Business Analyst (Commercial) (Placement Year 2025-26)

Business Analyst (Commercial)

Undergraduate Placement Year (July 2025-26)

Hi, welcome to Kia UK!

Who’s Kia?

Founded in 1944, Kia was originally known for our bikes…then motorbikes…and now, leaders in developing electrified vehicles. These cars include the award winning Sportage plus others, alongside our world beating Electric Vehicles, such as the awesome EV6 and EV9.

Kia is at the forefront of electrical vehicle development and currently we’re the 5th largest vehicle manufacturer globally, but we’re not stopping there.

Our mission is “to create space for people to get inspired and time to bring their ideas to life”. But what does that really mean? It means that we don’t just create great products, we also deliver great experiences. Here at Kia, we don’t just sell cars, we also offer a huge range of services including Kia Connect (where users can control their car remotely), Kia Charge, MyKia platform, Kia Car Insurance – the list goes on. However, arguably the most important service we deliver is Kia Parts & Accessories. This is where you come in…

The automotive industry is competitive and ever changing. We need you to support us in developing the Parts & Accessories commercial positioning by analysing our performance and making data driven recommendations for our future.

People are central to Kia UK and every day is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. This was recognised with Kia UK named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2024 by Great Place To Work®, and also ranked in the 2024 Best Workplaces™ for Women and Wellbeing. Kia employees reported positively on areas such as working atmosphere, trust in management, corporate strategy, pride in working for the company, benefits, facilities and much more!  

What will I be doing?

• Maintaining a commercial price positioning analysis tool

• Monitoring our competitors’ parts prices and creating parts pricing analysis

• Creating quarterly price file reviews

• Maintaining and updating the main Kia website with various P&A programme data

• Creating and maintaining reporting for other key Commercial programmes

• Encouraged to work with other departments to achieve your objectives and develop your learning and skill set

Am I right for this?

We don’t want to discourage anybody from applying for this role by making a long list of requirements but to summarise; we want someone who is genuinely passionate about understanding Analytics, so ideally studying a relevant course in business, commerce, or statistics.

This role will encourage you to act quickly, test your flexibility, and motivate you to constantly adapt to new things. You can get a huge amount of experience, knowledge and skill development out of a year with us so we’d really love to welcome someone with big dreams that we can support!

We recognise that there may be a number of ways to meet our requirements. We are looking for the best candidate for the job and encourage you to apply even if your experience or qualifications don’t exactly match what we’ve outlined in the role description. If you think you could be a good fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you!  

Sold, tell me the benefits!

        🍳 Onsite Chef -> free lunch every day

         🦷 Private Dental Care (Denplan, £0 excess)

         🩺 Private Medical Care (Vitality) + Annual Health Check

         🚗 Employee Car Scheme (car lease + insurance all included from £85/month)

         🌊 Flexible working hours (core hours between 10:00am-3:00pm)

         🏡 Hybrid working (2 days a week remote working)

         🤸‍ Free weekly yoga, football, and badminton clubs

         🎱 Pool tables, dart board, and massage chairs onsite

         😮 Pension + salary sacrifice

         🌍 Work from anywhere for one week a year

         🏖 24 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

         ❤ Opportunity to get involved & give back via our charity partners

         🥳 Birthday Vouchers

         🎉 Celebrations such as our Spring Ball, Christmas events, Social Club and much more!

(We know you’re keen to apply so we won’t go on but the list doesn’t end there. If there’s anything missing from the above that you’re looking for, please don’t hesitate to reach out to lward@kia.co.uk to find out more.)

Location/Travel

We’re a 5-minute walk from Walton-on-Thames station (24 mins from Waterloo) and have plenty of onsite parking for anyone driving.

There is step free access throughout the building but please let us know if you require any additional accessibility support and we will make sure to cater to your needs as best we can.

Interview Process

Step 1: CV review

Step 2: Video Interview

Step 3: Assessment Centre at our Head Office in Walton-On-Thames

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We understand that every candidate is unique, and we welcome the opportunity to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that all individuals can fully participate in our interview process. If you require any adjustments or support to facilitate your interview, please do not hesitate to reach out to (lward@kia.co.uk). We are happy to discuss your needs and make arrangements that support your participation to best showcase your skills and qualifications.

At Kia, we are committed to employing the best-qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and thereby not discriminating against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.