Gaining experience in this industry can be done through applying for internships, although there are few available. Therefore if you wish to see what it is like working as a supply chain professional it is worth you sending speculative applications to employers you would like to work for to see if they are able to offer you any casual work experience. The experiences you gain will be a positive step forward in helping you show your motivation for the sector when it comes to applying for advertised entry level positions or through graduate training schemes.
As it is possible to enter this profession without a first degree do not panic if you do not gain a place on a graduate training scheme as you will be able to apply for advertised positions closer to the time you wish to start employment.
Internships
The following is a list of some internships available within supply chain. As there are very few these will be competitive to get onto. Alternatively apply for work experience (as detailed above) or consider applying for procurement or logistics internships.
Graduate training schemes
- AB Agri Opportunities
AB Agri operates at the heart of the agricultural industry. Find out more about graduate careers in supply chain and finance at AB Agri.
- Amazon Operations
Graduate career opportunities at Amazon. Students can apply for schemes in procurement & buying, human resources, supply chain, logisitics and finance.
- Gist Careers
Gist develops supply chain strategy including warehousing and transportation. Find out more about careers in supply chain at Gist.
- Graduate Opportunities at Hallmark
Hallmark is a specialty retail company. Find out more about graduate careers in supply chain at Hallmark.
- Heineken
Find out more about graduate careers at Heineken, a UK beer and cider business. Students can undertake schemes in human resources, finance, supply chain and IT.
- Jaguar Land Rover Careers
Jaguar Land Rover is an automotive design, engineering and manufacturing company. Find out more about graduate careers in supply chain at Jaguar Land Rover.
- Kraft Foods graduate site
Kraft Foods Group Inc. is a grocery manufacturing and processing company. Find out more about graduate careers in marketing, logistics, sales, finance and supply chain with Kraft Foods.
- L'Oréal Business Class
The L'Oréal Group is the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company. Find out more about graduate careers in marketing, logistics, finance or supply chain with L'Oréal.
- Sainsburys
Find out more about a career in one of the UK's largest supermarket chains. Sectors include human resources, marketing, logistics, procurement and buying, supply chain and management and leadership.
- Tesco - graduate jobs
International retail chain. Have 17 graduate programmes, including Marketing, Information on careers in Tesco. Research & Analysis, Property, Corporate Affairs, Legal Services, Finance and Supply Chain all of which fall within their Office Programmes and
Graduate programmes including Marketing, Research & Analysis, Property, Corporate Affairs, Legal Services, Finance and Supply Chain all of which fall within their Office Programmes and a Distribution Programme.
- Unilever
Information on careers in Unilever. Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods. Every year they recruit between 30 and 40 management trainees from across the country to join one of the functions. That could be Finance,
- Unipart Graduate Schemes
Unipart Group is a multinational logistics, supply chain, manufacturing and consultancy company. Find out more about graduate careers in marketing, supply chain and IT at Unipart.
For more graduate schemes see Inside Careers, Prospects and employers’ websites. Visit our resource centre to pick up copies of the Times top 100 graduate employers, The Guardian UK 300 and TARGETjobs which list employers with graduate vacancies.
You can also search LSE CareerHub for graduate jobs and find organisations who are coming on to campus to recruit LSE graduates.
Advertised positions
It is possible to enter this profession without a first degree although this is becoming the norm. Therefore, it is possible to apply for entry level roles which are advertised as and when the employer needs the staffing. Similarly, if you have experience in Supply Chain you will be able to apply for advertised positions in line with your level of experience. The following are some job search sites:
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