Degree Apprentice

**Believe there’s more than one way to secure a successful future?**

So do we. We think our apprenticeship programmes are a great alternative to university for ambitious students. Especially as you’ll gain qualifications and the reputation that comes with working for a prestigious engineering brand like Siemens.

This is a rare opportunity to earn money while showing your potential to a global innovator. Here at Siemens we build a better world using greener energy, cutting-edge software and ingenious inventions.

The Siemens Digital Industries facility in Congleton is an award-winning facility, responsible for designing, manufacturing and servicing inverters for the global industrial market. The factory is undertaking an ambitious digital transformation to help increase productivity and deliver more innovative products and services to our customers.

Our products are used in a wide range of industries to help businesses maximise their performance in a sustainable and efficient way while also reducing their environmental impact. We are looking for people who want to make a difference, who have a keen interest in technology and are excited about continually learning and developing themselves

**The challenge**

This apprenticeship will be working within our Supply Chain Management Department working as part of the Order Management Team. The Order Management team maintain high customer satisfaction by prioritising and processing customer orders, reporting key business performance information and working with other manufacturing sites to manage the sharing of critical part allocations.

Typical responsibilities of our Order Management Team include
- Co-ordinating with logistics teams in Congleton and Germany, production colleagues, and sales teams, to prioritise customer orders and ensure on time delivery
- Providing data and analysis on Key Delivery Performance Indicators
- Monitoring and reporting on Order Intake
- Managing spike orders and items on sales allocation
- Processing customer orders, from order entry through to invoicing, identifying and resolving any issues
- Supporting the dispatch team, with export process and controls
- Supporting other factories with critical part shares.
- Identifying processes that could be automated or digitalised and implementing solutions where possible
- Have a strong Growth Mindset - Resilient in the face of adversity, excited by the prospect of learning new things and motivated to continually stretch and challenge yourself.
- Very personable and happy to communicate with a wide range of people internal to Siemens and external.
- Organised and a good eye for detail.
- You think logically, willing to self-learn and research, and take a creative approach to problem solving
- You enjoy collaborating with others to find innovative solutions
- You can work independently, safely and responsibly; take ownership of challenges and ideas and are looking to develop your ability to drive and lead change
- Identify with our values of Zero Harm, Innovative, Excellent and Responsible.
- Be excited by the prospect of working for the Siemens Digital Industries Division, with our product portfolio and in our customers’ industries.

**Minimum Educational Requirements**:
You will have achieved or be on track to achieve at least 3 A Levels (or BTEC equivalent) at grade C or above.

Alongside your day to day role you will also be studying towards your Degree Apprenticeship in Supply Chain Management at Leeds Trinity University
**The benefits of a degree apprenticeship**:

- Continue your learning beyond college whilst earning a salary at the same time as well as an annual bonus
- Have the chance to join a community of highly skilled professionals who will help you on your learning journey
- Stay at the forefront of innovation by joining Europe's leading engineering and technology company.
- Join our flexible benefits scheme with access to private medical care, discounted cinema tickets and gym membership and so much more

**What else do I need to know?**

Throughout the apprenticeship there will be the requirement of shift work and overtime as well as travel to other UK Siemens locations and potentially outside the UK.

Siemens is dedicated to quality, equality, and valuing diversity in the workplace and is a corporate member of WISE (Women in Science, technology and Engineering), and a signatory to the WISE Ten Steps campaign.

If we all thought the same, we would never think of anything new. That’s why we recruit great minds from all walks of life. We embrace diversity and create what’s right for the world by employing the people who live in it.

**Organization**: Digital Industries
**Company**: Siemens plc
**Experience Level**: not defined

**Job Type**: Full-time