Buying Apprentice

KANES FOODS LIMITED

Worcs (WR11 8JS)

Closes on Wednesday 7 January 2026

Posted on 25 November 2025

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Summary

This apprenticeship offers hands-on experience in procurement, a recognised CIPS qualification, and the chance to develop real responsibility while building a strong foundation for future career progression. You’ll work closely with an experienced buying team, develop key procurement skills, and grow within a company.

• Wage:

  £27,000 a year

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  planned salary increase.

• Training course: Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)
• Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am-4:30pm.

  35 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 9 March 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 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

• Undertake market research and benchmarking through desktop activities and stakeholder engagement.
• Assist the Procurement Team in the sourcing process, in line with appropriate policies and social responsibilities.
• Conduct due diligence in supplier sourcing: undertake pre-qualification checks of potential suppliers using appropriate tools, including financial stability, insurance levels, technical capability, sustainability and quality, ensuring health & safety policies are in place and appropriate Modern Slavery/ Stronger Together conform to Kanes’ standards.
• Advise both internal and external stakeholders on procurement policies and procedures.
• Support the raising of purchase orders for contracts.
• Identify and monitor demand for goods and services, including both historic and future demand.
• Analyse and evaluate quotation responses to assist in tender responses.
• Manage Supplier Scorecard system and reporting.
• Support in a wide range of procurement activities to enable best practice, including running tenders/ e-tenders, evaluations, maintaining trade interchange, supplier visits, supplier sourcing, etc.
• Contribute to the procurement decision-making processes, ensuring they meet quality, technical, value for money, environmental and supply chain requirements.
• Assist in the implementation of new contracts
• Resolve accounts payable and PO queries.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across all departments.

Where you'll work

Cleeve Road
Middle Littleton
Evesham
Worcs
WR11 8JS

Training

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

Training provider

THE APPRENTICE ACADEMY LIMITED

Training course

Procurement and supply assistant (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Monitor and order products, stock, equipment and services at appropriate times using the appropriate procurement method.
• Communicate to procurement's internal stakeholders, suppliers and other stakeholders in order to develop effective relationships and networks
• Create, maintain and amend purchase order and contract records.
• Interpret, evaluate and compare procurement information such as historical spend and usage using databases and spreadsheets.
• Present findings and data in all formats e.g. mathematically, written and oral.
• Determine value for money (VFM) and added value through the use of Total Cost of Ownership during the evaluation process, and apply the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria to the evaluation of quotes and tenders to support the recommendation at award. This may include the inclusion of green, low carbon, sustainability, and ethical criteria.
• Utilise relevant Procurement computer systems or internal databases.
• Select the supplier of the most appropriate products and services for purchases within their remit and place purchase order.
• Undertake appraisal of adhoc and low spend suppliers including setting them up on the purchasing system.
• Effectively research and analyse demand, spend, trends, potential suppliers and industries utilising qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Develop specifications of requirements and requests for quotes/tenders in line with organisational requirements.
• Apply considerations of responsible procurement in evaluating potential suppliers, quotes and tenders.
• Investigate and resolve purchase order, delivery and invoice queries.
• Own low risk value projects such as supply contracts for stationery, personal protective equipment (PPE) or other consumables, and contribute to higher risk activities such as contracts for building services or machinery, and track, log, expedite and review outstanding orders and stock availability where applicable.
• Maintain knowledge on all open orders and their status' and provide assistance to all purchasing staff e.g. expediting and feeding information back to the relevant stakeholders.
• Able to consider the impact of the decision making process when interacting with the supply chain.
• Able to support the contract negotiations and mini competitions with suppliers.
• Monitor and order products, stock, equipment and services at appropriate times using the appropriate procurement method.
• Communicate to procurement's internal stakeholders, suppliers and other stakeholders in order to develop effective relationships and networks
• Create, maintain and amend purchase order and contract records.
• Interpret, evaluate and compare procurement information such as historical spend and usage using databases and spreadsheets.
• Present findings and data in all formats e.g. mathematically, written and oral.
• Determine value for money (VFM) and added value through the use of Total Cost of Ownership during the evaluation process, and apply the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria to the evaluation of quotes and tenders to support the recommendation at award. This may include the inclusion of green, low carbon, sustainability, and ethical criteria.
• Utilise relevant Procurement computer systems or internal databases.
• Select the supplier of the most appropriate products and services for purchases within their remit and place purchase order.
• Undertake appraisal of adhoc and low spend suppliers including setting them up on the purchasing system.
• Effectively research and analyse demand, spend, trends, potential suppliers and industries utilising qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Develop specifications of requirements and requests for quotes/tenders in line with organisational requirements.
• Apply considerations of responsible procurement in evaluating potential suppliers, quotes and tenders.
• Investigate and resolve purchase order, delivery and invoice queries.
• Own low risk value projects such as supply contracts for stationery, personal protective equipment (PPE) or other consumables, and contribute to higher risk activities such as contracts for building services or machinery, and track, log, expedite and review outstanding orders and stock availability where applicable.
• Maintain knowledge on all open orders and their status' and provide assistance to all purchasing staff e.g. expediting and feeding information back to the relevant stakeholders.
• Able to consider the impact of the decision making process when interacting with the supply chain.
• Able to support the contract negotiations and mini competitions with suppliers.

Training schedule

Training will be delivered remotely by the provider through scheduled online sessions, supported by regular progress reviews. Learning will follow a structured programme that combines virtual workshops, independent study, and workplace-based tasks. Tutors will also carry out on-site visits at Kanes Foods to assess development and provide additional guidance throughout the apprenticeship.

More training information

Training will be delivered remotely by The Apprentice Academy.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4 or above)
• Maths (grade 4 or above)

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

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• GCSEs (or equivalent)

About this employer

An established food manufacturing company, based in Worcestershire, with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Kanes supplies major supermarkets in England such as Asda, JS, Aldi, Lidl, Waitrose and Morrisons with products that include stir fries, freshly prepared and cooked noodles, salad bowls, sauces, dressings, and sachets.

https://www.kanesfoods.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

25 Days holiday including Bank Holidays. Company pension contributions 5%. Health Cash Plan – Westfield Health.

After this apprenticeship

Junior Buyer.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE APPRENTICE ACADEMY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001914.

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Closes on Wednesday 7 January 2026

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