Supply Chain Leadership Degree Apprentice

Are you curious, ambitious, and ready to start your career in a fast-paced, global environment? This is your opportunity to earn a degree, gain hands-on experience, and help shape the future of aerospace supply chains— all while getting paid.

As a Supply Chain Leadership Degree Apprentice, you will rotate across key areas including Projects, Planning, Logistics, and Customer & Part Management.

During the programme, you will:

• Support production planning and scheduling, ensuring materials and resources meet delivery requirements
• Assist with demand forecasting, inventory planning, and capacity management
• Work with logistics teams to manage inbound and outbound flows, including transport and warehouse operations
  Support customer and part management, resolving shortages and supply chain disruptions
• Analyse supply chain performance data to identify trends and improvement opportunities
• Contribute to continuous improvement and transformation projects
• Collaborate with Procurement, Operations, and Quality to solve cross-functional challenges
• Maintain accurate data within systems such as ERP/SAP
• Develop a strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations

You’ll build knowledge and capability in:

• End-to-end supply chain planning and operations
• Demand forecasting, inventory optimisation, and capacity management
• Logistics and global material flow management
• Data analysis and ERP systems (e.g. SAP)
• Continuous improvement approaches such as Lean principles
• How supply chains enable on-time delivery and customer satisfaction
• The importance of collaboration, quality, and operational performance

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