Graduate Management Trainee in Kingston upon Thames

Graduate Management Trainee – Nikon UK

Salary: £31,900 per annum

Location: Surbiton, Surrey – just 2 minutes from the mainline station

Hybrid working: 2 days in the office / 3 days from home

Two-year rotational graduate programme

Start your career with Nikon -

Are you an ambitious graduate looking to build a broad commercial career with one of the world’s most recognised imaging brands?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Nikon UK’s Graduate Management Development Programme, gaining hands on experience across different areas of the business while developing the skills and commercial understanding needed to build your future career.

Over two years, you’ll complete rotations across three of four key business areas: Marketing, Sales, Commercial Planning and Customer Service.

This isn’t a programme where you’ll simply observe from the sidelines. You’ll have real responsibility from the outset, contributing to live projects, working alongside experienced colleagues and gaining exposure to different people, functions and commercial challenges.

Your rotations could include -

• Marketing
• PR and media communications
• Social media and content
• CRM and customer communications
• Copywriting
• Video development
• Product launches and events
• Sales
• Supporting key retail customers
• Working alongside Account Managers
• Sales reporting and analysis
• Supporting marketing investment activity
• Direct sales operations
• Commercial Planning
• Budget and commercial planning
• Business and customer insights
• Market analysis
• Using data to support commercial decision-making
• Customer Service
• Responding to customer enquiries by telephone, email and written communication
• Resolving service-related queries
• Supporting customers face-to-face at events
• Maintaining accurate customer information and records

What we’re looking for -

Nikon is looking for bright, articulate and commercially minded graduates with the potential and ambition to become future leaders within the organisation.

To be considered for the programme, you must have:

• A 2:1 degree or above
• A minimum of 7 GCSEs at grade 7 or above, including both Maths and English at grade 7 or above
• A minimum of 3 A Levels at grade B or above
• Evidence of leadership and initiative – you will have proactively led, organised or taken responsibility for an activity, project, team or initiative. This could be through university, work, sport, volunteering, societies or other activities
• A genuine interest in developing experience across different commercial functions
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Good Microsoft Office skills
• The ability to commute to Surbiton for two office days each week, or willingness to relocate
• Previous work experience, an internship or work placement would be highly advantageous.

Please ensure your CV clearly includes your GCSE and A Level subjects and grades, together with details of any relevant work experience and examples of leadership or initiative.

What Nikon offers -

Alongside a starting salary of £31,900 with regular salary reviews, you’ll enjoy an excellent benefits package including:

• £500 home-office furniture allowance
• £300 wellbeing allowance
• 27 days’ holiday, rising to 32 days, plus bank holidays
• Generous company pension
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Product discounts
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working – 3 days from home
• Onsite parking
• Ongoing coaching, training and career development

Nikon’s Surbiton office is conveniently located just two minutes’ walk from the mainline station.

You’ll be joining a collaborative international organisation with more than 100 years of heritage and a brand recognised around the world for innovation, design and performance.

If you’re ambitious, curious and keen to develop a broad commercial career with Nikon, we’d love to hear from you.