Purchasing apprentice

Summary

We are a family owned timber company with an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our expanding team. This job role isn't just an apprenticeship, its a career path with future prospects and great opportunities. 45 hours per week, starting salary £20,000 per annum.

Annual wage: £20,000 a year
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Training course: Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm Friday 4:30pm finish
45 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 30 September
Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Order processing
Daily stock checks
Procurement orders
Administration
Price negotiation
Management and communication
Adhoc duties

Where you’ll work

TIMBER TERMINAL

BREIGHTON AIRFIELD

BUBWITH

SELBY

YO8 6DJ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

THE APPRENTICE ACADEMY LIMITED

Your training course

Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Monitor and order products, stock, equipment and services at appropriate times using the appropriate procurement method.

Communicate to procurement's internal stakeholders, suppliers and other stakeholders in order to develop effective relationships and networks

Create, maintain and amend purchase order and contract records.

Interpret, evaluate and compare procurement information such as historical spend and usage using databases and spreadsheets.

Present findings and data in all formats e.g. mathematically, written and oral.

Determine value for money (VFM) and added value through the use of Total Cost of Ownership during the evaluation process, and apply the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria to the evaluation of quotes and tenders to support the recommendation at award. This may include the inclusion of green, low carbon, sustainability, and ethical criteria.

Utilise relevant Procurement computer systems or internal databases.

Select the supplier of the most appropriate products and services for purchases within their remit and place purchase order.

Undertake appraisal of adhoc and low spend suppliers including setting them up on the purchasing system.

Effectively research and analyse demand, spend, trends, potential suppliers and industries utilising qualitative and quantitative methods.

Develop specifications of requirements and requests for quotes/tenders in line with organisational requirements.

Apply considerations of responsible procurement in evaluating potential suppliers, quotes and tenders.

Investigate and resolve purchase order, delivery and invoice queries.

Own low risk value projects such as supply contracts for stationery, personal protective equipment (PPE) or other consumables, and contribute to higher risk activities such as contracts for building services or machinery, and track, log, expedite and review outstanding orders and stock availability where applicable.

Maintain knowledge on all open orders and their status' and provide assistance to all purchasing staff e.g. expediting and feeding information back to the relevant stakeholders.

Able to consider the impact of the decision making process when interacting with the supply chain.

Able to support the contract negotiations and mini competitions with suppliers.

Your training plan

Procurement and supply assistant level 3
Training will be weekly (one day per week paid)
Onsite training suite
In partnership with The Apprentice Academy

More training information

The apprentice academy, online course over 18 months.

On successful completion further courses will be offered.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade B)
Maths (grade B)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

IT (grade C)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Administrative skills
Patience

Other requirements

Once past the probation period, their would be a requirement to travel a couple of times a year for 3-4 days (within working days). We deal with suppliers all over the world including Turkiye, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Italy and China. Our site is also based on an old Airfield so the candidate will have a lot of walking.

About this company

Service Timber Ltd is a timber importer based just outside of Bubwith in East Yorkshire. Founded in 1988 we are a leader in importing, machining and further processing of Timber.

http://www.servicetimber.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Flexible working. 12 days 'Flexi days' after one years service. Company pension. On site facilities.

After this apprenticeship

Once qualified with a level 3 qualification the candidate would be offered further career development. The next stage would be level 4 followed by level 5. Once completed the candidate would be offered the position of Manager. With further career development into the procurement industry specific to the businesses needs. We would then offer the candidate the option of having an understudy and expand the procurement team.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SERVICE TIMBER LTD

Mark

mark@servicetimber.com

01757289109

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000271274.

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Closes in 5 days (Wednesday 25 September at 11:59pm)

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