About Reckitt
We are Reckitt, home to the worlds best-loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world.
About The Role
This will be a minimum 6-12 month traineeship with a leading procurement organisation. At Reckitt, our Procurement Graduate Traineeship Programme is designed to offer meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive within a dynamic and supportive environment.
Each role is embedded within a dedicated team, where you’ll contribute to the execution of procurement strategies and buying activities across designated spend categories. Depending on your assigned category, this may involve tasks such as spend analysis, commodity risk management, benchmarking, supplier engagement, tender processes, negotiations, risk analysis, stakeholder collaboration, project coordination, support for financial forecasting and budgeting, implementation of digital tools, and involvement in sustainability initiatives.
Throughout the programme, you’ll be supported by your manager and the wider procurement team. You’ll be encouraged to build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders and external partners, deliver projects aligned with our objectives, and play an active role in helping us achieve our company ambitions.
You will succeed because
* You’re naturally curious – eager to explore, ask questions, and constructively challenge others to bring out the best in a collaborative environment
* You bring a strong academic foundation and a highly analytical mindset
* You are ambitious and motivated, hungry to take on responsibility in an entrepreneurial setting
* You’re action‑oriented and pragmatic, approaching challenges with positivity and creative problem‑solving
* You’re flexible and open to travel, when required
* Aligned with Reckitt’s values, you’re achievement‑focused and thrive in a direct and fast‑paced environment
Key requirements
* Availability to attend an assessment centre in late August or early September (dates to be confirmed)
* Ready to commit to a minimum 6-month traineeship, starting in October/November 2025
* Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
* One or more years of work experience in a related field
* Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, results‑oriented environment within a global organisation
* Fluent in English; proficiency in other languages is a plus
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively across diverse teams and stakeholder groups
The skills for success
* Relationship Management
* Business Acumen
* Improve business processes
* Logistics Management
* Supply Chain Planning
* Procurement
What we offer
We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Programme to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans, we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt’s potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short‑term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt’s pay‑for‑performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feel like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
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