BMW GROUP APPRENTICESHIP NEWSLETTER - ISSUE #3 MARCH 2021

WHATEVER DRIVES YOU, BRING IT TO BMW GROUP.

APPRENTICESHIP APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON.

Are you curious about how things work? Do you love to create? Maybe you’re driven by a desire to make things better. Right now, we’re looking for passionate and ambitious apprentices to help us ensure the highest standards across our world-leading brands – BMW, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

Our apprenticeship applications close on 14 March 2021.

FEATURED APPRENTICESHIPS.

Click the relevant links below to find out more about specific apprenticeships and apply.

• Level 6 International Business, Purchasing - • Level 6 Control Engineering Technician - Farnborough • Level 3 Maintenance Technician - Oxford • Level 6 Lab Technician - Hams Hall, near • Level 3 Toolmaker - Swindon Birmingham

NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK VIRTUAL EVENTS.

To help you understand more about how your passion could turn into a career with BMW Group, we hosted a series of virtual information events as part of National Apprenticeship Week. If you missed them, don’t worry. Click the relevant link below to watch the recorded presentation:

• MINI Plants Oxford and Swindon apprenticeships • BMW Group Plant Hams Hall apprenticeships

IN FOCUS: HARVEY. PURCHASING APPRENTICE, MINI PLANT OXFORD.

In each issue, we hear from one of our current apprentices who gives you an insight into what you could be doing on one of our apprenticeship programmes. Read on to find out why Harvey is enjoying learning a lot and getting hands on experience on the job.

“I work in the indirect purchasing team, and I’m the buyer responsible for manufacturing based logistics and services. This includes procuring goods and setting up contracts; for example, buying material handling equipment such as the robotics that move the car around the factory.

My Level 6 apprenticeship programme means I’m working towards my Chartered Business degree, involving modules in marketing, sales and business development. I study at college one day each week, and the other four days I’m a normal employee!

I’ve always enjoyed working with numbers and I took Business Studies at A Level, which inspired me to look for a corporate commercial role. Here, I use maths every day in some form. And in my spare time I’m on the committee of my local tennis club, which involves helping to make a lot of the business decisions for the club - it’s great to combine my passion for tennis with my aptitude for business.

What I most enjoy about my apprenticeship programme is simply the day to day work. I always feel challenged, there’s always something new to deal with or collaborate on, which makes you a really adaptable person. The role demands a lot in terms of organisation and presentation skills, so you get great experience in those – to know that at 21 you come away with three years’ experience and a degree under your belt outweighed all the other options for me.”

We have a range of Purchasing and Business apprenticeships available across our sites in the UK. Find out more on our website.

WHY CHOOSE A BMW GROUP APPRENTICESHIP?

• £0 qualification or university fees. • Work experience over a broad range of specialities. • Salaries start at £13,500, reaching more than £27,000 on completion. • 100% of apprentices successfully completing the programme are offered employment.

APPLICATION PROCESS.

Complete the online application If you meet our screening Attend an assessment centre form via our website criteria, we will send you some including an interview, an activity www.bmwgroup.jobs/uk online tests to complete. and additional testing.

Applications close 14 March 2021, so don’t delay

CLICK HERE TO APPLY