BAT

We are part of a huge global enterprise with a clear corporate purpose - to Build A Better Tomorrow™ by reducing the health impact of our business.

Our Global Headquarters are located in London, and we operate on an area level within North Western Europe that consists of the following end markets: UK & Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

Our UK & Ireland end market office is located in Chiswick, London, and consists of approximately 240 employees working within Digital Marketing, Branding, Sales, Finance, Operations, IT, Legal, Strategic Planning and Insights, Supply Chain, eCommerce, and HR.

We are an ambitious, diverse, and global business with more than 115 years of experience in innovation and an incredibly exciting future ahead.

As a resilient, agile organization, we are harnessing the best of science, innovation, and technology, to offer tens of millions of adult consumers around the world more choices, including Potentially Reduced-Risk Products. This way, we are transforming tobacco: responsibly and ethically.

Among our talented employees, you will meet ambitious, determined, and innovative individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, global business.

Our industry is undergoing a rapid transformation so this is truly an inspiring time to join and make an impact.

We recruit over 60 junior and graduate roles annually across the North Western Europe Area, and offer mid-career opportunities for experienced professionals.

• The Global Graduate Programme

Our 18-month Graduate Programme combines a real job with structured development through an ongoing focus on learning and training.

You will join one of our North Western Europe teams through three rotations, including an international one. You will discover how our various departments work and gain insights into the business:

1. Our factory operations
2. The products we sell
3. The markets we operate in
4. The organisations we compete with
5. And most important of all - our customers

It will give you a chance to make an impact on our business and ultimately, set you up for a successful career within BAT as a future leader.

You will also participate in the Global Graduate Academy; a dedicated World-Class Learning Academy that involves skills development, international exposure and leadership team engagement. You will have the opportunity to meet other BAT graduates around the world and showcase your potential. Ultimately if you succeed in the programme, your landing role will be a Junior Manager.

We have 9 Global Graduates each intake, and functions where we hire Global Graduates in UK & Ireland, including Marketing, Digital, Data & Analytics and Finance. Rotations within our Marketing Programme could include Brand, Activation, Business Intelligence, Strategic Planning & Insights, Sales and Operations.

• What is it like working for BAT?

At BAT there is room for everyone. We have developed an open culture built on diversity and innovation as well as recruiting talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and approaches, our employees are global players, entrepreneurial thinkers, and convention challengers. They are collaborative risk takers who are fearless in transforming our business and our industry: They create a more rewarding future for us, them, our consumers, and society in general.

Our differences are balanced by a common view of our industry - we support personal choice and the freedom to choose - and that philosophy underpins how we drive our business strategy. Being free to discuss and debate means we develop our business in exciting ways and give individuals a voice. Empowering teams creates fresh ideas and different experiences, which keeps us sharp, innovative, and ahead of the game.

Sustainability has always been important to us at BAT; however, it’s developed from being a part of our ethos, to being front and centre in all we do. We aim to reduce the health impacts of our business, with our targets of having 50 million consumers of non-combustible products by 2030 and managing our impact on the environment by becoming carbon neutral by 2030. We strive to behave ethically in all that we do.