International Logistics & Supply Chain Degree Apprentice
CCT WORLDWIDE LTD
Rochester (ME2 4FA)
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 September 2026
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Summary
Start your career in international business while earning your degree. You’ll work with customers and colleagues around the world, learn how global supply chains really work and build a career in international logistics - with future opportunities for overseas secondments and leadership roles.
- Wage
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£24,000 a year
- Training course
- Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 08:00 - 17:00.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 April 2027
- Duration
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4 years
- Positions available
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4
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
- Work with CCT colleagues across Asia and our international office network, gaining first-hand experience of global business
- Build relationships with UK customers and keep them updated as their shipments travel around the world
- Help plan cost-effective ocean freight solutions and present recommendations to customers and colleagues
- Learn how international shipments are managed from origin through to final delivery
- Work alongside experienced logistics professionals and take part in team and departmental meetings
- As your knowledge develops, take on increasing responsibility for customers, shipments and commercial decisions
Where you'll work
Unit 13, Ashford House
Beaufort Court, Sir Thomas Longley Road
Rochester
ME2 4FA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF KENT (PART OF LONDON AND SOUTH EAST UNIVERSITY GROUP)
Training course
Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Supply Chain Leadership Professional (integrated degree) Level 6.
Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the occupational standard.
This is a genuine earn-while-you-learn opportunity. You’ll spend 80% of your time developing practical experience with CCT and 20% completing your degree studies, including day release to the university campus.
What you learn academically will be put into practice in your role, giving you both a university degree and valuable professional experience.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
A Level in:
Desirable qualifications
GCSE 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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Interest in Logistics
About this employer
CCT Worldwide is an international logistics and supply chain business, helping companies move products around the world by sea, air, road and rail.
Our UK operation is the global headquarters of the CCT Worldwide group, with businesses and colleagues across Europe and Asia. From international transportation to warehousing, fulfilment and supply chain management, we help businesses get their products where they need to be.
As a Degree Apprentice, you’ll become part of that international network from the beginning of your career.
Why choose CCT?
Earn a salary. Earn a degree. Build an international career.
Instead of choosing between university and starting work, our Degree Apprenticeship gives you both. You’ll gain a university degree alongside years of professional experience, work with people around the world and have the opportunity to build your career within an international business.
We’re interested in what makes you, you. Alongside your academic achievements, tell us about your interests, part-time work, volunteering, sport, clubs, travel, responsibilities or other experiences that demonstrate your initiative, teamwork, communication skills or ambition. Formal awards aren’t essential.
Recruitment Process involves Two-stage interviews. The first interview is an opportunity for us to get to know you and for you to learn more about CCT and the apprenticeship.
Successful applicants will progress to a second interview with our management team. No previous logistics experience is expected – we’re looking for potential, enthusiasm and ambition.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This apprenticeship is designed as the start of a long-term career with CCT. After completing your degree, you’ll be a qualified logistics professional with several years of real-world experience already behind you.
As your career develops, opportunities may include progression into management and leadership positions, as well as international secondments within CCT’s global network.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF KENT (PART OF LONDON AND SOUTH EAST UNIVERSITY GROUP)
Alan BIkowski
recruitapprenticeships@kent.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000051101.
Apply now
Closes in 27 days (Wednesday 30 September 2026 at 11:59pm)