Procurement & Buying Apprentice
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Company: THE SOURCING TEAM LTD
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Location: WALLINGTON, SM6 8ND
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £16,500.00 per year
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Sector: Sales, marketing and procurement
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Ref: NAS-2000028775
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Application Deadline Date: 18/05/2026
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Start Date: 01/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30am, with half hour lunch break. Office based role in South London. With four days of work and one day studying for apprenticeship.
Brief Description
Brilliant early-career role for someone wanting to kickstart a career in procurement. You will gain broad skills across buying, working with suppliers, order management, logistics & delivery, invoicing and payments. The Sourcing Team sources ethical & sustainable promotional merchandise for the UK’s leading organisations.
Training to be Provided
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, individuals will have achieved the CIPS Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Procurement & Supply Operations, a globally recognised qualification. The core modules for this qualification are:
- Procurement & Supply Environments
- Ethical Procurement & Supply
- Contract Administration
- Team Dynamics & Change
- Socially Responsible Procurement
Training will be a combination of on the job and off the job. The off the job element will include virtual classroom style learning and revision days, as well as one to one tutor sessions.
Study guides, eBooks, eLearning and all resources will be provided.
Future Prospects
Throughout the period of your apprenticeship you will have the opportunity to build a very wide range of skills and get involved in all areas of the business. At the end of your apprenticeship there will be opportunities to specialise in buying and procurement and move on to the next level of CIPS qualifications.
Alternatively you may decide you would like to focus on Project Management, Client Development or E Commerce roles at The Sourcing Team.
Vacancy Detail
You will work as part of our team on product solutions for our clients, procured from across the UK and Europe. You will gain broad skills across buying, creating presentations, quoting, placing orders with supply partners, order management, fulfilment and delivery through to working on e stores where we hold and promote our client products.
- Effectively use all aspects of our Order Management System (OMS)
- Understand our suppliers and their products
- Be able to use the various supplier platforms
- Prepare PowerPoint documents for client presentations
- Understand how we use branding and client logos
- Organise product samples, keep records and log into OMS
- Logistics around the best shipping methods for each order
- Book deliveries, track and record proof or deliver and update clients
- Checking purchase invoices against OMS to make sure correct quantity, costs
- Database entry and updating and requesting of supplier/product information
- Take incoming calls in a professional way and connect with relevant team member
Additionally, to build on our sustainable credentials, to learn more about what makes products sustainable learning about product accreditations across production, materials and product end of life options and much more.
And finally, working with the team on our e commerce platforms run on behalf of our clients where you will help build product ranges and how we then promote these ranges to various client groups.
Other Information
Please note: This is an early careers role for school/sixth form college leavers so we would not expect the candidate to have all these skills but would need to demonstrate the drive to learn and succeed and how they have tackled their studies, hobbies, extracurricular activities and any work experience to date. We would also expect the candidate to show a real interest for a role in the area of procurement, supply and buying.