Procurement Apprentice (UK Wide) 100%

Procurement Apprentice (UK Wide) 100%

  • location UK Wide, Great Britain
  • pie 100%
  • pie Open-end
Who are we?
Stadler has been building trains for over 80 years. Thanks to our innovation, strength, flexibility and reliability, we are a leading manufacturer of rail vehicles today. Around 13,000 employees work at several production and engineering sites and at over 70 service locations in Europe, North America and North Africa.

Stadler Rail Service UK Limited (SRS UK) is a subsidiary of Stadler. SRS UK provides a train maintenance service for a growing number of clients in the UK. In the next few years over 150 new Stadler trains will be joining the UK Rail Network which signifies the start of an exciting future for Stadler in the UK. Our current depot locations are in Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle and Norwich offering a wide scope of opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in the UK Rail Industry.

We are looking to recruit a Procurement Apprentice. Working within the UK Procurement HQ team, reporting into the Procurement Manager, supporting the business to implement innovation and advancement across the business. Alongside working, the candidate will be studying the CIPS Level 3 in Procurement and Supply qualification as part of their learning and development.

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

Main Goals

Organisational
• Sourcing and obtaining price quotations.
• Processing purchase orders (PO's) with approved vendors.
• Tracking deliveries and updating order records.
• Ensure all suppliers meet requirements to work with Stadler, including all relevant accreditations to maintain a safe and compliant supply chain.
• Support the Logistics Co-Ordinator with arranging and tracking shipments, costs and time-lines, providing import and export documentation when required.
• Support any function with Supplier related issues (first contact point).
• Supervise overdue parts with suppliers to effectively minimise any delays.
• Recognise, pre-empt, mitigate and resolve risks.
• To assist the Procurement Manager as necessary in the delivery of procurement projects.

Personnel
• Pro-active in the role and identifies improved ways of supporting the Company in managing their growth objectives.
• Participate in team and one-to-one meetings.
• Keep up to date with developments that influence the day-to-day activities within the role.
• Ensuring compliance with legislation and any other relevant internal/external factors e.g. Company policies and procedures, quality management standards, health and safety.

What are we looking for?

Essential:
• Sound knowledge of material supply and logistics principles and practices.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel.
• Ability to build personal credibility by demonstrating the organisation's values, building trust and proactively contributing to business success.
• Strong team focus, ability to build productive relationships at all levels of the organisation.

What We Can offer You?

• Apprentice Wage (Year 1), National Minimum/Living Wage (Year 2)
• 36-hour working week, Monday – Friday.
• 25 annual leave days, plus 8 statutory bank holidays.
• Defined contribution pension scheme with Scottish Widows. Auto-enrolment at 4% matched the contribution rate with the option to increase up to 10% which remains.
• Enhanced Maternity Policy.
• Enhanced Paternity Policy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company paid membership of cashback health plan with Health Shield.

I am happy to help

Should you have any questions about the position or recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us. Apply Information for applicants

David Curtis
phone +44 7803 116 317

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Our benefits

We care about the health of our employees. That's why we offer company paid membership to a Cash Back health plan with Healthshield. We also offer a Cycle to Work Scheme.

We provide all the tools, hardware and other resources needed to do the job.

The development and growth of our employees is important to us. We offer training and development opportunities through on the job training and career path advancement. Depending on individual and department interests, we offer training and tuition reimbursement.

Where we need you

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