Purchasing Apprentice
BEL VALVES LIMITED
Newcastle On Tyne, NE6 1BS
Closes in 28 days (Sunday 19 January)
Posted on 13 December 2024
Contents
Summary
You will be supporting a wide range of activities and working alongside experienced staff members who will support you in gaining new skills and your qualification. You will work with many different business areas, which will help you to build a strong understanding of how the procurement process works within the business.
- Annual wage
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£14,190 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
yearly pay review
- Training course
- Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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MONDAY TO FRIDAY - PATTERN NOT CONFIRMED
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 8 September
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
- Learn to raise relevant documentation required in the purchasing process
- Develop a foundational understanding of BEL Valves quality requirements
- Ensure documentation is accurate and maintained to a high standard
- Support the business in ensuring procurement processes are being adhered to and are operating effectively
- Convert quotations in to Purchase Orders in order to complete direct orders
- Support with budget pricing and deliveries, using knowledge and experience of team members
- Contribute to product quality by assisting in supplier investigations, gaining insights into corrective actions for continuous improvement
Where you’ll work
11 Glasshouse Street
St Peters
Newcastle On Tyne
NE6 1BS
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
ACCESS 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
You will complete a 2 year apprenticeship specialising in sourcing, purchasing and managing the acquisition of goods and services for BEL Valves and will study with our Training Partner, completing a portfolio of evidence to prove your competence to achieve a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship Standard in Procurement and Supply (CIPS) as well as receiving additional role specific training.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 9-4)
- Mathematics (grade 9-4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
BEL Valves, part of the British Engines Group, is a global business with a strong brand delivered over 60 years. BEL Valves offers design, manufacture, testing and aftermarket care of high integrity valves and actuators to critical offshore and onshore projects, within the oil and gas, power and renewables sectors. Core activities are managed from the head office in Newcastle upon Tyne, with international projects supported from a local and satellite network. Companies and products in the British Engines group include: CMP Products – electrical cable glands, cable cleats and associated products BEL Engineering – engineering service provider of sub-contract machining, assembly and test Michell Bearings – hydrodynamic bearing manufacturer Rotary Power – hydraulic motors and pumps, and hydraulic power units BEL Valves – high integrity valves, actuators and controls Stephenson Gobin – electromagnetic clutches and brakes, and fire safety products Stadium Export Service – export service and industrial packing solutions Tyne Pressure Testing – specialist pressure testing facilities, testing to extreme pressures
https://www.britishengines.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Hands-on experience Get paid to learn Industry recognized qualifications Wellbeing app (Employee Assistance Program) Mentorship Training & development
After this apprenticeship
The right candidate might move into any number of roles, including:
- Buyer
- Senior Buyer
- Purchasing Manager
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BEL VALVES LIMITED
Elaine Roy
Grouplearningdevelopment@britishengines.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000291983.
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Closes in 28 days (Sunday 19 January)
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Company’s application instructions
complete application form provided, initial assessment form at the training school then invite to interview onsite