Summary
Kickstart your career as a Trainee Buyer! Supporting the procurement team in sourcing, purchasing, and managing suppliers to ensure timely and cost-effective acquisition, this apprenticeship offers a great opportunity to develop procurement skills and gain industry knowledge, whilst working towards a professional qualification. Apply today!
Wage
Competitive
Training course
Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm with one hour for a lunch break.
36 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
1 year 9 months
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
Below are some of the activities you will be involved in:
* Assist in the procurement of materials, equipment, and services in accordance with company policies and procedures
* Work closely with suppliers to obtain quotes, negotiate prices, and ensure timely deliveries
* Support the maintenance of supplier databases, contracts, and purchase orders
* Liaise with internal teams to understand purchasing requirements and provide support
* Ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations
* Assist in identifying cost-saving opportunities and efficiency improvements
* Support the preparation of procurement reports and documentation
* Participate in training and development programs to enhance procurement knowledge and skills
Where you’ll work
Lock House
2 Castle Meadow Road
Nottingham
NG2 1AG
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 APPRENTICE ACADEMY 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
Programme duration: 18-21 months (Includes Level 3 CIPS Cert)
* The programme is delivered online via weekly interactive learning sessions with a CIPS trainer
* You will receive monthly one-to-one coaching with an experienced procurement coach
* You will receive Profex Pass Kits and have full access to CIPS online resources
* Peer to peer learning is facilitated with other procurement learners
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* Five GCSEs including Maths, English and Science (grade 4/C or above)
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
* Administrative skills
* Number skills
* Analytical skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Creative
* Initiative
Other requirements
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.