Company Description
ITW Construction Products is one of seven segments of the US multinational group Illinois Tool Works family, innovating, designing and manufacturing advanced industrial technology.
ITW Construction Products divisions are known for their innovation and remain a leader in technology, research and development. This enhances our interaction and relationship with our customer and generates increased productivity for our end users.
With our five brands we are at the forefront of technology and enterprise for their respective markets, Our ITW Construction Products UK & Nordics division is committed to providing advanced trade solutions for professional users. Key brands include: Paslode (Wood), SPIT (Concrete), Cullen, Gang Nail and NKT.
Our strategy and company decentralized culture is based on Entrepreneurship and our core values of Integrity, Respect, Trust, Shared Risk and Simplicity are the assets for an inclusive and supportive work environment that can challenge people, giving them space to reach their full potential as unique individuals. We believe this support career growth and ensure a sustainable talent pipeline for the success of the business.
Job Description
Working as a graduate you will become part of various teams throughout our division ensuring a well-rounded experience of sales, marketing, and operational functions in the UK or Denmark. All experiences will be in genuine roles that are necessary for our business to be successful against our short- and long-term goals so our focus is actual business project work. Each experience is intended to provide you with new skills within the function, as well as exposure to the ITW Business Model and Toolbox to support your on-going development into a future leader.
Ideally you will experience more than one of our business units, to ensure you gain fresh perspectives and ideas although this may not always be possible. Your experiences will last around 12 months to ensure you have sufficient time to understand as well as have an impact in the role, to demonstrate what you have learned and apply that learning.
In total, you will have two placements that are 12 months’ each as part of the graduate rotation, and the third experience will only be offered if you have demonstrated clear performance and potential to do more in a final permanent position.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate for this role is:
- Keen to show their authentic self – here at ITW we celebrate diversity and uniqueness.
- Degree educated, any degree type is welcome – you do not need to be capable of doing the job from day one, we will teach you.
- An agile learner who can adapt quickly to new teams and experiences.
- Aspirational towards becoming a senior leader within ITW enterprise.
- Curious and continuing to ask why in all situations.
- Respectful to all and wanting to actively participate in Employee Resource Groups or the UK&N Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
- Able to prioritise the right tasks, in the right way, to maximise impact and efficiency.
- Resilient in dealing with challenges, confident to ask for help when necessary.
- Comfortable to take calculated risks or open to learning how to be.
- Work alongside your team to take ownership of your career progression.
- Ability to communicate effectively and build relationships.
Additional Information
Here at ITW we are committed to ensuring we recruit the best people for our roles and welcome all candidates, wholly accepting of and celebrating diversity. As an employee for ITW you will work for a business that puts service delivery, inclusion and safety at its core and we have a number of employee resource groups in place to support this including Health & Safety forums, a Diversity & Inclusion Committee, ITW Women’s Network, Young Professionals Network & Pride @ ITW
