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    Apprentice Procurement Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

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    About the role

    Become Part of the Next Generation of Apprentices at Balfour Beatty Are you looking to start your career after your studies? Our Early Careers programme gives you the opportunity to challenge yourself and be part of the solution to make the world work better. The Early Careers programme we offer has been carefully developed by the business so that you will become the best professional you can be. We want to bring out the best of your abilities whilst giving you a deep insight into the world of Infrastructure Engineering so then you can be the catalyst for change. You'll learn. You'll gain skills. You'll explore our business and our sectors having real control over where you go and what you experience next. And you'll do it all as part of a busy community of Apprentices, Year in Industry students and Graduates. Our application window for Apprentices is open now until midnight on19th April 2024.

    What you'll be doing

  • Processing requisitions, sourcing and placing purchase orders for direct and indirect materials, goods and services to support out business;
  • Support the preparation of Invitation to Tenders, including inputting into procurement strategy documents;
  • Support in the issuing, collation and analysis of Supplier Performance Management Scorecards;
  • Managing the websites where project supply chain opportunities are advertised;
  • Receiving and collating responses to advertised opportunities and managing new supplier enquiries;
  • Deal with communications (mostly over the telephone and face to face) with other stakeholders in the business;
  • Use a variety of Microsoft Packages (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) to compose and update documents.
  • Location for this role is Aston, Birmingham.

    Who we're looking for

  • You will have a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including Maths & English or equivalent coupled with an interest in Procurement;
  • You will have knowledge of MS packages including Outlook, Word and Excel;
  • You will have a have a friendly, organised and flexible approach to your working day and a willingness to work with and support colleagues;
  • You will have an enthusiastic, engaged attitude and eagerness to learn and develop personally and professionally and the willingness to take responsibility for your academic and vocational development;
  • Ideally hold a UK drivers licence at the time of joining.
  • Alongside the amazing opportunity, support and pride that you'll gain from developing your career with one of the worlds foremost infrastructure giants, you'll also enjoy:

  • An Accredited Apprenticeship Programme with Balfour Beatty Part of a structured development programme Support from line manager
  • A competitive salary
  • An opportunity to grow your career at Balfour Beatty
  • At the end of your programme you will receive your qualification in your chosen apprenticeship programme
  • Why work for us

    To ensure you feel prepared and informed at each stage of our recruitment journey, we wanted to share with you our key stages;

    Stage one: getting to know you Our team will review applications and if shortlisted for a role with us, you will be contacted by one of our amazing recruiters. They will be keen to hear about your interests and enthusiasm to join Balfour Beatty and will talk you though the next steps.

    Stage two: In-person or online interview This is the final stage of our recruitment journey and is where we get to meet you in person, either in one of our offices, or online via Teams. For us, the most exciting part as we love hearing all about you. We also want to ensure you are getting the most out of your recruitment journey, so it's important you are curious and ask us questions too


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