Procurement Apprentice

Are you ready to kickstart your career with a leading company in the red meat processing industry? Dunbia is looking for an Apprentice Procurement Administrator to join our team in Llanybydder. As a global supplier of high-quality beef and lamb, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction. This entry-level position offers a fantastic opportunity for growth and development within our dynamic Procurement Team.

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY ASSISTANT – LEVEL 3 APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING COURSE

What will you learn? What skills will you gain?  The ability to:

• Monitor and order products, stock, equipment and services at appropriate times using the appropriate procurement method.
• Communicate to procurement's internal stakeholders, suppliers and other stakeholders in order to develop effective relationships and networks
• Create, maintain and amend purchase order and contract records.
• Interpret, evaluate and compare procurement information such as historical spend and usage using databases and spreadsheets.
• Present findings and data in all formats e.g. mathematically, written and oral.
• Determine value for money (VFM) and added value through the use of Total Cost of Ownership during the evaluation process, and apply the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT)
• criteria to the evaluation of quotes and tenders to support the recommendation at award. This may include the inclusion of green, low carbon, sustainability, and ethical criteria.
• Utilise relevant Procurement computer systems or internal databases.
• Select the supplier of the most appropriate products and services for purchases within their remit and place purchase order.
• Undertake appraisal of adhoc and low spend suppliers including setting them up on the purchasing system.
• Effectively research and analyse demand, spend, trends, potential suppliers and industries utilising qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Develop specifications of requirements and requests for quotes/tenders in line with organisational requirements.
• Apply considerations of responsible procurement in evaluating potential suppliers, quotes and tenders.
• Investigate and resolve purchase order, delivery and invoice queries.
• Own low risk value projects such as supply contracts for stationery, personal protective equipment (PPE) or other consumables, and contribute to higher risk activities such as contracts for building services or machinery, and track, log, expedite and review outstanding orders and stock availability where applicable.
• Maintain knowledge on all open orders and their status' and provide assistance to all purchasing staff e.g. expediting and feeding information back to the relevant stakeholders.
• Able to consider the impact of the decision making process when interacting with the supply chain.
• Able to support the contract negotiations and mini competitions with suppliers.

The candidate we are looking for will:

• Be committed to following training programme to progress their career.
• Be self-motivated.
• Have attention to detail.
• Take pride in their work.
• Have the ability to work within a team.
• Be committed to working within the Company Values.

No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position. 

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