Year In Industry Graduate
Application closing date: 19th April 2026
Assessment centre: May 2026
Start date: August 2026
Location: Nottingham, Support Office
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Length: 12 months
Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker
About The Role
Our 12‑month programme will help you develop skills and knowledge, providing the stretch and challenge needed to give you a real insight into a career within Buying. The programme includes functional‑specific training to ensure you are set up for success.
Our Category buying team is at the heart of our business, helping create compelling reasons for customers to shop at Boots. They are a dynamic team, working to deliver a unique, customer‑led range in stores across 1,000s of the best Health and Beauty brands. The team is accountable for delivering the sales and profit budget using the levers of range, price, promotions and distribution to delight our customers.
The scheme starts with a 4‑week in‑store placement to give you valuable first‑hand insight into our customers and day‑to‑day retail operations. Following this, you will spend 11 months embedded with a core category buying team in our Nottingham support office, across one of our three business units: Beauty, Healthcare and General Merchandise.
During the scheme, you will gain insight into Category Management, working closely with the Category Buyer to implement category plans. You will contribute to broader projects and collaborate with multiple internal teams and external suppliers to land key category initiatives, including promotional plans, in‑store brand activations and pricing updates.
Key Responsibilities
* Contribute to the delivery of customer promotions in store by setting up campaign offers such as "3 for 2", "Half Price" on the Boots PMR system.
* Support the setting up of lines and supplier vendors for new product launches within range review windows.
* Share product ideas, trends and insights with the buying team to ensure we have the best range at Boots.
* Support internal teams such as marketing and pricing to ensure we land things right the first time for our store colleagues.
* Confirm promotional funding with suppliers and raise associated invoices.
* Support the wider category team to review market pricing and promotional activity, ensuring our offering remains competitive.
* Run and analyse weekly sales reports for the team, identifying key performance trends.
* Support the month‑end process and forecast promotional retro funding.
* On track to achieve a minimum of a 2:1 degree as part of a course that allows for a placement programme year.
What you'll need to have (our must‑haves)
* On track to achieve a minimum of a 2:1 degree as part of a course that allows for a placement programme year.
* A strong desire to problem‑solve and adapt in a fast‑paced, changing environment.
* Excellent organisational and time‑management skills.
* Confidence to challenge processes and data to drive efficiencies.
* Ability to work well as part of a team and build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Shows a proactive drive for self‑development and continuous growth.
* Genuine passion for Boots products, brand and what we do.
Rewards designed for you
* Boots Retirement Savings Plan
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Generous employee discounts
* Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
* Flexible benefits scheme, including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
* Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
Equal Opportunity and Accessibility
At Boots, we’re proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we’re committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case‑by‑case basis.
Where a role is advertised as full‑time, we are open to discussing part‑time and job‑share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
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