Graduate Employers Guides - Procter - Gamble

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Employer Information

• Application deadline: All year round.
• Starting salaries: For UK full time roles £28,600 for Bachelors and £30,144 for Masters
• Regions: London, South, Midlands, North-West, Scotland, Ireland
• Industries: FMCG
• Website: http://www.pgcareers.com
• Email: N/A
• Telephone: 00800 98989898 (toll free number for anyone applying in Western Europe)
• Address: P&G, The Heights, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0XP

What is Procter & Gamble?

Procter & Gamble is one of the world's most well regarded personal and household goods companies in the world. The quality products it markets are so widely used, that three billion times a day, Procter & Gamble's products come into contact with people's everyday lives. The company markets more than 300 branded products. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Gain®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun® and Fusion®. Procter & Gamble has a worldwide reach, with almost 127,000 employees in over 80 countries.

What roles are available at Procter & Gamble?

Finance and Accounting; Human Resources; Information and Decisions Solutions; Consumer & Market Knowledge; External Relations; Sales/Customer Business Development; Marketing; Product Supply - Manufacturing; Research and Development; Product Supply - Strategic Purchasing; Product Supply - Engineering; Customer Services and Logistics.

Application process for Procter & Gamble.

Apply online via www.pgcareers.com and visit http://pgcareers.com/ApplicationProcess for more information on the process

Entry requirements and type of person suited for Procter & Gamble.

For most positions, Procter & Gamble recruits graduates with strong academic results in any discipline. However, Product Supply looks for Engineerng degrees, while Research and Development looks for Engineering and Science related degrees. Skills required include: Good interpersonal, communication and leadership skills; good analytical skills; a pro-active attitude.

Future prospects and training at Procter & Gamble.

In whatever role graduates apply for, Procter and Gamble ensure they get all the relevant training to make sure they can perform their duties to the best of their ability, and increasing promotion prospects. A series of lectures and seminars offering the chance to work with graduates from other countries, introduces them to problem solving challenges similar to those that they would experience in the competitive business world that Proctor and Gamble practices in.

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