Commercial Graduate Programme
Listed on 2026-10-23
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Business
Business Development
The Role
Charge up your career
It takescouragetochallengetheordinary.
We'relooking for graduates who's got the curiosity, ambition andabilitytocharge up their career and to help drive change at Volkswagen Group UK.
With training and support to stretch your skills, take responsibility and explore your interests, our graduate programme is a great launchpad for your career. Life here is far from ordinary, it's full ofunexpectedchallenges, opportunities and fantastic rewards.
Our two-year structured scheme gives you all the support and development you need to help reshape the way the world moves. You’ll enjoy a range of placements to develop your skills, share your ideas and be a valued member of each team.
On our Commercial Graduate Programme, you’ll spend time in our dynamic Aftersales teams, gaining essential business knowledge and ensuring our customers get the best possible service after they’ve bought one of our products.
Group Parts OperationsIf you’re placed in the Group Parts rotation, you’ll get great experience in a highly commercial role. You’ll be involved in business casing, measuring return on investment, driving sales and supporting the tender process for the many suppliers used in Group Parts Operations.
Business DevelopmentIf you’re in the Business Development rotation, you’ll be driving business by looking at trends and opportunities to introduce new ideas and improve the customer experience.
Retailer OperationsIn the Retailer Operations rotation, you’ll get a great understanding of our nationwide network of dealerships. You’ll work closely with them, so they understand our goals and can provide excellent experiences to increase customer loyalty.
IntelligenceIn this placement you’ll be analysing internal and external data to inform our aftersales activities and drive recommendations and improvement.
What do youneed?We’relooking for people with curiosity anddriveto succeed and who seek outopportunitiesto learn, develop and stretch themselves. If yousharethatdesire and want to be a part ofoursuccess, you're a good match.
You'll need to hold or be working towards a degree in any discipline. We are particularly keen to receive applications from students with business acumen, an aptitude for analytics and great communication skills.
We believe all employees should have a good work/life balance and wouldn't want you to spend a large amount of time commuting, so we requireourgraduates to be based within areasonabledistance from our Milton Keynes head office.
You'llalsoneedtohavethe right toworkin the UK.
As a Graduate,you'llstart on a £31,800 salary. You'll also receive 27 days' holiday – plus bank holidays – access to our car schemes, pension scheme, a range of flexible benefits, employee well-being support, an on-site restaurant, cycle toworkscheme and shopping/entertainment discounts.
- 27 days' holiday – plus bank holidays
- access to our car schemes
- pension scheme
- a range of flexible benefits
- employee well-being support
- an on-site restaurant
- cycle toworkscheme
- shopping/entertainment discounts
Our graduate recruitment process is designed to enable you to show us your true abilities. Once you've hit the apply button,you'llbe asked to complete numerical andsituationaljudgement tests. If you successfully complete these, we'll invite you to complete an online video interview sothatwehavea chance to get to know you.
Thefinal step in the journey would be for you to attend a face-to-face assessment centre in early 2027, where you will take part in a range ofactivitiesbased on real-life tasks.
You'llalsohavea chance to meet someofourmanagers and the current graduate cohort.
Successful candidates will be offered a place soon after the assessment centre and…
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