Buying Graduate Scheme

QVC Group; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK is offering a Graduate Scheme for recent degree holders to rotate through key buying teams and learn about the retail product lifecycle. This hybrid role requires working 2 days a week in Chiswick Park. Applicants should possess strong communication skills and trend awareness, along with proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel. The application deadline is December 30, 2025, with a start date in September 2026.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Paid time off

Employee assistance programme

Company discounts

Qualifications

• Must have completed a degree in the last two years or be in the final year.
• Experience through placements, internships, or university.
• Ability to present to a team and wider business.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through main buying teams in Home, Fashion, and Beauty.
• Learn about the retail product lifecycle and vendor management.

Skills

Trend awareness

Self-motivated

Good communication

PC skills

Education

Degree obtained or in final year

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Working at QVC Group

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.

Your Opportunity, Your Team

As a graduate at QVC UK, you'll be at the heart of a very different approach to retail. We sell on TV, across digital and on social, not in store, and that makes life so much more dynamic.

Graduate Scheme Overview

Over the 12‑month Graduate Scheme, you will be integrated into our buying and merchandising environment. You will have exposure across many other areas, including our e‑commerce, non‑live and broadcasting teams, across the year.

We’ll give you full exposure to our business. You’ll start with a panoramic view of the business and then apply your skills and energy where they’re best suited. You will rotate to experience our three main buying teams during your year with us, in Home, Fashion and Beauty. You will learn about what it takes to be a buyer at QVC, learn about a retail product lifecycle and work with vendors and brand management.

You will report to the Merchandising Training Specialist, who will support you along with an assigned Mentor and Buddy for extra support throughout your year.

Where You'll Work

• This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at our head office in Chiswick Park, West London 2 days per week.

What You'll Bring

• You've already obtained (in the last two years) or are in the final year of your degree with work experience through placements, internships or university.
• Trend‑aware, you’ll be passionate about products and working in a retail head office, putting our customer at the centre of all you do.
• You will demonstrate that you are self‑motivated and flexible in your approach to learning about our business.
• You’ll have the confidence to communicate with your team and the wider business.
• At QVC, we welcome ideas, so the ability to think entrepreneurially and to get involved in a new project will be valuable.
• You will also need good PC skills, Microsoft Word and Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets).
• You have the ability to present to your team or the wider business.
• If you can bring all that, there’s a clear path for you to progress and develop, and we’ll help you on the way.

Applications Close

Applications close on 30th December 2025 and you must be able to start in September 2026.

Disability Confident Scheme

QVC UK is a Disability Confident Leader, level 3 accredited employer and operates a Disability Confident Scheme ("DCS"). For any UK based roles, if you’d like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on the application form.

Total Rewards

Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance programme, parental leave, paid volunteer hours and amazing company discounts. In our US market you can also expect health‑care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k) and tuition reimbursement benefits.

EEO Statement

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. As an equal‑opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier‑free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance.

Salary Range

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.

Seniority level

• Internship

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
• Industries: Retail