Demand Planner Apprentice

GXO LOGISTICS SERVICES UK LIMITED

Manchester (M24 2YX)

Closes on Friday 19 December 2025

Posted on 28 October 2025

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Summary

Would you like the opportunity to join GXO as a Supply Chain Apprentice earning and learning and setting you up for a rewarding career? Want to build a future in a large but ever-changing business, whilst gaining a recognised L3 qualification? Have you ever thought about logistics as an industry to work in, or interested in finding out more?

Wage

£23,500 a year

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Training course
Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)
Hours
Your working week will be Monday to Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm, on site.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 5 January 2026

Duration

1 year 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

GXO are proud to be recruiting for a Supply Chain Apprentice at their Middleton site in Manchester to start in January 2026. Over two years, you will learn vital skills in supply and demand, forecasting, data analysis and customer service. Alongside on the job training, you will also study a fully funded L3 Supply Chain Practitioner Advanced Apprenticeship which will provide great future career prospects for advancement.

Pay, benefits and more:

  • The salary for this position is £23,500 per annum
  • Your working week will be Monday to Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm
  • 25 days holiday pay (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days
  • You’ll also have access to a variety of high street discounts, as well as a cycle to work scheme, a workplace pension, and many other perks.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

  • Work as part of a busy team, responsible for ensuring food stocks meet the required level
  • Work in conjunction with buyers and analysts to ensure on time deliveries and accurate forecasting
  • Deliver excellent customer service to the client at all times
  • Report on quality, product or stock issues to set time scales
  • Ensure all company systems are maintained accurately including raising Purchase orders

What you need to succeed at GXO:

  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, and the ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues and customers
  • Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and Office Programmes
  • Experience working with data, including analysis, interpretation, and presentation
  • A keen eye for detail, especially when producing reports and handling data accuracy
  • Ability to work and adapt to a fast-paced environment
  • A strong work ethic with the capability to work on your own initiative and prioritise own workload
  • Ambition and a genuine desire to learn and grow – this is a career and not just a job, and there will be a variety of development opportunities on offer during the scheme and beyond

Where you'll work

Stakehill Industrial Estate, Touchet Hall Road
Middleton
Manchester
M24 2YX

Training

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

Training provider

SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

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.

Training schedule

This training schedule 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 Pass)
  • Maths (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted 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
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this employer

GXO Logistics, Inc. is a contract logistics provider. The Company provides its customers with value-added warehousing and distribution, order fulfilment, e-commerce, reverse logistics and other supply chain services to deliver technology-enabled customised solutions. It serves a range of customers in various industries, including food, retail and manufacturing, consumer goods, healthcare, defence, industrial, and energy.

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Company benefits

33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme. You’ll also have access to our My Benefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts.

After this apprenticeship

Progress onto higher-level qualifications. 

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348635.

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Closes on Friday 19 December 2025

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