Commercial Apprentice: Procurement & Admin

Wilson James; Bedford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 5.6 weeks

Mortgage advice

Life assurance

Mental health support

Online GP

Cycle to work

Employee discounts

Job summary

Wilson James is seeking a Commercial Apprentice to join the senior project leadership team on a flagship construction scheme in Bedford. The role provides commercial and admin support to the Commercial Manager, handling procurement, documentation, invoicing, and handover to operations while driving cost-saving and value engineering.

Based on site full time, you will assist with supplier quotations, purchase orders, and maintaining robust commercial records, building strong supply chain

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and administration skills.
• Commercial awareness and procurement understanding.
• Ability to analyse quotations and commercial information.
• Excel and spreadsheet management skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate commercial records, databases, and filing systems.
• Ensure all commercial documentation is issued, received, logged, tracked, and archived.
• Prepare and issue RFQ and RFP responses.
• Raise purchase orders with site administration.
• Build and maintain relationships with the supply chain.
• Investigate invoice discrepancies and resolve issues with suppliers/subcontractors.
• Assist in identifying cost-saving opportunities across labour, plant, materials and logistics.

Skills

Excellent organisational and admin

Commercial awareness

Procurement processes

Analyse supplier quotations

Excel / spreadsheets

Communication / stakeholder mgmt

Attention to detail

Problem-solving / analytical

Tools

Excel

Spreadsheet management

Job description

Wilson James is seeking a Commercial Apprentice to join the senior project leadership team on a flagship construction scheme in Bedford. The role provides commercial and admin support to the Commercial Manager, handling procurement, documentation, invoicing, and handover to operations while driving cost-saving and value engineering.

Based on site full time, you will assist with supplier quotations, purchase orders, and maintaining robust commercial records, building strong supply chain