Purchasing - Placement Year 2027

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

Job summary

BMW Group UK in Farnborough offers a Purchasing placement year designed to build foundational skills in supplier sourcing, tendering and contract management. You will work across UK indirect purchasing, supporting IT services, marketing, events and more within the BMW Group network.

The internship is based at the BMW National Sales Centre in Farnborough with opportunities to visit and work from other UK locations. Excellent project experience and a solid introduction to procurement await.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree, ideally with a business focus, on course to achieve 2:2 or above.
• Experience with MS Suite: Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated and able to take responsibility for tasks and projects.
• Willingness to work flexibly and adapt to a dynamic environment.
• Good communication and teamworking skills.

Responsibilities

• Support supplier sourcing, tendering and specification formulation.
• Assist with due diligence, compliance checks and contract management.
• Contribute to small-scale purchasing requests and commodity strategy planning.
• Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and promote procurement best practices.
• Perform reporting, data analysis and prepare insights to support decision-making.
• Lead small projects and support departmental activities.

Skills

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Communication

Teamworking

Education

Bachelor's degree (in progress)

Tools

MS Suite

Job description

Purchasing - Placement Year

YOUR INTERNSHIP. START WITH WHAT SHAPES YOU.

BMW National Sales Centre, Farnborough - Purchasing - Placement Year (July 2027)

The Purchasing Team is responsible for all UK Indirect Purchasing from construction through to IT Services, Marketing, Events, Temporary Labour, Logistics and much more. The team work cohesively with other buying departments across Europe to ensure delivery of a robust range of service back to the business. Brands that we support include BMW, MINI, Motorrad, Alphabet, BMW Financial Services and Rolls-Royce across our various UK locations at Farnborough, Oxford, Swindon, Goodwood, Hams-Hall & Thorne.

This internship will be based at the BMW National Sales Centre in Farnborough, although will provide the opportunity to visit and work from the other listed UK locations.

What awaits you?

• Support supplier sourcing, tendering, and specification formulation.
• Assist with due diligence, compliance checks, and contract management.
• Contribute to small-scale purchasing requests and commodity strategy planning.
• Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and promote procurement best practices.
• Perform reporting, data analysis, and prepare insights to support decision-making.
• Lead small projects and support departmental activities.

What should you bring along?

• Studying towards a Bachelor's degree in any discipline, but ideally with a business focus and on course to achieve (2:2 or above).
• Experience of MS Suite, in particular Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Self-motivated and able to take responsibility for tasks and projects
• Willingness to work flexibly
• Good communication and teamworking skills.

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 - Enjoy a supportive work environment focusing on wellbeing, flexibility and sustainability.
• 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.

About the Company

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.

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.