Business Degree Apprentice-Procurement

across a variety of STEM and business routes, offering paid training, coupled with on the job learning that enables you to gain practical skills, experience and knowledge that sets up the best start to your career. We offer salary of £21525 and fully support your academic learning through to qualifications, with salary increases as you progress.
We support helping you settle in to your new location ensuring you are familiar with the team and have a warm welcome from day 1. There is a member of our Apprentice team at each site, helping you progress, ensuring your study time is protected, enabling access to digital learning as well as opportunities to get involved with the local community and STEM projects, enhance many aspects of each programme.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to gain commercial experience supporting a variety of bids and long term contracts for key programmes, products and customers.
The Leonardo Business Apprenticeship is structured around a programme of placements that will see you move around the business over a 3.5 year period designed to give you as much experience of and exposure to an international business environment as possible. This will help you identify areas that interest/excite you and also give you a wider understanding of how a global business operates.
For the first two years you will rotate through placements including Procurement, Commercial, Sales, Project Management, Finance and Human Resources. Working within our Integrated Project Teams, you will gain the skills and knowledge to deliver complex projects, utilising strong internal and external customer facing skills to support project execution and delivery within the Electronics line of business. In the third year of your programme you will move back into Procurement for your final placement.
You will also attend university on a day release basis to complete your Chartered Manager Apprenticeship (ST0272) which includes a BA (Hons) Business and Management degree. Through your work placements you will record learning activities and evidence to show your competency in set criteria and in your final placement you will complete a project which forms part of your degree.
During your apprenticeship, you will
Grow your knowledge of an engineering business and what the roles of our business support colleagues are by being part of our Integrated Project Teams.
Develop key skills in a business support role, understanding key processes and technologies.
Support early careers activities - our apprentices have the opportunity to work as STEM ambassadors in schools, colleges and universities
104 UCAS Points from A'Level or BTEC Extended Diploma in Business Related Subjects plus 5 GCSE grades 4 - 9 or grades A*- C or equivalent, to include Maths and English
Holds an understanding of basic business finance.
Has Microsoft Office knowledge and application of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
During your Apprenticeship we encourage you to spend at least 3/4 days a week on site to integrate with your team and maximise your learning experience.
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We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.
Secure your future Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
Your wellbeing matters Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
Rewarding performance All employees are eligible for our bonus scheme.
Join in our success Our annual Employee Stock Ownership Plan provides you the opportunity to own shares in Leonardo.
Tailored perks Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
We are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people, communities and our customers. Contract Type
Fixed term
Hybrid Working
Hybrid