Business Management Placement - 13 months

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Birmingham, Hatfield, London, Manchester, United Kingdom

Birmingham, Hatfield, London, Manchester, United Kingdom

210333-en_GB

Life on the team

Our Service Managers are responsible for developing a long-term partnership with our customers by providing high-quality advice and support whilst coming up with creative solutions to challenges and helping organisations to address their business needs and objectives more efficiently. The service managers are the face of our services business and are often seen as an extended part of the customer team, through their proximity and solid understanding of the customer's business and its people.

Our Service Management division is placed right at the heart of our business and the services they provide for some of the world’s largest organisations help to keep the public safe, keep planes in the air, entertain the world and develop lifesaving drugs. For over 10 years, our services teams have developed outstanding opportunities for undergraduate placement students, giving them real-world experience within a thriving industry.

What you’ll do


During your 13-month programme, you will be joining one of our customer account teams helping to keep critical services running for some of the world’s largest organisations.

• Establish long-lasting relationships with the customer, internal teams, and partners by helping to respond to any enquiries and requests
• Gain an understanding of your customer's business objectives and goals and help to add value to new and existing services
• Develop your presentation and communication skills by helping to create and present customer-facing documentation

• Attend customer and internal meetings to keep track of key actions and ensure our services are being delivered in line with contractual obligations and strategic goals
• Exposure to a global corporate environment with an opportunity to work with colleagues across the world (e.g. Spain, France, Germany, South Africa)
• Develop your knowledge of technical services, best practices, and work towards an industry industry-recognised qualification to aid your future career development
• Analyse key performance metrics and trends and provide valuable insight to improve or grow services

At the end of the 13 months, you will head back to university to complete your degree with the potential to consider applying to rejoin Computacenter on one of our graduate programmes.


What you’ll need

• You’ll need to be studying at the undergraduate level in any degree discipline and be in your penultimate year of study

• You’ll have a keen interest in technology and striving to achieve outstanding levels of service to customers.

• You’ll be personable with the ability to communicate and build relationships

• You’ll need to be adaptable to situations and be proactive in problem-solving and decision-making

• You’ll be hardworking and capable of managing multiple priorities.

• You’ll need to be adaptable to situations and be proactive in problem-solving and decision-making

• You should bring theoretical learnings from your studies and put them into practice with Computacenter’s Service Management team

• You are free from early July 2025 to start in role

Salary: £23,500
Location: London, Birmingham, Manchester or Hatfield
Start Date: July 2025

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people.

Access all areas

Join us and you’ll follow a structured programme that gives you access to all parts of Computacenter including our senior leaders.

Our customers

You’ll have the opportunity to work with our high-profile customers giving you first-hand exposure to what we do and the opportunity to help shape our solutions.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Global environment

Become part of our team and from day one you’ll become part of a global community, as you’ll work with like-minded team members from around the world who share your ambition.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Supportive environment

Share your skills with us and we will do the same! Not only will have great mentors to support you, but you’ll also get to work alongside some of the brightest people in the business.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

Winning Together

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