Supply Chain Apprentice - Trainee
YAMAZAKI MAZAK U.K. LIMITED
Worcester (WR4 9NF)
Closes in 27 days (Friday 13 March 2026)
Posted on 2 February 2026
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Summary
Yamazaki Mazak is currently recruiting its next cohort of apprentices. A Mazak apprenticeship is a chance to join the world leader in the design and manufacture of machine tools.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
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Appraisal and pay reviewed annually on the anniversary of your start date.
Once you have completed your apprenticeship you will enter the Mazak pay banding, a transparent pay structure for each job role.
- Training course
- Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.15am - 4.30pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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4 years
- 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
- During this 4-year apprenticeship you will acquire comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in supply chain management, logistics, and business operations
- You'll develop expertise in optimising supply chains, enhancing efficiency and driving strategic decision-making. During your apprenticeship you will rotate through several indirect business functions to give you a springboard into a career with Mazak
- You will have access to college education alongside hands-on involvement in the workplace with experienced members of staff that are willing to pass their knowledge on to the next generation
- From the beginning of your apprenticeship, you will be paid a competitive apprenticeship salary and will obtain nationally recognised qualifications
Where you'll work
Badgeworth Drive
Worcester
WR4 9NF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ASTON UNIVERSITY
Training course
Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Determine benefits of insourcing, offshoring or outsourcing
- Gather, analyse, interpret and use data from across the supply chain to propose and make effective decisions
- Source and plan optimal transport solutions
- Actively integrate and use data across enterprise lines
- Develop differentiated supply chain strategies aligned to relevant business unit or function to achieve long-term sustainable growth
- Use end customer insight to design and evaluate end-to-end supply chain networks
- Use current market and product information to influence and challenge supply chain network design
- Leverage, and capitalise on, supply chain assets to deliver financial targets
- Drive cost efficiencies and service level improvements through the distribution network
- Practise in a sustainable and ethical way all sourcing and buying decisions
- Control information and material flow on-time and in-full
- Apply relevant inventory control techniques and tools
- Articulate ways to minimise costs and deploy Lean principles while optimising service
- Introduce strategies for managing inventory optimisation and rationalisation across the extended supply chain
- Implement change in the supply chain in response to changes in production, scheduling and demand
- Collaborate with manufacturing functions to meet criteria of quality, time and continuity
- Manage distribution and logistics networks, inbound and outbound
- Evolve alternative supply chains to ensure resilience and continuity of supply
- Design activities for receiving, put-away, storage, replenish, order-picking and dispatch
- Identify next-generation software and manage potentially disruptive technologies
- Match innovation in IT with business needs including global sourcing and the international trade context
- Meet the challenge of technology selection, development, implementation and application
- Give guidance on meeting environmental and legal requirements and maintain a high regard for risk identification and reduction, and safety management
- Articulate business purpose and values and establish key accountabilities for contract formation and negotiation
- Introduce innovative distribution, delivery and return methods while managing risk
- Implement the 7 "R's" of sustainability: remove, reduce, reuse, renew, recycle, revenue and read
- Maintain the competitiveness of the supply chain
- Agree, communicate, collaborate and coordinate supply chain and network imperatives with finance, HR, IT, sales and marketing functions and with key partners
- Initiate value-adding strategic and operational processes through effective project and task management
Training schedule
While working at Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd, European HQ in Worcester you will have day release to study for your qualification at Aston University
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
A Level 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
- Entry requirements for this apprenticeship are a minimum of 3 A levels at Grade C or above or equivalent
About this employer
Mazak Europe is a part of the Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of machine tools, laser cutting machines, CNC software, and automation solutions. Since opening our European Manufacturing Plant in Worcester, UK, in 1987, Mazak has continued to lead in the design and production of high-precision manufacturing equipment for European markets. Our 29,000m² facility employs over 900 skilled engineers, applications specialists, and technicians dedicated to helping customers develop their machining expertise and achieve production excellence.
https://www.mazakeu.co.uk/careers/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
25 days holiday plus statutory and public holidays
Company Pension
Life Assurance to the value of four times your salary
Private medical insurance
Free parking
Subsidised restaurant
After this apprenticeship
- Production Planning and Control, Logistics, Purchasing, Customer Satisfaction, Engineering Data Management
- With potential of team leader, supervisor and managerial roles
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ASTON UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000012023.
Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Friday 13 March 2026)
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