Apprentice Supply Chain Planner
PROFINE UK LTD
HUTHWAITE (NG17 6AD)
Closes in 18 days (Thursday 27 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 6 August 2026
Contents
Summary
This role will give you experience of working within a busy, fast paced team that maintain and control production schedules. You will work closely with all areas of this business including production, purchasing, warehousing and customer service. You will gain fantastic new skills and knowledge that will support your long term career.
- Wage
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£21,157.50 a year
- Training course
- Traffic operator (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday-Friday
9am-5pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 1 month
- 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
Purpose of the Role
To develop, maintain and control production schedules that ensure customer demand is met while optimising manufacturing capacity, inventory levels and material availability. The Supply Chain Planner works closely with Production, Purchasing, Warehouse and Customer Service to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations.
You will receive full training and ongoing mentorship in your job role which will include;
- Create and maintain production schedules in SAP based on customer demand, forecasts and available capacity.
- Monitor production orders from release through to completion.
- Ensure materials are available to support planned production.
- Review and manage MRP messages, shortages and planning exceptions.
- Liaise with production to resolve capacity constraints and adjust schedules where necessary.
- Work closely with purchasing to ensure timely delivery of raw materials and components.
- Monitor inventory levels to maintain agreed stock targets.
- Expedite production orders where customer priorities change.
- Analyse production performance and identify opportunities to improve planning efficiency.
- Maintain accurate planning parameters and master data within SAP.
- Support new product introductions by ensuring planning data is correctly established.
- Participate in daily production meetings and communicate planning priorities.
- Produce planning reports and KPIs for management.
Where you'll work
PROFINE UK LTD
FULLWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
COMMON ROAD
HUTHWAITE
NG17 6AD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Training course
Traffic operator (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Comply with regulations and legislation when working. For example, drivers working hours, working time directive, and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) guidance.
- Comply with health and safety when working.
- Follow company policy, processes and standard operating procedures.
- Plan and prioritise daily activities for example to customer job requirements, back loads, delivery.
- Plan multiple drop routes and jobs.
- Inputting customer jobs for collection and delivery.
- Track job progress.
- Amend or re-plan routes when delivery circumstances change, for example, changing weather conditions, road closures and accidents, customer requirements.
- Adapt approach when supporting operation with, for example, changing weather conditions, road closures and accidents.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, job sheets, handover documents, work sheets, and checklists.
- Optimises routes, vehicle type and loading.
- Comply with company specific policy and procedures by using the appropriate mode of transportation for ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and clean air zones.
- Arrange the maintenance and inspection of the vehicle.
- Use technology, and systems. General data protection regulation (GDPR). Cyber security.
- Use the traffic management system or other relevant systems, to add, and update customer job requirements.
- Conduct a briefing or debriefing session with colleagues.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Manage customer queries and complaints.
- Apply the company’s service standards for internal and external customer services.
- Escalate issues, for example, driver infringements and non-operational procedures.
- Apply team working and wellbeing principles.
- Apply equity, diversity, and inclusion principles in the workplace.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Comply with regulations and legislation when working. For example, drivers working hours, working time directive, and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) guidance.
- Comply with health and safety when working.
- Follow company policy, processes and standard operating procedures.
- Plan and prioritise daily activities for example to customer job requirements, back loads, delivery.
- Plan multiple drop routes and jobs.
- Inputting customer jobs for collection and delivery.
- Track job progress.
- Amend or re-plan routes when delivery circumstances change, for example, changing weather conditions, road closures and accidents, customer requirements.
- Adapt approach when supporting operation with, for example, changing weather conditions, road closures and accidents.
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic. For example, job sheets, handover documents, work sheets, and checklists.
- Optimises routes, vehicle type and loading.
- Comply with company specific policy and procedures by using the appropriate mode of transportation for ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and clean air zones.
- Arrange the maintenance and inspection of the vehicle.
- Use technology, and systems. General data protection regulation (GDPR). Cyber security.
- Use the traffic management system or other relevant systems, to add, and update customer job requirements.
- Conduct a briefing or debriefing session with colleagues.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, internal and external customers, colleagues, and managers.
- Manage customer queries and complaints.
- Apply the company’s service standards for internal and external customer services.
- Escalate issues, for example, driver infringements and non-operational procedures.
- Apply team working and wellbeing principles.
- Apply equity, diversity, and inclusion principles in the workplace.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
Training schedule
You will be assigned to a training specialist who will work with you on a one-to-one basis to achieve your apprenticeship outcomes.
You will attend monthly online tutorials.
You will be invited to relevant masterclasses, in person at a dedicated delivery location. In these classes, you will work with other apprentices to gain a stronger understanding of the modules within your apprenticeship, helping you to understand, collaborate and great better results.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Profine is the UK Subsidiary of a global provider of cutting edge window and door systems. They supply to 87 countries around the World, have over 3,500 employees across 29 sites in 22 countries with a turnover in excess of £612 million per year. They regularly recruit and train apprentices to be the future of their business.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Upon successful completion of this apprenticeship there will be further progression opportunities with this employer, which may include a higher-level apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE
Karen
apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk
01623 900632
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046723.
Apply now
Closes in 18 days (Thursday 27 August 2026 at 11:59pm)