Summary
Bakkavor is the world's leading fresh food manufacturer and is continually looking to improve its manufacturing systems and processes.
Wage
£20,670 a year
Increasing to £23,670 in Year 2.
Training course
Improvement practitioner (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
2 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
This exciting opportunity will expose you to all areas of the business where you will learn about Continuous Improvement tools and techniques, including Root Cause Analysis, Lean Methodologies, as well as various methods of data analysis.
You will work as part of an operational team to resolve problems, preventing re-occurrence, engaging others in issues affecting them and to support the improvement of performance. You will work with functional teams across the business to identify opportunities for improvements in our systems and processes, you will initiate and facilitate improvements, and you will provide advice to colleagues on business improvement methods and basic tools that they can use.
Where you’ll work
Bakkavor Meals, London
40 Cumberland Avenue
Park Royal
London
NW10 7RQ
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
CQM TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Your training course
Improvement practitioner (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
* Compliance: Work in accordance with organisational controls and statutory regulations
* Communication: Speak and write clearly. Influence others, question effectively. Plan and deliver meetings presenting insight to engage audiences
* Coaching: Observe, listen, use questioning, provide feedback and spot learning opportunities
* Project management: Define, sequence, plan and schedule activities with phases and milestones. Estimate effort and duration. Create and update project charter. Review progress
* Change management: Sponsorship contract, surface and manage resistance, build compelling narratives for change, assess change impact
* Principals and Methods: Select and apply a structured method and appropriate improvement tools engaging with subject matter experts to deliver business benefits
* Project selection and Scoping: Support the identification of improvement opportunity and the scoping of these projects
* Problem definition: Support development of problem/opportunity statements
* Voice of the customer: Support application of techniques to identify and prioritise customers, their requirements and ensure balance against the stated and unstated needs of the business (Voice of the Business)
* Process mapping & analysis: Process map to measure and analyse flow and value. Identify interfaces, functional responsibilities and ownership. Use insight to identify potential opportunities and map future state
* Lean tools: Seek in-process waste through understanding of value within the value stream
* Measurements systems: Plan, carry out and assess results of a measurement system study
* Data acquisition for analysis: Develop a sampling strategy
* Basic statistics & measures: Use graphical analysis to understand distribution and stability
* Data analysis-statistical methods: Identify data-types and select analysis methods and tools. Assess time series data stability and analyse making relevant insight
* Process capability & performance: Select methods and metrics for analysis
* Root cause analysis: Select and apply the appropriate graphical tool dependent on the data type to identify patterns, trends and signals to establish hypothesis
* Experimentation & optimisation: Plan designed experiment with clear objectives, and appropriate levels of Measurement Systems Analysis, analyse experiment data and optimise
* Identification & prioritisation: Identify and prioritise factors, ideas and solutions
* Data analysis – SPC: Select and apply appropriate tools for ongoing monitoring and control. Analyse and interpret control charts
* Benchmarking: Conduct structured benchmarking to support target setting
* Sustainability & control: Identify failure modes and embed learning from improvements
Your training plan
You will work towards Level 4 Improvement Practitioner.
You will also take part in a soft skills development programme.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* in English + three others (grade 9 – 4 or A*- C)
* Maths (grade 9 – 5 or A*- C)
A Level in:
* in any subject: 3 A Levels (grade A*- C)
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
* Customer care skills
* Problem solving skills
* Team working
* Initiative