Industrial Placement - Mulliner

Our Industrial Placement Programme:

As part of Bentley’s annual Early Careers intake, you’ll join a community of around 93 trainees including Industrial Placements, Graduates, and Apprentices.

During your placement, you’ll be based at our Bentley Campus "Dream Factory". Alongside hands-on work experience, you’ll also benefit from:

• CSR and outreach activities
• Opportunities to participate in charity events, community projects, and social committees
• Masterclasses, development workshops, and social events
• Inclusivity networks and peer support groups
• Placements and rotations across different areas of the business that interest you

About the role:

As an Industrial Placement Student at Bentley, you will play a key part in Bentley’s journey to creating extraordinary vehicles for our customers. Based out of our state-of-the-art headquarters in Crewe. You will:

• Gain invaluable experience in managing high-impact projects, develop a deep understanding of cutting-edge technology, and play a key role in driving our Mulliner Strategy,
• Work alongside and be mentored by Industry Leading Talent Acquisition professionals,
• Have the opportunity to pitch your own ideas and being able to bring them to life.
• Have varied tasks throughout the year, depending on the business needs and what support the team requires, being able to use a variety of different skills and developing well rounded transferable skills.

Your main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting the commissioning process of bespoke vehicles and subsequent order generation and processing
• Departmental reporting updates and process improvement activity identification based on insights gained
• Helping to develop and support enhanced experiences and events for our top clients
• Collaborating with the wider Mulliner team to support PR and marketing activity whilst working alongside the Bentley marketing team and agency partners
• Setting up meetings with internal and regional teams, taking minutes and communicating actions and outputs to the wider team.
• You will have the opportunity to pitch your own ideas and bring them to life, seeing the results of your own initiatives in action

About the Department:

Mulliner is the bespoke division of Bentley. We are the team who brings to life the bespoke requests of our most discerning clients, enabling the highest levels of personalisation, well beyond the standard options list. We create new features, options, paint colours and personalised elements for our cars to make sure they are perfect for their owners.

Additionally, Mulliner creates one-off cars, small celebratory collections, as well as ultra-low volume, highly exclusive Coachbuilt cars like the Bacalar, Batur, Speed Six and Blower vehicles for clients wanting something exceedingly rare and special.

Working within the Mulliner team will expose you to the best luxury cars in the world. You will develop an understanding of the luxury buyer, whilst working alongside and being mentored by industry leading professionals. 

What we are looking for:

The successful candidate will be on track to achieve a 2:1 in the following degrees: Business Management or Marketing related degree.

Skills required for the role:

• Great Communication
• Customer-Oriented Nature
• Problem Solving Skills
• Good Analytical Skills
• Effective Time Management
• Taking Initiative and Responsibility for tasks/ projects

Right To Work:

To be eligible for an Early Careers programme you must have a legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the placement or graduate scheme. We welcome students who have Settled Status, a Tier 4 Visa, or a Graduate Visa. We are unable to offer sponsorship for our Early Careers positions. 

What we offer:

As an Industrial Placement you will have access to the following benefits:

• A starting salary of £25,500
• Support from our Early Careers team and 121 manager mentorship
• 35 days’ holiday inclusive of bank holidays
• 10% pension contribution with life assurance benefits
• Learning and development opportunities

The application process:

• Submit your application, including your CV and Cover letter,
• Applications will be screened by our HR team and the Hiring Manager,
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our recruitment team and invited to attend an online Assessment between 9th – 27th November
• Candidates successful at assessment stage will receive an offer shortly afterwards.
• All applicants will be kept informed throughout the recruitment process

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Motivated to be the most diverse, inclusive luxury car company, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals are respected, valued, and empowered.

We firmly believe in equal opportunities for all, helping all colleagues thrive as their authentic selves and reach their highest potential. We believe that everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs, belongs at Bentley. Everyone is entitled to respect and dignity and we positively celebrate the differences between people.

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