Supply Chain Apprentice

S&B HERBA FOODS LIMITED

Cambridge (CB21 5ET)

Closes in 15 days (Friday 17 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 1 October 2025

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Summary

Kickstart your career in supply chain with S&B Herba Foods Ltd. You’ll gain hands-on experience in logistics, customer service, and inventory management while working towards a Level 3 Supply Chain qualification. Join a supportive team, earn £22,000, and build a future with a company that’s been “feeding the nation” for over 100 years.

Wage

£22,000 a year

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Training course
Supply chain practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)) (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 7 November 2025

Duration

2 years

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

  • Order receipt, processing and fulfilment. Communication with customers
  • System administration for customer orders
  • Transport planning / co-ordination with 3rd party transport suppliers
  • Liaison with production sites and suppliers to align with customer requirements
  • Purchasing of services and products
  • Inventory control and management
  • Checking 3rd party invoices
  • Any further supply chain tasks to support the business

Where you'll work

Wilbraham Road
Fulbourn
Cambridge
CB21 5ET

Training

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

Training provider

SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY 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

Supply Chain Practitioner (fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG))
Level 3 (A level) Apprenticeship Standard 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/5)
  • Maths (grade 4/5)

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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • MS Office, Excel and Outlook
  • Driving License Beneficial

About this employer

S&B Herba Foods Ltd source and import rice and grains (and other raw materials) from across the globe to produce a wide range of ingredients to the specification of UK manufacturers and wholesalers. Our core purpose is to “Feed the nation and be a place where everyone can reach their full potential”. We have just been awarded the Investors In People standard and are embarking on a new era to attain Silver with our ultimate goal Platinum. In order to do this, we need people that are willing to drive our Goals and Ambitions and continually improve and develop themselves as individuals, with our full support. We are looking to build on our Team of great people by employing individuals that are aligned to our Company Values of; Hungry (driven and ambitious); Can Do attitude (resilient, solution focused); Proactive (forward thinking, strategic) and We Before I (caring for their colleagues/team; collaborative). We have been trading for over 100 years and have a great heritage. Come and join us – it’s a great place to work! Some level of training may be required at our Orpington Office up to the end of 2025.

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Company benefits

• Cycle to Work Scheme available • Pension • 20 days increasing by 1 day per year to max 25 (plus bank holidays)

After this apprenticeship

  • Long term options for career development and progression may exist within our Supply Chain, Production Management and Shipping functions

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY LIMITED

Alex Mortimer

am@supplychainacademy.org.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344339.

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Closes in 15 days (Friday 17 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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