Supply Chain and Contract Management Apprentice

Supply Chain and Contract Management Apprentice

Contract type:this is a2-yearfixed-term contract

**
Note:
You must hold the relevant right to work in the UK for the duration of the Apprenticeship Academy. We are not currently able to provide sponsorship.**

Whether you’remaking your first transition into employment or changing careers and would like the opportunity to gain further qualifications without following the traditional educational route, an apprenticeship with us could be just the ticket to help you achieve your career goals and aspirations.

Wefirmly believe that everybody deserves opportunities to access apprenticeships and our aim ismovingtowards a diverseorganisationat all levels. We want to be fully representative of our diverse communities across Wales.

The Role

The Supply Chain and Contract Management apprentice will support both the Supply Chain and Contract Management teams to drive forward their strategic projects and management activities to mitigate risk and deliver value from our supply chain relationships and contracts. This role will support the Supply Chain and Contract Management teams tocomply with existing and new legislation.

Role responsibilities

• Support the Supply Chain Management (SCM) team in gathering and presenting information, by meeting with internal stakeholders, using templates to capture qualitative and quantitative data, checking information for accuracy, and organising it into clear summaries, so the SCM team can publish procurement opportunities and a compliant procurement pipeline.
• Support market engagement activities for upcoming procurement exercises by supporting event planning, preparing supplier briefing packs, creating feedback surveys, taking notes during sessions, and collating supplier responses, so that procurement strategies reflect market insight.
• Assist with developing and digitalising the contract and supplier performance management system, by gathering user requirements, testing system features, uploading orvalidatingperformance data, and supporting the creation of dashboards or guidance materials, to help ensure the system is user‑friendly,accurate, and compliant with relevant legislation.
• You’llanalyse contract and supplier performance data, by utilising digital platforms to check for trends,issuesand areas of risk,in order toproduce reports and visual summaries that helpidentifymitigation for risks.
• An interest in pursuing a career in Procurement, Supply Chainand/or Contract Management.
• IT skills with good knowledge of Microsoft Office software, including Word,Exceland Outlook.
• Comfortable communicating with a range of stakeholders, including colleagues, customers, and external partners.
• Pass the testing within theinitialapplication process. This testing is used to uncover alignment to our values,behaviour and core apprentice attributes, all of which can be found above.
• You’llneed to be available to start the Apprenticeship Scheme in early September
  2026.

* Please include all your relevant qualifications as listed in the essential and desirable criteria for the role. Wewon’tbe able to consider your application otherwise.

Is it right for me?

To help you decide, have athinkif these apply to you.

• Most of our apprenticeships are open to anyone over the age of 16 andthere’sno upper age limit.
  Please note that for safety critical roles the minimum age will be higher.
• You must not have already achieved a similar or higher-level qualification in the apprenticeship role you have applied for. For example, if you have a degree in Engineering, you will not be eligible to apply for an Engineering apprenticeship. However, you could apply for another apprenticeship in a different profession, such as Finance.
• You will not be eligible for an apprenticeship if you are enrolled in/studying towards another qualification, as the apprenticeship is a full-time role with study commitments.

Welsh Language Skills

While not essential for this role, Welsh language skills would makea great addition to your application.

TfW support anyone who wants to learn Welsh or improve their skills. We offer online learning, classroomcoursesand funding…