Supply Chain Degree Apprenticeship 2025

Summary

Our supply chain teams are looking for enthusiastic, detail-oriented individuals to help keep our products consistently available to our valued supermarket customers. You’ll play a vital role in the planning and coordination that drives our supply chain, ensuring smooth product flow from our facilities to store shelves.

Annual wage: Competitive
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Training course: Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 4 years
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

As a Supply Chain Degree Apprentice, you’ll be part of a team dedicated to ensuring product availability through meticulous planning and proactive management. Key responsibilities include:

Production Planning: Learn to forecast and plan production schedules to align with customer demand, optimizing product availability and minimising delays.
Inventory Control: Monitor and manage stock levels to ensure the right products are always available without overstocking or creating waste.
Demand Forecasting: Support data-driven forecasting processes, helping the team to predict customer needs and respond to market trends.
Collaboration with Stakeholders: Work closely with suppliers, production teams, and logistics to ensure seamless coordination and quick response to any supply challenges.
Problem-Solving for Product Flow: Help troubleshoot any disruptions in the supply chain, focusing on maintaining continuous product supply to supermarket customers.

Where you’ll work

Cranswick Gourmet Bacon

Sherburn In Elmet

Leeds

LS25 6PL

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

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Determine benefits of insourcing, offshoring or outsourcing
Gather, analyse, interpret and use data from across the supply chain to propose and make effective decisions
Source and plan optimal transport solutions
Actively integrate and use data across enterprise lines
Develop differentiated supply chain strategies aligned to relevant business unit or function to achieve long-term sustainable growth
Use end customer insight to design and evaluate end-to-end supply chain networks
Use current market and product information to influence and challenge supply chain network design
Leverage, and capitalise on, supply chain assets to deliver financial targets
Drive cost efficiencies and service level improvements through the distribution network
Practise in a sustainable and ethical way all sourcing and buying decisions
Control information and material flow on-time and in-full
Apply relevant inventory control techniques and tools
Articulate ways to minimise costs and deploy Lean principles while optimising service
Introduce strategies for managing inventory optimisation and rationalisation across the extended supply chain
Implement change in the supply chain in response to changes in production, scheduling and demand
Collaborate with manufacturing functions to meet criteria of quality, time and continuity
Manage distribution and logistics networks, inbound and outbound
Evolve alternative supply chains to ensure resilience and continuity of supply
Design activities for receiving, put-away, storage, replenish, order-picking and dispatch
Identify next-generation software and manage potentially disruptive technologies
Match innovation in IT with business needs including global sourcing and the international trade context
Meet the challenge of technology selection, development, implementation and application
Give guidance on meeting environmental and legal requirements and maintain a high regard for risk identification and reduction, and safety management
Articulate business purpose and values and establish key accountabilities for contract formation and negotiation
Introduce innovative distribution, delivery and return methods while managing risk
Implement the 7 "R's" of sustainability: remove, reduce, reuse, renew, recycle, revenue and read
Maintain the competitiveness of the supply chain
Agree, communicate, collaborate and coordinate supply chain and network imperatives with finance, HR, IT, sales and marketing functions and with key partners
Initiate value-adding strategic and operational processes through effective project and task management

Your training plan

You will attend Sheffield Hallam University on a series of short study blocks.

Comprehensive Training Plan to support you in completing your Level 6 Supply Chain Management Qualification with Sheffield Hallam University.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Any subject (grade BBC / Distinction Merit Merit)

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
Problem solving skills
Analytical skills
Team working

About this company

Cranswick is a leading UK food producer with a revenue of over £2.3 billion. We produce and supply premium food to high-profile UK grocery retailers, the food service sector, and other UK and global customers. With 22 well-invested production facilities located around the UK, our values unite and inspire our people to deliver our purpose – to feed the nation with authentically made, sustainably produced food.

Company benefits

Company Pension Scheme Our Share Save Scheme, enabling discounted company share purchases Discount Membership at major high street stores and supermarkets through our company discount portal Cycle to Work Scheme

After this apprenticeship

Buddy Program pairing you with experienced team members for guidance and support

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000290468.

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Closes on Monday 3 February

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Company’s application instructions

Submit your CV and Cover Letter to apprenticeship.applications@cranswick.co.uk by 3rd February 2025 and start your journey with Cranswick!

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