Customer Service Apprenticeship - Purchasing Assistant

ASSA ABLOY LIMITED

West Midlands (WV13 3PW)

Closes in 17 days (Monday 31 August 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 14 August 2026

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Summary

This is a great opportunity for someone starting their career to join our business as an Apprentice Purchasing Assistant. You will receive full training and support while learning all aspects of stock management, purchasing, supplier communication, logistics coordination, and business administration.

Wage

£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration

1 year

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

  • Maintain a positive and customer focussed attitude to ensure customer satisfaction
  • To actively contribute to the complete stock management process, from purchase planning, stock purchasing, stock receipt, handling, storage and despatch
  • To place purchase orders with suppliers
  • To assist with ensuring supplier details and product information, including costs and reorder levels, are current and accurate
  • To input / communicate delivery times and specific requests for supplier lead times as requested
  • Monitoring outstanding purchase orders and being proactive with regard to any delays and communicating information as necessary
  • To communicate and work with other operational departments and sales personnel to achieve customer satisfaction
  • Obtain supplier order confirmations and check for accuracy including any carriage charges
  • Be proactive in regards to logistics e.g. contact transport providers, monitor deliveries, keeping key stakeholders informed

Where you'll work

Assa Abloy
School Street
Willenhall
West Midlands
WV13 3PW

Training

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

Training provider

CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON COLLEGE

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade A*-C (4-9))

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working

About this employer

Every day, we help you experience a safer and more open world. As the UK’s leading supplier of door opening solutions, we provide everything from mechanical and electromechanical locks, digital door locks and smart access solutions, high-security doors, fire doors, and high-performance hardware. Right from the earliest design stage, our products are developed to meet the very highest standards for performance, safety and security, while also meeting all relevant legislation and regulation requirements for the UK and Ireland.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Purchasing Assistant.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048322.

Apply now

Closes in 17 days (Monday 31 August 2026 at 11:59pm)