Apprentice Trainee Warehouse Supervisor
DSV Contract Logistics
Swadlincote (DE12 8AN)
Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 November 2025
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Summary
This isn’t just an apprenticeship—it’s the start of an exciting career with limitless progression potential. You’ll gain hands-on experience across multiple areas of our business, developing the skills and knowledge to become one of our future leaders. If you’re ready to invest in your future, we’re ready to invest in you.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Transport and warehouse operations supervisor (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, with ½ hour unpaid lunch.
38 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
Most of your apprenticeship will be spent working and learning on the job, gaining experience across all areas of our Contract Logistics Operation, including:
- Inbound & Outbound
- Stock Control
- Administration & Customer Service
- Continuous Improvement
You’ll learn from our team of experts, in a supportive environment, whilst you build the skills and confidence to succeed.
As you progress, you’ll begin supporting the Management Team with the day-to-day operations, including:
- Coordinating workloads and monitoring KPIs
- Maintaining standards and ensuring business targets are achieved
- Assisting with team development and performance
- Promoting a culture of safety and high standards
As your experience and confidence increases, you will begin to take on more responsibility for leading the team and ensuring that the customer’s operational requirements are met. This will involve:
- Day to day responsibility for the running of the contract in a customer service capacity.
- Ensuring deliveries are made on time in full.
- Being first line support for the customer and DSV to ensure that all issues are proactively handled.
- Supporting colleagues across all departments to ensure we are providing an enhanced service to customers whilst maintaining and promoting DSV values and best practices.
- Supporting the completion/population of location KPI's as well as supporting Customer invoicing processes.
- Supporting the line management of the team, coordinating their workloads, and providing support to ensure that performance levels are met.
- Monitoring any issues and ensuring production targets, KPIs, and quality standards are achieved, to meet the requirements of the customer.
- Supporting the development of team members by focusing on individual performance and ensuring high standards are maintained, whilst ensuring a culture of working safely.
Where you'll work
Unit 6
Mercia Park, Hill Top Way, Stretton-En-Le-Field
Swadlincote
DE12 8AN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED
Training course
Transport and warehouse operations supervisor (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Allocate and monitor work and set objectives including continual professional development (CPD), for transport/ warehouse team members.
- Identify skill and knowledge gaps in own performance and team performance in relation to transport/ warehouse operations
- Complete performance development reviews (PDR)/ staff appraisals for transport/ warehouse team members
- Plan training to meet the requirements of the business and the team members including where required, Driver Certificate of Professional Competence and Material/Mechanical Handling Equipment requirements
- Achieve KPI’s and targets set for the transport/ warehouse team and individuals within the transport/ warehouse team
- Carry out disciplinary and manage grievances as per organisational guidelines
- Lead team and departmental communications and meetings
- Carry out risk assessments appropriate to work environment in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive
- use IT equipment and systems for the role such as telematics or warehouse management systems
- plan and review warehouse compliance and efficiencies; labour, placement, schedules, resources to inform improvements, including inbound and outbound goods
- ensure the security of the transport, warehouse and goods in line with organisational policies
- communicate with internal and external customers using various communication methods
- identify and propose innovative business improvements
- schedule journeys: planning route, timings, costs and resources. Calculating driver hours/ use of tacho graphs and selecting the appropriate vehicle and ancillary equipment for the load being moved
- Oversee and review fuel costs and deal with issues when they occur
- Ensure the vehicle is safe and legally loaded and vehicle is marked and labelled compliantly in line with regulations regarding the carriage of dangerous goods
- Ensure vehicle, driver and load documentation is available for the journey and meets legal requirements
- Plan, organise and evaluate vehicle and warehouse maintenance schedules for compliance with the DVSA ‘Guide to Maintaining Roadworthiness’ or other Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP)
- Supervise loading to ensure correct procedures are used
- Review and measure the performance of warehouse operations to inform improvements to safe operating processes and systems; i.e. picking, stowing, dispatch
- lead and review the process for returned, damaged goods, customer bespoke and direct orders
- Allocate and monitor work and set objectives including continual professional development (CPD), for transport/ warehouse team members.
- Identify skill and knowledge gaps in own performance and team performance in relation to transport/ warehouse operations
- Complete performance development reviews (PDR)/ staff appraisals for transport/ warehouse team members
- Plan training to meet the requirements of the business and the team members including where required, Driver Certificate of Professional Competence and Material/Mechanical Handling Equipment requirements
- Achieve KPI’s and targets set for the transport/ warehouse team and individuals within the transport/ warehouse team
- Carry out disciplinary and manage grievances as per organisational guidelines
- Lead team and departmental communications and meetings
- Carry out risk assessments appropriate to work environment in accordance with the Health and Safety Executive
- use IT equipment and systems for the role such as telematics or warehouse management systems
- plan and review warehouse compliance and efficiencies; labour, placement, schedules, resources to inform improvements, including inbound and outbound goods
- ensure the security of the transport, warehouse and goods in line with organisational policies
- communicate with internal and external customers using various communication methods
- identify and propose innovative business improvements
Training schedule
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Desirable qualifications
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
- 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
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Enthusiastic
- Punctual
Other requirements
The minimum age for applicants is 18 due to Health & Safety legislation in the warehouse operation. Apprentice Employment Agency is acting as an Flexi-Job Apprentice Agency & will engage you for the duration of the apprenticeship & pay your salary. You should be aware that the company/business named in this vacancy is a host employer & you will not be employed by them. Your application may be shared with training providers & employers.
About this employer
Working at DSV means playing in a different league. With close to 160,000 colleagues in over 90 countries, we work every day to offer solid services and meet our customers’ needs and help them achieve their goals. We know that the best way to achieve this is by bringing in new talent, fresh perspectives and ambitious individuals like you. At DSV, performance is in our DNA. We don’t just work – we aim to shape the future of logistics. This ambition fuels a dynamic environment built on collaboration with world-class team players, accountability and action. We value inclusivity, embrace different cultures and respect the dignity and rights of every individual. If you want to make an impact, be trusted by customers and grow your career in a forward-thinking company – this is the place to be.
After this apprenticeship
On completion of the apprenticeship, successful candidates could secure a role in a successful, dynamic company, with many opportunities for continued growth & development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000718.
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Closes in 16 days (Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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