Product Planning Graduate Programme 2027

Higherin; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site restaurant

27 days' holiday + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Car schemes

Job summary

Volkswagen Group UK is launching a two-year graduate programme designed to develop your curiosity, ambition and analytical skills. You will rotate across Product Planning teams, shaping vehicles, offers and strategies for our brands, while learning through a structured training path and supportive mentors.

With a salary of £31,800, graduates gain hands-on experience in market analysis, pricing decisions, and sales planning.

Qualifications

• Hold or be working towards a degree in any discipline.
• Keen to interpret complex information and communicate trends to multiple stakeholders.
• Based within reasonable distance of Milton Keynes head office and eligible to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Rotate across Product Planning teams to help shape vehicles, offers and strategies.
• Analyse customer and market trends to inform model line-ups, pricing and launches.
• Support sales planning and data visibility to power Brand decisions across regions.

Skills

Curiosity & drive

Analytical thinking

Communication of trends

Education

Degree in any discipline

Job description

Charge up your career

It takes courage to challenge the ordinary. We're looking for graduates who've got the curiosity, ambition and ability to charge up their career and to help drive change at Volkswagen Group UK.

With training and support to stretch your skills, take responsibility and explore your interests, our graduate programme is a great launchpad for your career. Life here is far from ordinary, it's full of unexpected challenges, opportunities and fantastic rewards.

Our two-year structured scheme gives you all the support and development you need to help reshape the way the world moves. You’ll enjoy a range of placements to develop your skills, share your ideas and be a valued member of each team.

On this graduate programme, you'll rotate across our Product Planning teams, helping shape the vehicles, offers and strategies behind some of the world's most desirable automotive brands. From future product decisions to sales performance and market trends, you'll gain valuable experience at the heart of our commercial business.

• Product: Help shape the future of our vehicle range. You'll analyse customer and market trends, support decisions on model line-ups, specifications and pricing, and contribute to product launches and lifecycles that thousands of customers will love across the UK.
• Tactical: Turn strategy into results. You'll help develop and evaluate a range of competitive incentive campaigns that drive customer demand, support sales performance and deliver commercial success for all of our brands.
• Sales Planning & Supply: Join the team that keeps our business moving. You'll support sales planning, forecasting and supply management, ensuring the right vehicles are available at the right time. Working with international factory colleagues, you'll manage logistics planning and enhance data visibility to power Brand decisions.

What do you need?

• We're looking for people with curiosity and drive to succeed and who seek out opportunities to learn, develop and stretch themselves. If you share that desire and want to be a part of our success, you're a good match.
• You’ll need to hold or be working towards a degree in any discipline. We are particularly keen to receive applications from students with a passion for interpreting complex information and communicating trends and outcomes to multiple stakeholders.
• We believe all employees should have a good work/life balance and wouldn’t want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so we require our graduates to be based within a reasonable distance from our Milton Keynes head office.
• You’ll also need to have the right to work in the UK.

What's in it for you?

• As a Graduate, you'll start on a £31,800 salary.
• You'll also receive 27 days' holiday – plus bank holidays.
• Access to our car schemes.
• Pension scheme.
• A range of flexible benefits.
• Employee well-being support.
• An on-site restaurant.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Shopping/entertainment discounts.

What's the assessment process?

Our graduate recruitment process is designed to enable you to show us your true abilities. Once you've hit the apply button, you'll be asked to complete numerical and situational judgement tests. If you successfully complete these, we'll invite you to complete an online video interview so that we have a chance to get to know you.

The final step in the journey would be for you to attend a face-to-face assessment centre in early 2027, where you will take part in a range of activities based on real-life tasks. You'll also have a chance to meet some of our managers and the current graduate cohort.

Successful candidates will be offered a place soon after the assessment centre and will join us in September 2027.