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About the Role
A hands-on role within our warehousing and transport operations, giving you exposure to both areas of the supply chain
The guarantee of moving around the Midlands area each year, to learn and specialise in another part of our business
Progressive responsibilities year-on-year
Earn while you learn – starting salary of £24785, rising to £25,000 after year one, with further increases each year of the programme
25 days holiday + bank holidays (with the option to buy more)
About the Programme
Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start Date: Monday 7 September 2026
Duration: 4 years
With this opening, you have a dedicated job role from day one, the opportunity to move around our business within the Midlands area and then the life-changing opportunity to go to university and gain a degree! If the traditional university path wasn’t the right fit but you’re still eager to earn a degree and build a successful career, XPO Logistics has the perfect path for you.
XPO’s Degree Apprenticeship Programme is a fully funded, four-year journey designed to fast track you into leadership. As a global leader in supply chain management, we’re offering ambitious, driven individuals the chance to gain hands-on experience, earn a salary, and graduate university with a professional qualification all at the same time.
Location
British Gypsum Distribution Offices
Gypsum Lane
Gotham
NG11 0LH
Course Contents
- Determine benefits of insourcing, offshoring or outsourcing
- Gather, analyse, interpret and use data from across the supply chain to propose and make effective decisions
- Source and plan optimal transport solutions
- Actively integrate and use data across enterprise lines
- Develop differentiated supply chain strategies aligned to relevant business unit or function to achieve long-term sustainable growth
- Use end customer insight to design and evaluate end-to-end supply chain networks
- Use current market and product information to influence and challenge supply chain network design
- Leverage, and capitalise on, supply chain assets to deliver financial targets
- Drive cost efficiencies and service level improvements through the distribution network
- Practise in a sustainable and ethical way all sourcing and buying decisions
- Control information and material flow on-time and in-full
- Apply relevant inventory control techniques and tools
- Articulate ways to minimise costs and deploy Lean principles while optimising service
- Introduce strategies for managing inventory optimisation and rationalisation across the extended supply chain
- Implement change in the supply chain in response to changes in production, scheduling and demand
- Collaborate with manufacturing functions to meet criteria of quality, time and continuity
- Manage distribution and logistics networks, inbound and outbound
- Evolve alternative supply chains to ensure resilience and continuity of supply
- Design activities for receiving, put-away, storage, replenish, order-picking and dispatch
- Identify next-generation software and manage potentially disruptive technologies
- Match innovation in IT with business needs including global sourcing and the international trade context
- Meet the challenge of technology selection, development, implementation and application
- Give guidance on meeting environmental and legal requirements and maintain a high regard for risk identification and reduction, and safety management
- Articulate business purpose and values and establish key accountabilities for contract formation and negotiation
- Introduce innovative distribution, delivery and return methods while managing risk
- Implement the 7 "R's" of sustainability: remove, reduce, reuse, renew, recycle, revenue and read
- Maintain the competitiveness of the supply chain
- Agree, communicate, collaborate and coordinate supply chain and network imperatives with finance, HR, IT, sales and marketing functions and with key partners
- Initiate value-adding strategic and operational processes through effective project and task management
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Your education will happen at both the Leeds Trinity University and at the Supply Chain Academy in Upminster. Time spent at either of these venues will be every 2-3 months.
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Requirements
Supply Chain Leadership Professional (integrated degree) Level 6.
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills:
- Communication skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About Us
We use our network to help customers manage their goods most efficiently throughout their supply chains. At the top of our value proposition is an intense customer service culture that connects our team worldwide. Our people are focused on finding new ways to help our customers succeed, while becoming continuously more efficient ourselves.
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Benefits
Access to exclusive perks including:
- Discount vehicle leasing
- High street discounts
- Medical and wellbeing benefits
- Cycle to work scheme
- Workplace pension
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This is a fast-track talent programme, with senior level roles being obtained at the end of the four years, for example operations managers, transport manager, warehouse manager.
Application
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041379.
Closing Date: Monday 27 July 2026
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