Placement Student

Frontier is the UK's leading crop inputs and grain marketing business, recognised for its close customer relationships with farmers and grain consumers and its successful management of the whole arable supply chain.

Frontier is pleased to confirm that we will be offering a placement for 2025 2026. The placement will commence in July 2025 for a period of 12 months. The successful student will have the unique opportunity to work within 5 key areas of the Frontier business.

The Recruitment Process

Stage 1: Apply online (All applicants)

Stage 2: VC Interview (For those that have been shortlisted)

Stage 3: Assessment Centre (For those that have been shortlisted)

The assessment centre for this placement opportunity will be Tuesday 3rd December 2024 and will be at Witham St Hughes, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

Placement details

Farm Trading 3 months - July 2025 to end Sept 2025

Role: Commercial Support Assistant for the Farm Trading Team in the Sandy, Bedfordshire.

• Assist sample collectors during busy times; this will include both farm site visits and planning
• Assistance with organisation of local meetings and events
• Administration of contracts
• Provision of prices for commodities

• Resolution of customer queries in a timely and professional manner
• In conjunction with Farm Trader, management of customer relations on commercial and non-commercial aspects of contracts
• Ensuring consistent point of contact and customer service representation for customers from purchase to delivery
• Other support as required by Farm Traders, including contacting customers and sending information
• To provide administrative support, including answering phones and dealing with potential visitors, if in the office

Forwarding/Logistics Coordinating 3 months - Oct 2024 to Dec 2024

Role: Forwarding team based at Sandy, Bedfordshire.

• Experience the forwarding team role
• Learn about our haulage and logistics service to our customers
• Assist with the movement of the bulk vehicles and work with the driving team
• Liaise with other grain teams in the business, planning, trading and admin

Grain Administration 5 weeks Jan 2026 to mid-February 2026

Role: Grain administration team based at Witham St Hughs, Lincolnshire. This role can be done remotely form the sandy office.

• Gain an understanding of how Grain Administration functions and the links it has with other grain services (trading and forwarding etc)
• Deliver a first class service to customers and suppliers

Operations 5 weeks - Mid Feb 2026 to Mid-March 2026

Role: Operations Team at Diss, Norfolk. This will be an operational position working on site, outside

• Understand why health, safety and environment are the No1 priority for Frontier and what that means in practice for the company and its staff
• Get end-to-end operational insights in the primary product lines; grain storage, seed production, crop protection and Kings
• Learn how Frontier ensures operational and commercial security through rigorous QA procedures, lab testing, experience, and applied expertise
• Experience the day-to-day operational demands of a market leading company

Kings 3.5 months Mid March 2026 to end June 2026

Role: Kings Team normally based at Diss, Norfolk.

• This is an excellent opportunity to experience the Kings Crops section of the Frontier business
• This part of the rotation will allow you to experience all areas of the Kings business
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Please note for the right candidate, this part of the placement could be extended as a harvest temp over the summer of 2026.

Whilst the placement programme is mapped out, we are open and actively encourage the successful placement student to experience ‘a day in the life of’ with other areas of Frontier, including Agronomy.

Personal requirements

We are looking for individuals with confidence, enthusiasm and initiative to inspire others and strive for innovation and change. With a proactive nature, you will be required to build effective working relationships inside and outside the business.

In a rapidly changing environment, you must be ready to work hard, take on new challenges and turn your ideas into reality. Analytical, hands-on qualities with positive and resilient characteristics are essential to Frontier.

With support from directors, managers and colleagues you will be expected to gain a quick understanding of our business environment and add value to our organisation. You will be actively encouraged to push boundaries and inspire new ideas and visions for the future.

Travel to sites and event is part of the role therefore a driver’s licence is a must.

About us

We live by our company values of Integrity, Customer Focus and Expertise, or 'ICE' for short. The way we recruit, select and develop our people is no exception to this. If you are considering a role with us then we will need to:

Understand how you put customer focus at the heart of what you do
Know how you build trust and great relationships, always acting with integrity
Understand how you have developed your expertise and how you are using it to benefit the customer.

Why work for Frontier?

At Frontier, we believe in rewarding our people for a job well done. As an employee you will have access to the following benefits:

• Opportunities for flexible working
• Helping you plan and save for the future with a contributory pension plan offering you a choice of contributing levels of up to 7% which is matched by us
• We know that time out is important for us all that’s why as standard we offer 25 days holiday (per annum) in addition to bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase up to an additional 5 days holiday per year
• Benefits supporting you and your family such as Life Assurance of 3x Salary
• You and your friends and family (up to five people) will have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides 24hour support and advice on a variety of topics including financial and wellbeing.
• Access to money saving discounts at selected retailers through our Employee Discounts Programme and our Cycle to Work scheme
• We have dedicated Learning and Development specialists to ensure our commit to your ongoing development
• Access to free eye tests across all roles
• Complimentary parking on site