Supply Chain Degree Apprentice
GXO LOGISTICS SERVICES UK LIMITED
Alfreton, Birmingham, Bury St. Edmunds, Kettering, Northampton, Rushden, Wellingborough, Widnes
Closes in 29 days (Wednesday 1 April 2026)
Posted on 3 March 2026
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Summary
Would you like the opportunity to study for a degree, whilst earning? How about setting yourself up for a rewarding career? Maybe you’re keen to build a future in a large and fast-paced business, but not keen on the idea of university? Well, the Degree Apprenticeship programme could be your perfect match!
- Wage
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£21,200 a year
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25 Days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Training course
- Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Variable shift patterns which may include weekends.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years 6 months
- Positions available
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75
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
- Work across a variety of our departments - including areas such as warehousing, health and safety, human resources and continuous improvement; supporting you to gain a well-rounded view of GXO, our customers, and the wider world of logistics
- Gain the confidence, experience and skills to lead and support your own team
- Follow your own bespoke training plan, with the support of an experienced mentor and regular progress reviews to develop your skills and experience
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- West Way, Somercotes, Alfreton, DE55 4QJ
- Unit 1B, Merlin Park, Wood Lane, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 9QJ
- Unit 1, Fortress Way, Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7FQ
- Huntingdon Road, Thrapston, Kettering, NN14 4QT
- Dc5, Upton Valley Way North, Northampton, NN4 9FJ
- Nectar Way, Swan Valley, Northampton, NN4 9BX
- 1 Spire Road, Rushden, NN10 0FN
- 15-23 Claudius Way, Wellingborough, NN8 2DH
- Unit 1, Henry Road, Widnes, WA8 0ZU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
Training course
Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Determine benefits of insourcing, offshoring or outsourcing
- Gather, analyse, interpret and use data from across the supply chain to propose and make effective decisions
- Source and plan optimal transport solutions
- Actively integrate and use data across enterprise lines
- Develop differentiated supply chain strategies aligned to relevant business unit or function to achieve long-term sustainable growth
- Use end customer insight to design and evaluate end-to-end supply chain networks
- Use current market and product information to influence and challenge supply chain network design
- Leverage, and capitalise on, supply chain assets to deliver financial targets
- Drive cost efficiencies and service level improvements through the distribution network
- Practise in a sustainable and ethical way all sourcing and buying decisions
- Control information and material flow on-time and in-full
- Apply relevant inventory control techniques and tools
- Articulate ways to minimise costs and deploy Lean principles while optimising service
- Introduce strategies for managing inventory optimisation and rationalisation across the extended supply chain
- Implement change in the supply chain in response to changes in production, scheduling and demand
- Collaborate with manufacturing functions to meet criteria of quality, time and continuity
- Manage distribution and logistics networks, inbound and outbound
- Evolve alternative supply chains to ensure resilience and continuity of supply
- Design activities for receiving, put-away, storage, replenish, order-picking and dispatch
- Identify next-generation software and manage potentially disruptive technologies
- Match innovation in IT with business needs including global sourcing and the international trade context
- Meet the challenge of technology selection, development, implementation and application
- Give guidance on meeting environmental and legal requirements and maintain a high regard for risk identification and reduction, and safety management
- Articulate business purpose and values and establish key accountabilities for contract formation and negotiation
- Introduce innovative distribution, delivery and return methods while managing risk
- Implement the 7 "R's" of sustainability: remove, reduce, reuse, renew, recycle, revenue and read
- Maintain the competitiveness of the supply chain
- Agree, communicate, collaborate and coordinate supply chain and network imperatives with finance, HR, IT, sales and marketing functions and with key partners
- Initiate value-adding strategic and operational processes through effective project and task management
Training schedule
Attend Sheffield Hallam University on a block release basis (once every six to seven weeks), working towards your fully funded degree in Professional Supply Chain Leadership
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5)
- Maths (grade 5)
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Resilience
About this employer
GXO is a world leader in providing cutting-edge logistics solutions for the world’s best companies.
We excel at moving goods through supply chains with critical efficiency and reliability. When we talk with customers, we want to know their most complex requirements and biggest challenges. The logistics processes that we engineer create faster, leaner, smarter supply chains tailored to those needs.
Our decades of experience in B2B and B2C verticals and our significant investments in innovation have put us in a strong position to capitalize on the tailwinds in our industry. These tailwinds include customer demand for advanced automation, the ongoing growth in ecommerce and the trend toward outsourcing supply chain services — all core competencies of GXO that set up our customers for success.
Logistics at full potential.
http://www.gxo.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
You’ll have access to a variety of high street discounts, a Cycle to Work scheme, a workplace pension, and many other perks
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
- Apprentices have progressed into a variety of roles including HR, Finance, H & S, Operations, and CI
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
apprenticeships@gxo.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018799.
Apply now
Closes in 29 days (Wednesday 1 April 2026)
After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.