2025 Business Growth Graduate

Location: Manor Royal Crawley, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

2025 Business Growth Graduate

Start Date: 01 September 2025

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Employee type: Permanent

Locations: Rotational programme across our key sites (Belfast, Crawley, Cheadle, Glasgow, London, Reading and Templecombe)

Working Schedule: 37 hours per week (8 hours Monday - Thursday, 5 hours on a Friday)

Are you passionate about business? Do you have an inquisitive mind? Do you have the drive and determination to succeed? Do you want to be part of a Graduate Programme that will develop, challenge and grow you? If so, read on to see what Thales has on offer…

What the role has to offer:

• Working with the Business Growth Function leaders, developing and supporting the growth of new business to generate potential sales with our customers in both domestic and export markets.
• Analysing and understanding Thales’ strengths and weaknesses against the competition in any of our markets.
• Innovating and generating new ideas to address our customer/stakeholder/employee needs.
• Developing high quality bid packs to achieve negotiating mandates from Thales senior management.
• Producing high quality customer proposals.
• Co-ordinating, analysing, forecasting and reporting information to support a number of activities including bid and peer reviews.
• Supporting the CEO and senior management teams with strategic political advice.
• Working with the editorial team to develop and distribute content through a variety of on and off line channels.
• Developing strategies to engage, involve and motivate employees to give their best.
• Participating and contributing in major customer events and shows such as Paris Air Show and Defence & Security Exhibition International.
• Developing your network across a broad range of customers and stakeholders.

We are looking for talented, driven and self-motivated individuals to join our Business Growth team, to work across the following areas:

Strategy and Marketing

The Strategy and Marketing function delivers strategic direction to Thales UK’s pursuit for growth.

Sales and Business Development

The Sales Function is responsible for winning new business across all Thales UK markets.

Communications and Government Relations

The Communications function creatively engages and influences customers, stakeholders, communities, markets and employees.

Graduate Programme

The Thales UK Business Growth graduate development programme offers an excellent opportunity for you to explore and experience the diverse areas of our function responsible for growing the UK business.

Requirements:

You will have gained or be on track to achieve a bachelor’s degree in any subject, with particular interest in Business, Marketing, Economics, Politics, or Numerical degrees.

You will enjoy socialising and interacting with people, fostering valuable relationships and developing networks in a high energy environment.

You will also enjoy travelling, both in the UK and internationally.

Benefits

• 201 hours annual leave (plus a company day and bank holidays)
• Company Pension
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Life Insurance
• Discount Portal
• Performance-related pay uplifts
• 80 Hours Volunteering (first two years)

Closing date: Our applications will close at 11.59pm on Sunday 5 January 2025.

Great journeys start here, apply now!