Supply Chain Practitioner Apprentice

SKF Cooper

Norfolk (PE30 5JX)

Closes in 15 days (Friday 27 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 11 March 2026

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Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to start and develop a career within the World’s largest bearing manufacturer. Through progressive training and development, you will become a highly skilled Supply Chain Practitioner within today’s manufacturing environment.

Wage

£15,392 a year

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Training course
Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 8 hrs (08:00 to 16:30 with 30min unpaid lunch break). Friday, 5hrs (08:00 to 13:00 and age dependant break).

37 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 7 April 2026

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

As a Supply Chain Practitioner Apprentice, you’ll support the smooth flow of materials and information that keep our manufacturing operations running. You’ll work closely with engineers, production teams, and suppliers while learning how a modern supply chain functions from end to end.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist with planning and scheduling materials needed for manufacturing and engineering projects
  • Help track stock levels, update records, and ensure materials are available when required
  • Support communication with suppliers to follow up on orders, deliveries, and lead times
  • Work with engineering teams to understand changes to parts, drawings, or build requirements
  • Contribute to problem‑solving activities when supply issues arise
  • Learn how to use ERP/MRP systems and supply chain tools to manage data and workflows

What You’ll Learn:

  • How materials move through a manufacturing environment
  • How to read basic engineering information such as BOMs (Bills of Materials)
  • Supplier management, purchasing processes, and logistics fundamentals
  • Inventory control, forecasting, and continuous improvement techniques
  • Communication and teamwork skills across engineering, production, and procurement

The main contacts throughout the apprenticeship will be Supply Chain Manager and the Apprenticeships Manager plus Skills Coach and Tutor support from the Training Provider (SR Apprenticeships).

Where you'll work

Wisbech Road
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 5JX

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 C/4/Pass)
  • Maths (grade C/4/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
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Time keeping skills
  • Keen to learn
  • Supply chain interest
  • Manufacturing interest
  • Engineering interest

About this employer

Cooper is a global company with representation in every continent and an international reputation for excellence in the design and manufacture of split bearings.

After this apprenticeship

Progression to full time permanent employment in the Supply Chain department.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000020528.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 27 March 2026 at 11:59pm)