Manufacturing Degree Apprenticeship

Summary

Our Manufacturing Degree Apprenticeship, based in one of our 17 sites across the UK, involves providing top-quality food and the freshest produce to the community and working towards a degree while preparing for a brilliant management career within our outstanding food retail business.

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 might also need you to work on Bank Holidays and during peak times of the year, too.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 3 years
Positions available: 16

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

Join us as a Manufacturing Degree Apprentice on our 3-year programme (3 years in England / 4 years in Scotland) and work across a variety of manufacturing teams to gain an understanding of equipment, processes and technologies. Gain hands-on experience, learning from skilled team members from all areas of the site. Day-to-day tasks that you will be responsible for could include:

Running production lines and leading our production teams
Providing support at our Flowerworld site at peak trading times, such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day
Finding solutions to improve the efficiency of production lines

Where you’ll work

The Abattoir

Junction Street

Colne

BB8 8LH

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, if in England, you’ll also be studying towards a Bsc (Hons) in Chartered Management at the University of Bradford, or a BA (Hons) Business Management Degree Apprenticeships with University of Strathclyde if in Scotland. Balancing work and a degree course will be challenging. To support your learning, we'll offer study leave to complete university work stress free. At the end of the 3-year scheme, Apprentices could be prepared for a Shift Manager role on one of our sites and have gained 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)

Other in:

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
Analytical skills
Team working

Other requirements

Our apprentices get access to all our employee benefits, including a holiday buying scheme, contributary pension scheme, store discounts and MyPerks. This is a reward and benefits scheme that updates regularly with new and exciting offers. Here’s what you could get: 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/sponsored-degree-manufacturing (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Gain early responsibility as a Team Manager, responsible for a team of colleagues and the production across your shifts
Progress to a Shift Manager in your final year, managing a larger team of colleagues and production

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