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Purchasing Administration Apprenticeship
Distag are looking for an ambitious apprentice to join their team in a Purchasing Administration role.
Requirements
- GCSE in: English (grade Level 4), Maths (grade Level 4)
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- This post has the specified working hours of 40 hours per week, normally 8:30am – 5:30pm, Monday to Friday, with a one-hour lunch break, but it is required that the Purchasing Assistant will work such hours necessary to carry out the duties associated with the post. Overtime is not payable.
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Responsibilities
- Assist Procurement Specialists in creating reports for ordering and monitoring purposes.
- Carry out the relevant system processes in relation to purchasing functions, including processing stock once it has left suppliers and is in transit, receiving stock in on delivery and invoicing.
- Liaise with the Sales Team in relation to backorder enquiries, assist with quotations and orders to provide pricing and lead times.
- Assist with product creation on our MRP system and maintaining product data validations.
- Assist in managing the stock levels across our locations, arranging for stock to be transferred as appropriate.
- Supporting other members of the team and assisting with other tasks as required.
Benefits
- Wage: £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age. National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices. Minimum wage rates.
- Training course: Business administrator (level 3)
- Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm with a one-hour lunch break. 40 hours a week
- Start date: Saturday 1 August 2026
- Duration: 1 year 6 months
- Positions available: 1
- The opportunity to gain a full-time position.
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Application Process
- Closes in 29 days (Friday 31 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
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About Distag
Distag QCS (UK) Ltd is a well-established manufacturer, importer, and distributor of engineering components, primarily serving the agricultural and industrial machinery sectors across the UK and Ireland.
Contact
- W S TRAINING LTD.
- The Skills Team
- skills@wstraining.co.uk
- The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000040249.
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