in late August or September.
• Minimum 6-month traineeship starting in October/November 2025.
• One or more years of work experience in a related field desired.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to procurement strategies and buying activities.
• Engage in spend analysis and supplier negotiations.
• Support financial forecasting and budgeting.

Skills

Relationship Management

Business Acumen

Logistics Management

Supply Chain Planning

Procurement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or related field

Job description

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Graduate Traineeship programme

City: Slough

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Procurement

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

This will be a minimum 6-12 month traineeship with a leading procurement organisation. At Reckitt, our Procurement Graduate Traineeship Programme is designed to offer meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive within a dynamic and supportive environment.

Each role is embedded within a dedicated team, where you’ll contribute to the execution of procurement strategies and buying activities across designated spend categories.

Depending on your assigned category, this may involve tasks such as spend analysis, commodity risk management, benchmarking, supplier engagement, tender processes, negotiations, risk analysis, stakeholder collaboration, project coordination, support for financial forecasting and budgeting, implementation of digital tools, and involvement in sustainability initiatives.

Throughout the programme, you’ll be supported by your manager and the wider procurement team. You’ll be encouraged to build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders and external partners, deliver projects aligned with our objectives, and play an active role in helping us achieve our company ambitions.

You will succeed because

• You’re naturally curious - eager to explore, ask questions, and constructively challenge others to bring out the best in a collaborative environment
• You bring a strong academic foundation and a highly analytical mindset
• You are ambitious and motivated, hungry to take on responsibility in an entrepreneurial setting
• You’re action-oriented and pragmatic, approaching challenges with positivity and creative problem-solving
• You’re flexible and open to travel, when required
• Aligned with Reckitt’s values, you’re achievement-focused and thrive in a direct and fast-paced environment

Key requirements:

• Availability to attend an assessment centre in late August or early September (dates to be confirmed)
• Ready to commit to a minimum 6-month traineeship, starting in October/November 2025
• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
• One or more years of work experience in a related field
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment within a global organisation
• Fluent in English; proficiency in other languages is a plus
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively across diverse teams and stakeholder groups

The skills for success

Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Improve business processes, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.