Supply Chain Apprentice
Klockner Pentaplast
Pontefract (WF7 5DE)
Closes in 15 days (Sunday 10 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 July 2025
Contents
Summary
The successful candidate will be supporting the supply chain team across tasks in procurement, planning and inventory.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday between 8.30am - 4.30pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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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 the supply chain team with day-to-day tasks across procurement, planning, and inventory control.
- Assist in raising and tracking purchase orders for raw materials and packaging under supervision.
- Help maintain accurate records of stock levels and monitor deliveries to ensure timely receipt of materials.
- Learn how to create basic production plans aligned with customer demand and production schedules.
- Liaise with internal teams (production, warehouse, sales) to understand the flow of materials and finished goods.
- Input data into appropriate systems and help keep information up to date.
- Support supplier communications, including chasing delivery updates and confirming order details.
- Take part in forecasting activities and reporting to develop a solid understanding of supply chain planning.
- Shadow colleagues to gain insight into sourcing, negotiation, and logistics processes.
- Follow all site safety, quality, and environmental procedures.
- Attend relevant training and development sessions as part of the apprenticeship programme.
Where you'll work
Linpac Wakefield Road Featherstone
Pontefract
WF7 5DE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP
Training course
Supply chain warehouse operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
- Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
- Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
- Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
- Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
- Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
- Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
- Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
- Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
- support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
- Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Conducts handover activities.
- Conduct risk assessments within the working environment.
- Apply safe working practices in line with associated health and safety legislation and company policy.
- Receive products in line with organisational procedures.
- Store and pick products in line with organisational procedures.
- Dispatch products in line with organisational procedures.
- Decant, pack products in line with organisational procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally, for example internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate in writing with others, for example internal and external customers, colleagues and managers.
- Load and unload products, considering the product that is to be moved and its current and planned destination.
- Use tools and equipment to aid in product handling.
- Use information technology and digital systems. Comply with GDPR and cyber security.
- Locate and use operational information, electronic or paper based, required to fulfil contractual requirements.
- Select, prepare, and use packaging materials that reduce waste and mitigate environmental impacts.
- support under instruction scheduled and unscheduled stock taking activities relevant to the organisation and product.
- Identify and escalate problems beyond own responsibility.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion rules.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Conducts handover activities.
Training schedule
Your designated assessor will regularly visit you on-site to deliver the apprenticeship through various methods alongside on-site training from your work mentor.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Successful candidates will be required to attend and achieve the required level in Maths & English assessments prior to enrolment onto the programme.
About this employer
Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) is a plastics manufacturer that is purpose-driven to deliver the sustainable protection of everyday needs. Our experts create innovative films and trays such as blister packaging that provide product safety, help avoid food waste, safeguard medication and medical devices, and protect the integrity of countless durable products with our pharmaceutical packaging. We innovate, design and manufacture for sustainable solutions that our customers use to package and protect products in daily situations around the globe. And we understand our obligation and responsibility to champion a circular economy where plastics are a source of valuable raw material. Founded in 1965, we have 30 plants in 18 countries, and employ around 5,500 people, committed to serving customers worldwide.
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of the L2 apprenticeship, there may be the opportunity to acquire a permanent role or progress onto a L3 apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEART OF YORKSHIRE EDUCATION GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333836.
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Closes in 15 days (Sunday 10 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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