Pricing, Product & Performance - Placement Year

BMW Group; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised on-site restaurant

Advantages scheme

Job summary

BMW Group Financial Services Farnborough invites a placement-year student to join our Sales Development team. You’ll support Area Managers and help enhance the retailer and customer experience across our network, while building stakeholder relationships and delivering data-driven insights.

Work will involve analysing performance data, maintaining reporting, and ensuring the customer journey remains compliant and efficient.

Qualifications

• Studying towards a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Marketing, Communications).
• Strong numeracy and literacy with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy; proactive and independent.
• Able to network across teams and build stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support Area Managers and contribute to retailer experience improvements.
• Develop and maintain reporting insights for the Sales Development team.
• Ensure the customer journey is optimised and compliant across BMW Group networks.
• Coordinate with Operations to identify best collaboration approaches and harmonise objectives.

Skills

Numeracy

Literacy

Verbal and written communication

Self-starter

Interpersonal networking

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Communications

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Your Internship Starts With What Engages You.

We believe in creating an environment where our interns really can learn by doing during their time with us and where they are given their own areas of responsibilities from the start. That’s why our experts treat you as part of the team from day one, encourage you to bring your own ideas to the table – and give you the opportunity to really show what you can do.

Pricing, Product & Performance 191992 - Placement Year (July 2027)

BMW Financial Services, Farnborough.

Join our Sales Development team and play an important role in enhancing the retailer and customer experience across the BMW Group network. You'll work with a variety of teams, build strong stakeholder relationships, analyse performance data, and help deliver projects that improve the customer journey while ensuring compliance and operational excellence. This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to multiple areas of the business and develop valuable commercial, analytical, and relationship management skills.

What awaits you?

• Provide support to the Area Managers and will have an active role in supporting the Retailer experience.
• Form strong relationships with business areas to drive engagement with the aim of supporting our customer’s journey.
• Develop, maintain and provide reporting insights to support the Sales Development team with wider projects to monitor and communicate success.
• Maintain the focus on the Customer Journey through the retailer network, ensuring it is optimised and compliant throughout.
• Ensure alignment across the organisation (BMW Group) to ensure competing objectives are met and harmonised within the complexity of business/legacy systems' architecture.
• Ensure all customer offers are in line with compliance sales process.
• Work closely with Operations teams to ensure best approach for seamless cooperation.
• Establish and maintain a close working relationship with all Area Managers, New Business Operations and Customer Services.

What should you bring along?

• Studying towards a Bachelor's degree - preferably in Business, Marketing, Communications, English or another similar field.
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office – ideally Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong numeracy and literacy with excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• A self-starter with the ability to work on their own initiative and passionate to succeed.
• An outgoing personality is key as you’ll be expected to interact and network with all areas of the business both within BMW Group Financial Services and our sales colleagues in BMW Group UK.
• Independent and curious to learn more about the business.

What can you look forward to?

• Great Pay – A competitive annual salary, 27 days holiday per annum (pro rata to your contract) and an attractive pension scheme.
• Rewarding Work-Life Balance – Be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can learn, grow, and contribute to the future of luxury automotive excellence.
• Exciting Additional Benefits – You will have the opportunity to enjoy other employee benefits, a subsidised on-site restaurant and access to our Advantages scheme which gives you a range of offers and discounts.

To be eligible for this position, you must be returning to your studies, for a minimum of 6 months, after completion of this placement. You must be able to provide proof of your legal right to work in the UK.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of disability, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sex or sexual orientation.

At the BMW Group, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 18th October 2026

Any further questions? Email us on [e-mail]

Pricing, Product & Performance - Placement Year