Procurement Analyst - Apprenticeship – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

You will gain hands-on experience working with industry experts to drive real business impact. Successful applicants will enhance their KSBs throughout this 18-month programme whilst working towards their Advanced Certificate in Procurement and Supply Operations (CIPS) and might have an opportunity to secure a permanent role.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course

Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Work with Excel to create reports, manage spreadsheets, and prepare data analysis
Write and communicate summaries and reports of spend requests, restructuring complex worded descriptions for clarity and ease of understanding
Take ownership of our spend governance processes; set up and facilitate review meetings, ensuring meeting materials and prepared in advance and documenting review outcomes
Develop and maintain relationships with internal departments and suppliers, ensuring clear communication and efficient procurement processes
Assist in analysing procurement data and identifying trends, patterns, and opportunities for cost savings
Help support the procurement team in organising, updating, and maintaining supplier and contract information
Support with rolling out two new Procurement systems we will be purchasing in 2025
Support with sourcing processes and supplier contract negotiations with the view to lead their own in due course

Where you’ll work

One
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 5HA

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

APA PROCUREMENT TRAINING 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.
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.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 7)
maths (grade 7)

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
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

At Metro Bank we do different – with a focus on making great things happen. We empower all our people to build relationships with empathy, compassion and understanding. We believe the best banking experiences come from genuine people who truly care and we work hard to support and empower our colleagues to make our culture even better.

https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/about-us/careers/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Procurement cost analyst.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

APA PROCUREMENT TRAINING LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315102.

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Closes in 7 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025)

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