Procurement Apprentice

**WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. **WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions.

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain.

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for an **Apprentice Procurement and Supply Chain Assistant** to come and join our team at our Ibstock Head Office, Leicester Road, Ibstock, LE67 6HS.

**Summary of the main purpose of the role**:
**Key Responsibilities Include**:

- Advise key internal and external stakeholders on Procurement policies and procedures
- Support the establishment of supply agreements for the supply of low value/risk goods and services and supporting sites in the placement of orders
- Undertaking market research and benchmarking through desk top activities and stakeholder engagement in order to assist and inform the wider team
- Understanding and employing appropriate tools for pre-qualification of suppliers including financial stability, technical capacity, sustainability, environmental and H&S compliance
- Support the Procurement team in a number of activities to enable best practice including running e-tenders, e-tenders, e-RFQ’s, maintaining supplier records and contract logs
- Developing and working with cross functional groups in the implementation of sourcing strategies
- Analysis of quotation responses to assist team in tender responses and drafting of new contracts and accurate measurement of benefits achieved
- Negotiations with and management of suppliers in specified categories including the resolution of issues that may arise
- Liaise with sites to encourage good purchasing practice and to ensure that sites take advantage of value adding opportunities such as consignment stocking and EOQ.

**Essential Qualifications and Experience**:

- You must already have Functional Skills English and Maths level 2 or GCSE certificates A*- C or 4 - 9 or equivalent. A British Sign Language (BSL) qualification is an alternative to English qualification from those whose primary language is BSL.
- You will contribute to a positive working environment within the procurement function, show a positive, enthusiastic attitude and be receptive to change.
- You will be required to communicate with many different areas of the business, and at all levels.
- Develop confident relationships with suppliers and providers, be able to challenge and question where appropriate and strive for the best outcome for Ibstock.
- Be open, honest, respectful and reliable and actively engage with the company values.
- Enjoy working with detail and have an analytical approach, ensure you prepare in advance for meetings / negotiations and follow up with actions and minutes. Good excel skills would be an advantage.
- Self-motivated, want to progress and learn, willing to put the effort in to gain the reward.
- Encourages feedback and will take ideas for how to develop and improve on board, whether they be technical or behavioural.
- Will take advantage of opportunities to learn from and shadow other team members, but will also suggest ways to improve tasks and outcomes.

**Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future.**

**More details**:

- Annual starting salary of £16,000 with potential to increase dependant on experience level.
- 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General
- 3x life insurance
- Share Save scheme eligibility
- Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members
- Access to high street retail discounts platform - with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda, etc
- Personal development and career progression opportunities

**Our commitment to diversity and inclusion?**

Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.