Undergraduate - Distributor Business Development Management

Date: 2 Nov 2026

Location: Bracknell, GB

Company: Honda Motor Europe Ltd

Role

This is an undergraduate placement opportunity for a current university student looking to gain practical experience as part of their degree programme. Working closely with the Distributor Business Development Department Manager and Distributor Operations Manager, you’ll support Honda’s European distributor operations through sales analysis, reporting and the development and improvement of business processes.

The placement provides practical experience in data analysis, sales operations, logistics, and process improvement within an international business environment. The undergraduate will work with colleagues across Honda and its distributor network, gaining valuable exposure to how European operations are managed and supported.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain Distributor Sales reports for senior management.
• Support distributors through ad-hoc reports & documents creation.
• Support optimisation of European Stock and Export operations.
• Support with the development of the market price monitoring tool (Honda and competition) for distributor countries.
• Process control of European Distributors factory orders and plans.
• Coordinate logistic information between factories and distributors.
• Maintain up-to-date the Distributors Operations Handbook.
• Manage the Training Reporting for Distributors.
• Support distributor events preparation.
• Liaise with Finance department for invoice queries and adjustments.
• Coordinate with PR department for assets for events.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Required

• Current undergraduate student seeking a work placement as part of their degree programme.
• Very good numerical and logical analytic skills are essential to ensure high levels of accuracy in gathering and interpreting data.
• Strong organisation skills and customer service excellence.
• Able to plan and prioritise own time and work independently.

Desirable

• Studying towards a degree in Business Management, International Business, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics, or another relevant subject.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants, and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda's philosophy of respect for the individual.

At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non-discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognise that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda's core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities - regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers.

This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains, and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

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