Supply Chain Apprentice

DENSO MARSTON LTD

West Yorkshire (BD17 7JR)

Closes in 23 days (Saturday 19 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 25 June 2025

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Summary

The employer is seeking a motivated, enthusiastic appreciate with a passion for manufacturing and supply chain. The role as an apprentice will include on and off the job training and involve hands-on experience in expediting and material planning.

Wage

£14,526.20 to £23,492.04, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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• Stakeholder pension scheme – up to 10% Employee contribution

Training course
Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)
Hours
• Hybrid Working • Flexible start/finish time Times to be confirmed.

37 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Material Planning and Inventory Control: Ensure optimal levels of stock are maintained, balancing the primary goal of avoiding stockouts with the secondary goal of minimizing overstocking.
  • Supplier and Parts Management: Take full responsibility, with guidance; for a designated set of suppliers and parts, including maintaining relationships and monitoring supplier performance.
  • Communication and Coordination: Act as the primary point of contact for suppliers via phone to expedite part deliveries. Send and manage communications at all levels, ensuring clear and effective correspondence.
  • Reporting and KPI Management: Responsible for completing KPIs and reports related to material control and supply chain performance.
  • System Utilisation and Management: Utilise the AS400 MRP system effectively for material planning processes. Adaptability to system updates and upgrades, particularly the upcoming GUI upgrade, is crucial.
  • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration: Work closely with internal departments such as Purchasing, Quality, Customer Services, Production Planning, and the shop floor team to ensure supply chain efficiency.
  • Ad-hoc Task Management: Willingness to assist with related tasks as needed to support team and company objectives.

Where you'll work

Marston House
Otley Road
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD17 7JR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY LIMITED

Your training course

Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Manage the flow of fast-moving consumer goods products or services based on evolving and changing information.
  • Use standard operating procedures.
  • Support customers with supply chain enquiries.
  • Use IT systems for the supply chain; Company and customer systems. Applies cyber security and GDPR regulations and policies.
  • Use continuous improvement techniques in the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Lead and participate in problem solving activities: 5 whys, fishbone analysis.
  • Use capacity planning to inform fast-moving consumer goods supply chain processes.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Escalate issues and tasks.
  • Analyse data against supply chain key performance indicators to identify trends and themes that affect the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Plan and adhere to customer lead times.
  • Use data analysis outcomes to inform decision making in the supply chain function.
  • Develop and implement a supply plan, for example, supply planning, production planning, demand planning, operations planning - logistics, commercial planning.
  • Use order management tools to capture customer orders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
  • Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Apply quality assurance procedures.
  • Identify and document hazards and risks in the workplace. Apply control measures.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic; risk assessments, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Comply with sustainability principles and regulations including efficient use of resources, recycling, reuse and safe disposal of waste.
  • Identify, organise and use resources, including team members, to plan and complete tasks, with consideration for cost and quality.
  • Manage the flow of fast-moving consumer goods products or services based on evolving and changing information.
  • Use standard operating procedures.
  • Support customers with supply chain enquiries.
  • Use IT systems for the supply chain; Company and customer systems. Applies cyber security and GDPR regulations and policies.
  • Use continuous improvement techniques in the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Lead and participate in problem solving activities: 5 whys, fishbone analysis.
  • Use capacity planning to inform fast-moving consumer goods supply chain processes.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Escalate issues and tasks.
  • Analyse data against supply chain key performance indicators to identify trends and themes that affect the fast-moving consumer goods supply chain.
  • Plan and adhere to customer lead times.
  • Use data analysis outcomes to inform decision making in the supply chain function.
  • Develop and implement a supply plan, for example, supply planning, production planning, demand planning, operations planning - logistics, commercial planning.
  • Use order management tools to capture customer orders.
  • Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
  • Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, standards, and guidance.
  • Follow equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
  • Apply quality assurance procedures.
  • Identify and document hazards and risks in the workplace. Apply control measures.
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic; risk assessments, handover documents, work sheets, checklists, and any legal reporting requirements.
  • Comply with sustainability principles and regulations including efficient use of resources, recycling, reuse and safe disposal of waste.
  • Identify, organise and use resources, including team members, to plan and complete tasks, with consideration for cost and quality.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or above)
  • Maths (grade 4 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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

DENSO is a $47.2 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its 193 facilities to produce electrification system, powertrain system, thermal system, mobility electronics, & advanced devices, to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company’s 162,000+ employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent 10 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024

Company benefits

• Life assurance x4 salary • Permanent Health Insurance (PHI) cover • Onsite Parking • Subsidised Canteen • Discounted gym membership • Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers • Employee Assistance Programme

After this apprenticeship

To be confirmed.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY LIMITED

Alex Mortimer

am@supplychainacademy.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327117.

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Closes in 23 days (Saturday 19 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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