HR Services Graduate Programme

Our Graduate Programme in Johannesburg, South Africa offers a unique chance to dive deep into the world of commodity trading, gaining invaluable experience across diverse projects and operations. If you've just finished your degree and are eager to gain practical experience and develop professional skills to start your career, our Graduate Programme is the ideal opportunity for you.

We offer our graduates rewarding career opportunities in different teams that are committed to advancing their careers in a performance-driven culture. The Graduate Programme offers the possibility for graduates to understand different functions in our company, as all participants will have the opportunity to work on a variety of roles through internal rotations, resulting in a broad exposure to our business.

Working together with industry experts, graduates will gain a variety of skills and have real responsibilities to gain a holistic view of our business. Additionally, training programmes with best-in-class partners, will be offered to all participants in topics that will go from technical skills such as trading, traffic, finance, business analytics, to soft skills like networking, public speaking and presentational skills.

All graduates will be assigned to mentors, who will be guide the new joiners through their development path at Glencore. The mentoring programme will support new joiners in understanding our company culture and building networks across the business.

Global HR Hub & Payroll Services Graduate Programme

We are seeking a detail-orientated, proactive, and highly motivated Graduate to be part of the Global HR Services team in Johannesburg, South Africa, through the HR Hub which supports key operational processes for multiple Glencore offices worldwide.

Global HR & Payroll Services Graduate Programme is designed to prove your aptitude and test your resilience providing functional support to HR Services and Payroll, with opportunities to rotate between.

The HR graduate will work in a shared service centre environment (our HR Hub) and the required attributes include strong organizational skills, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, globally matrixed environment and gain exposure to international HR operations and best practice and contribute to impactful employee experiences across the globe.

We are looking for students who are currently enrolled in or have recently graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related study is beneficial.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that advance everyday life.

With over 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 30 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of offices.

Glencore’s customers are principally industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.