FAST-MOVING CONSUMER GOODS
Think of a brand. If you’ve come up with Mars, Coca-Cola or Persil then you're talking about Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). This is a multi-million pound industry, incorporating many household products.
There are numerous graduate jobs available within this sector. Positions for graduates include selling, marketing and developing or managing a range of products.
Graduates often enter via training schemes and complete a number of placements in different business sectors. It is one of the most competitive areas for graduate schemes, with over 120 applicants per graduate role in 2005.
Some of the graduate careers available in this sector:
Sales manager I Marketing manager I Product developer I Brand manager
EMPLOYERS
| Diageo | Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outs... | more |
| Unilever | In the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector, we have to act fa... | more |
| Procter and Gamble | Three billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people ar... | more |
| TNS | TNS is a global leader in the Marketing Information business with ... | more |
| Mars | Frank Mars and his wife started making candy in their kitchen in T... | more |
LATEST JOBS
| Title | Organisation | Apply by |
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| Graduate Trainee TNS Worldpanel | TNS | 30 Nov 2008 |
| Campus Brand Manager | Real World Magazine | |
| Business Analyst Scheme | Npower | 31 Mar 2008 |
CASE STUDIES
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Emma Preen - Nestlé - Consumer Insight Planner "I spent my year in industry, a compulsory part of my degree, with Nestlé.... more |
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Saffron Shaw - Mars - Graduate Management Development Scheme "One of the first questions I had to answer was 'what do you understand... more |
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Antny Rankin - L'Oreal - Assistant Product Manager I work on two international brands: Ralph Lauren fragrances, and Diesel... more |
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Elisa Pogliano - Procter and Gamble - Consumer Business Development Account Manager I am employed by Proctor and Gamble, based in southwest London. It is a... more |
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