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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


 

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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
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Graduate FMCG Case Studies

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Diane Du Pasquier - Assistant Brand Manager - Johnson & Johnson

I heard about the course through word of mouth and at a career fair at my undergraduate university. The internet also gave me access to a lot of information about course content and I read testimonials from other students online. ... more

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Vicky Lacaille - Customer Activation Manager - Nestle Food and Beverages Department

When I first graduated, I started working in the Nastle Confectionery Division as a Business Development Executive (Sept 2006 - Jan 2007). ... more

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Emma Preen - Nestlé - Consumer Insight Planner

"I spent my year in industry, a compulsory part of my degree, with Nestlé. I worked in an internal consultancy called ‘business, analysis and research department’. I also liked the culture and the exposure to important projects within the business. After I left, they offered me a job. I enjoy project work and being able to develop different skills. Nestlé’s marketing scheme is a comprehensive programme with lots of opportunity to develop." ... 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 by the word freedom and what have you done that demonstrates that'," she says. "It was very reflective of the Mars culture, which involves taking on a lot of responsibility and being given autonomy from day one." Despite having work experience from a part-time job in marketing and an internship at Toshiba, Saffron believes that breaking into FMCGs is more about who you are, than what you've done. ... more

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Graduate FMCG Advice

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