Graduate FMCG Jobs
FMCG
Start salary: £18,000-27,000
Professional salary: £30,000-42,000
Required qualifications: It varies on which sector of the industry you are interested in, but generally a 2:1 degree or equivalent, in any field.
Jobs available: The working force within FMCG in the UK accounts for 14% of the total workforce in the UK last year saw a drop of -3.3%.*
Some of the most popular and recognised brands (Mars, Coca-Cola, Persil) are those of the FMCG: Fast Moving Consumer Goods. This is a multi-million pound industry, incorporating many household products, and the quality that makes them 'fast-moving' is that they are often relatively cheap, consumable or non-durable, e.g. groceries, toiletries.
There are numerous graduate jobs available within this sector. Positions for graduates include sales, 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 a very competitive area for graduate schemes, with over 120 applicants per graduate role in recent years - a figure that looks set to rise.
Graduate FMCG 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 |
Graduate FMCG Case Studies
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Luka - ESCP Europe - Master in Marketing and Creativity, Class of 2011After I finished my Bachelor in Business Administration at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, I completed an internship at L’Oréal Germany, gaining some experience as a Trade Marketing and Key Account Manager in the division for luxury products. During this internship I realised that in the future I would like to work in the field of Marketing and Sales. Therefore, I decided to enhance my knowledge in the specific field of Marketing as a continuance to my undergraduate studies. ... more |
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Vicky Lacaille - Customer Activation Manager - Nestle Food and Beverages DepartmentWhen 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 |
Graduate FMCG Advice
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Nailing That Position- Top Tips for Getting Picked For Graduate Training Schemes If you’re currently stressing over applying for and going for interview... more |
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Finding the perfect job can be a case of trial and error. But what do recruiters... more |
