Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship

SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED

Cornwall, Leicester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Shoreham-By-Sea

Closes on Friday 19 December 2025

Posted on 4 November 2025

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Summary

Can you imagine walking through a supermarket and spotting a product you helped bring to life? Are you passionate about contributing to delivering high-quality food that’s tasty, innovative, and nutritious? Want to earn a degree and gain hands-on experience in a paid role that sets you up for a successful career? Then this opportunity is for you.

Wage

£25,390 a year

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Training course
Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)
Hours
Monday - Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

3 years

Positions available

2

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 part of the Technical team, you will:

  • Work across planning, production, and delivery as part of the Operations team
  • Work to build strong relationships across the organisation and beyond
  • Help ensure our products reach customers on time and in perfect condition

You’ll be at the heart of making sure every product is fresh, safe, and high-quality when it reaches the consumer.

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:

  • The Cornwall Bakery, 81 - 83 Tavistock Road, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 7TA
  • 150 Scudamore Road, Leicester, LE3 1UR
  • Chetwode House, 1 Samworth Way, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1GA
  • Manton Wood, Manton Wood Enterprise Park Worksop,, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 2RS
  • 57-60 Dolphin Road, Shoreham-By-Sea, BN43 6PB

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

Chartered manager (degree) (level 6)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Support the development of organisational strategies and plans. Develop and deliver operational plans; being able to set targets and KPIs, manage resources, and monitor and measure outcomes to establish operational effectiveness, efficiencies and excellence.   Produce reports that clearly present information and data, using a range of interpretation and analytical processes.  Gain wide support to deliver successful outcomes
  • Plan, organise and manage resources in order to achieve organisational goals.  Identify key outcomes, develop and implement plans and monitor progress, and provide reports as required.  Proactively identify risk and create plans for their mitigation. Able to initiate, lead and drive change within the organisation, identifying barriers/challenges and how to overcome them. Ability to use widely recognised project management tools
  • Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and production of financial reports
  • Use of customer insight and analysis of data to determine and drive customer service outcomes and improve customer relationships.  Creative approaches to developing solutions to meet customer need
  • Able to identify service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth, using qualitative and quantitative analysis of information and data and benchmarking against others
  • Communicate clearly, effectively and regularly using oral, written and digital channels and platforms.  Use active listening and open questioning to structure conversations and discussions, and able to challenge when appropriate.  Manage and chair meetings and clearly present actions and outcomes. Ability to apply influencing and persuading skills, to the dynamics and politics of personal interactions
  • Able to articulate organisational purpose and values.  Support the creation of an inclusive, high performance work culture. Enable others to achieve by developing and supporting them through coaching and mentoring
  • Able to build teams, empower and motivate others to improve performance or achieve outcomes.  Able to delegate to others, provide clear guidance and monitor progress. Ability to set goals and accountabilities
  • Able to build rapport and trust, develop networks and maintain relationships with people from a range of cultures, backgrounds and levels.  Able to contribute within a team environment.  Effectively influence and negotiate, being able to have challenging conversations and give constructive feedback.  Work collaboratively with internal and external customers and suppliers
  • Able to reflect on own performance, identifying and acting on learning and development needs. Ability to understand impact on others.  Can manage stress and personal well-being, and confident in knowing core values and drivers
  • Able to create personal development plan, and use widely recognised tools and techniques to ensure the management of time and pressure effectively, and prioritisation and strategic alignment of activities
  • Use evidence-based tools and ethical approaches to undertake problem solving and critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation to support decision making

Training schedule

  • Chartered manager (degree) Level 6 (Degree with honours)
  • You attend Sheffield Hallam University on block release for 4 days at a time, 5 times a year
  • The degree award is BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Management

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Any Subject (grade BBC / Distinction Merit Merit)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Other requirements

As placements could be at any of our business locations, the flexibility to re-locate is key and we will provide you with relocation support.

About this employer

Samworth Brothers are a 21st century food business creating high quality food products enjoyed by millions of people across the UK every day. We have grown to employ over 10,000 people across our group of businesses based mainly in Leicestershire but also with sites spread across the UK including Cornwall, Worksop, Shoreham-by-Sea, and Manchester. You may have heard of some of our branded products such as Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, and Ginsters, but we also make products for major UK food retailers. For four generations Samworth Brothers has been acting responsibly and doing the right thing. As a business, we exist to be a force for good in the lives of our communities, and to create greater opportunities for our colleagues, our customers and our suppliers. By being the very best at what we do, we can make profits to reinvest in a better future and a better world.

Company benefits

Enjoy great facilities, on-site parking, subsidised restaurants, private health cover, an excellent pension plan, and a discount scheme that saves you money at supermarkets, retailers, and leisure outlets.

After this apprenticeship

  • We’ve partnered with SHU for years, and many of our colleagues are proud alumni
  • With 80% student satisfaction and a reputation for teaching quality, you’ll be supported every step of the way

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349415.

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Closes on Friday 19 December 2025

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