2026 Business Placement - Global Sales Support (glasgow)

Hilton Worldwide Sales Support Intern

We are thrilled to share this fantastic opportunity for a student to join our Hilton Worldwide Sales (HWS) support team on a 12-month placement, specifically in the Global Request for Proposal (RFP) team. In this role you will support the team as they focus on evolving into the most sought-after partners in hospitality by freeing up seller's time, driving efficiency and governance to maximize performance and achieve results. This placement is ideally suited to a student with a passion for finding efficiencies and an interest in Sales.

From day one, you will be fully integrated into Team Hilton. Our placements offer vast exposure and opportunities, including networking with senior executives, involvement in regional conferences and for some, international travel.

Based in our Glasgow Corporate Office, you will be part of a cohort of around 10 interns and take part in regular connect meetings and feedback sessions designed to support your development. You will benefit from our social area, including a table tennis and pool table. We have good transport links, just a five-minute walk from Central & Queen Street Train Stations, and Buchanan Street Subway.

The Opportunity The HWS Support Team works alongside Hilton Worldwide Sales to ensure that the business needs of sales, hotels and customers are being met. HWS Support strives to be the best-in-class sales support organisation in hospitality by enabling the sales process, driving efficiency & automation and governance to maximize customer performance and results globally.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, curious, and innovative intern with a dream to think beyond the day-to-day and envision what could be.

You will be an integral part of the Request for Proposal (RFP) team within HWS Support, coordinating the administrative, auditing, reporting, lead management, and RFP management efforts and processes of Hilton Sales' teams. You will be working alongside the Automation team who are a key component of HWS Support. They work to identify and create automation solutions for process efficiencies and workarounds to system limitations, with an aim to increase speed to market and reduce manual workload.

Some of the more specific responsibilities you may undertake are detailed as follows:

• Help deliver enhanced/ new processes and technical solutions to meet the needs of the business as part of the yearly HWS Global Strategy review.
• Partner with HWS for the launch of globally managed transient RFPs, including renegotiations, client decisions and audits.
• Review account requirements/strategies and identify any potential issues and risks and present alternatives for alleviating or resolving them.
• Work as the dedicated follow-up for accounts and account owners, as well as support for both customers and hotels.
• Support the creation of training programmes and the management of materials for HWS and Hotel Partners.
• Represent HWS and RFP Support where required to grow Internal and External Customer relationships.
• Strong problem prevention, solving and resolution skills from both analytical and conceptual opportunities.
• Project coordination and analyses.
• You will immerse and familiarise yourself with processes across all segments and brands with HWS Support, in addition to RFP Transient also Project, Leisure, Perm, Government and Consortia.
• Effectively manage projects by developing project plans, ensuring timely project execution, working cross-functionally, and driving partner alignment.

Why choose us? Embarking on our year in industry programme is a transformative journey, encompassing a structured framework of learning and development activities. Here's what you can look forward to:

• Learning and Development: Interns have access to Hilton University to enhance their skills and contribute meaningfully to ongoing projects.
• Networking: Our interns can connect with professionals across the business, paving the way for valuable relationships.
• Feedback and Growth: Regular evaluations and feedback sessions will ensure our interns receive guidance and an opportunity to continually improve.
• Cross-Exposure: Opportunity to gain insight into another function.
• Hilton Perks: Including our Go Hilton TM Travel Program, which provides you with access to heavily reduced hotel room rates for you, your family & friends.
• Salary & Benefits: £26,000 Gross PA & private healthcare.
• Location: Glasgow Office. Our placements are office based with flexibility offered across some teams.

What are we looking for?

• A strong sense of alignment to our culture and values.
• A current Bachelor's or Master's student with a required 12-month year in industry placement as part of your degree.
• Hospitality, Business/Marketing management or Technology degrees are preferred.
• Availability to start 13th of July 2026, full-time, for a 12-month placement.
• Eligibility to work in the UK. If you are a non-UK national, without EU Settled or Pre-Settled Status then you will need to be studying at a UK university to be eligible to undertake a placement here.
• Fluency in English (speaking, reading, and writing).
• A positive, can-do attitude.
• A candidate with good working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JSON, and a pro-active and organised approach.
• Exceptional attention to detail.

What is it like working for Hilton? Hilton is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing hospitality companies, with 24 distinct brands and over 8,000 locations. We have recently been ranked by our employees as #1 World's Best Hospitality Workplace awarded by Great Place to Work & Fortune.

We value and celebrate our team members diversities and individualism and foster a culture of belonging across our organisation. Joining Hilton will give you the opportunity to contribute to our rich culture and give back to the community. Our Team Member Resource Groups in UK focus on Abilities, Generations, Pride, Women's and Ethnic representation. You can find details on our Culture page.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We will ensure that qualified individuals with protected disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions of the role. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Selection Process Please apply now, applications close on Sunday 2nd November 2025. We receive a high volume of applications, so thank you for your patience while we carefully review each one to give it the attention it deserves.

If your application is successful, you may be invited to complete a one-way video interview and online assessment. These help us get to know you better and assess if the placement could be a great match. Keep an eye on your inbox, and we encourage you to complete each step as soon as you can. Our EMEA Graduate Recruitment Team will be in touch to let you know the outcome.

Good luck, we are looking forward to meeting you!