Supply Chain Apprentice

SEAH WIND LTD

Middlesbrough (TS6 6UE)

Closes in 13 days (Monday 21 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 7 July 2025

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Summary

As a Supply Chain Apprentice, you will play a vital role in supporting production planning and performance monitoring within a high-output manufacturing environment. You'll assist in aligning material availability with production schedules, ensuring that the factory can meet demand for monopiles used in offshore wind projects.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)
Hours
Monday-Friday (Days)

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

2 years 6 months

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

  • Support in Prodcution Planning
  • Performance monitoring within a high-output manufacturing environment
  • A key part of your role will involve tracking and analysing key performance indicators (KPIs) such as production throughput, inventory levels, adherence to plans, and on-time delivery rates.
  • You'll also contribute to capacity planning by helping assess factory capabilities against forecasted demand, identifying potential constraints, and supporting data-driven decisions to optimise resource utilisation. Using tools like Excel and ERP systems, you'll gain practical experience in balancing supply and demand in a fast-paced, industrial supply chain.

Where you'll work

Tees Dock Road
Middlesbrough
TS6 6UE

Training

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

College or training organisation

HARTLEPOOL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

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

Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) Level 3 apprenticeship standard.

Hartlepool College 1 day a week, 4 days on site. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Level 4)
  • Maths (grade Level 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
  • 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
  • Physical fitness

About this company

SeAH Wind Ltd, will be leading the transition into a new generation of foundations for the Offshore Wind market. SeAH Steel Holdings Corporation, are taking over 60 years of know-how and expertise in rolling, forming and welding into their newest multi-million investment, constructing the world’s largest bespoke XXXL monopile manufacturing facility to date, supporting globally the transition into cleaner renewable energy. The meaning behind “SeAH” means to make the world beautiful in Korean. Not only do we want to be the best in class, providing honest and professional services in cost, quality, and delivery for our stakeholders, but we want to enrich the lives of those around us in the long term by following our passion in delivering large steel structures to better our future.

http://www.seahwind.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

25 days holiday Pension Scheme Medicash

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Possibility for long term career opportuntities within Supply Chain 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SEAH WIND LTD

Karen Maclane

karen.maclane@seahwind.com

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330257.

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Closes in 13 days (Monday 21 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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