Logistics Degree Apprenticeship - Willow Green

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS P L C

Bridgwater, TA6 4FG

Closes on Monday 25 November

Posted on 9 September 2024

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Summary

As a Logistics Degree Apprentice, you’ll be part of the teams that move millions of products from our sites to our stores. Our 3-year Logistics Degree Apprenticeship, delivered in partnership with the University of Bradford, allows you to work towards a degree while building a career with one of the best logistics teams around!

Annual wage
Competitive

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Training course
Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Some of our roles are shift based and may require early starts, late finishes and working weekends. We’ll also need you to work on Bank Holidays and during peak times of the year.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 1 September

Duration

3 Years

Positions available

10

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

Achieve a valuable degree and the start of a great career!
Our logistics teams are responsible for ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time. You’ll play an important part in our business, ensuring our stores can run smoothly and making an impact on exciting business projects. After the 3-year programme, you will have the skills and experience needed to progress into a Shift Manager role within one of our logistic sites. Working in these teams, you could be responsible for:

  • Providing our customers with the freshest products 
  • Driving efficiencies to ensure our stores are stocked and ready to serve 
  • Picking and loading stock, ready to service stores across the UK 
  • Checking in on team members and ensuring they’re aware of what they will be doing for the day 

Where you’ll work

Kings Road

Bridgwater

TA6 4FG

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 UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

Your training course

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents
  • Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence.   Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes.  Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
  • Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals.  Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required.  Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
  • Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
  • Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships.  Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
  • Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
  • Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms.  Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate.  Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
  • Able to articulate organisational purpose and values.  Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
  • Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes.  Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
  • Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels.  Able to contribute within a team environment.  Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback.  Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
  • Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others.  Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
  • Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
  • Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making

    • Your training plan

     
    As well as learning on-the-job, you’ll also be studying towards a Bsc (Hons) Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship at the University of Bradford. Balancing work and a degree course will be challenging. To support your learning, we will offer you study leave so you can complete your assignments and concentrate on your university studies. At the end of the 3-year scheme you will gain a full chartered membership of the CMI (Chartered Management Institute). 

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (or equivalent) (grade Grade 4)
    • Maths (or equivalent) (grade Grade 4)
    • Any (grade 112 UCAS points)

    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
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Administrative skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working

    Other requirements

    Our apprentices get access to all our employee benefits, including MyPerks. This is a reward and benefits scheme that updates regularly with new and exciting offers. Here’s what you could enjoy: 24% cashback on JustEat 6% cashback on Ticketmaster Cinema tickets from £4.80

    About this company

    Morrisons offers you the chance to be part of a different kind of retail business. Whether you’re a recent leaver, student, graduate or just looking to start a new career, our early careers give you a unique perspective, real responsibility and tons of valuable experience. You see, unlike our competitors, we own most of our own supply chain. We’re both food makers and shopkeepers, home to diverse teams that create success together. That means you’ll find an amazing scope for learning here.

    https://www.morrisons.jobs/early-careers/degree-apprenticeships/degree-apprenticeship-logistics (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    After the 3-year programme, you will have the skills and experience needed to progress into a Shift Manager role within one of our logistic sites.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    THE UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275702.

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    Closes on Monday 25 November

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