Management Apprentice

s1jobs; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 1,322,000 - 1,598,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days holidays + Bank Holidays

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Bonus scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Save and buy as you earn

20% staff discounts across Travis & PP

Financial education and support

Recognition awards

Retailer discounts

Job summary

Travis Perkins plc offers a Branch Management Apprentice position as part of our industry-leading apprenticeship development scheme. You will work across the branch, serving customers, handling the yard, counter sales, and the Hire desk while you train on the job for 13 months to gain deep operational understanding.

You’ll learn with a dedicated apprenticeship coach, 1:1 mentoring and formal coursework, culminating in an endpoint assessment to achieve a Level 2 Apprenticeship.

Qualifications

• No prior merchanting experience required; a positive attitude to learn is valued.
• Must be over 18 and eligible to work in the UK.
• Brand new to this type of role.

Responsibilities

• Work across the branch covering yard, counter, phone, emails, Benchmarx area and Hire desk.
• Deliver great service and support customers as you learn the business.
• Receive dedicated coaching, mentoring and on-the-job training throughout the 13‑month scheme.

Skills

Safety conscious

Hard working

Customer focused

Team spirited

Adaptable

Authentic

Job description

What You’ll Do

This is your opportunity to be enrolled on our industry leading apprenticeship development scheme enabling you to pour the foundations for a successful career with the largest distributor of building materials in the UK

Branch Management Apprentice

This is your opportunity to be enrolled on our industry leading apprenticeship development scheme enabling you to pour the foundations for a successful career with the largest distributor of building materials in the UK

This is anything but ‘just a job’. You’ll be working whilst completing our bespoke 13 month scheme, giving you the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of our operation, as you move your way across all areas of our Branch.

Wherever you are, you’ll play a pivotal role as part of our team, from working in the yard, serving and selling to customers on the counter, answering the phone/responding to emails, manning the Benchmarx area or the Hire counter to receiving and storing products; you’ll cover it all and our customers will love you for it!

We’ll teach you about our safety first approach, the builders merchant industry, the market and our business strategy. You'll learn how to sell by providing great service, you’ll gain a deep understanding of our product base and so much more.

Your learning will be “on the job” with time set aside each week to complete any necessary coursework, and there’s no expectation to take work home with you. You’ll have a dedicated apprenticeship coach who’ll support you every step of the way and you’ll receive 1:1 coaching, mentoring and technical and skills training to enable you to progress your career with us. At the end of your training, you’ll complete an end point assessment and on successful completion you’ll achieve a L2 Apprenticeship.

We’re rated as one of the best apprenticeship employers on Rate My Apprenticeship,

What You'll Bring

Experience in merchanting is not needed. In fact, experience in any sort of work is not required because if you’ve got the right attitude to learn and genuinely want to develop a career, we can teach you the rest.

However, here are some of the things we look for:

• Safety conscious - Our number one priority is to keep our colleagues safe and well, and that’s down to all of us so you’ll need a real focus on this
• Hard working - This job can be demanding and there’s always plenty to do.
• Customer focused - You may not have worked in a customer service role, but you know what good service looks like and how to provide it
• Team spirited - Be happy to muck in and get your hands dirty and look after one another
• Adaptable - This apprenticeship will see you move around the operation in a fast moving environment
• Authentic - We have a saying here at Travis Perkins - You be you, it makes us us; so come and let your personality and passion shine through

You also need to meet the below requirements…

• You are over 18 (due to some of the products we sell)
• You’re not currently in any form of education
• You are eligible to work in the UK
• You are brand new to this kind of role

If you don’t meet these requirements and this apprenticeship isn’t right for you, we’d still love to hear from you

What You'll Get

We’re not just looking for people today but for the future leaders of tomorrow. And being part of Travis Perkins plc, there are ample opportunities to move around our business or group in order to gain broader experience.

The more you learn, the more you earn. For the first 6 months your salary will be £9.60 per hour, and this will grow as you grow and develop, you will graduate the apprentice programme on £11.60 per hour.

As well as 22 days’ holidays + Bank Holidays, company pension scheme and life assurance, we offer a bonus scheme, cycle to work scheme, save and buy as you earn, 20% discounts across all Travis Perkins companies, financial education and support, recognition awards and discounts at over 1000 other retailers.

You may not know much about Travis Perkins, but if you look a bit closer you might be surprised. Despite our size, we have the values of a family run business and the mindset and ambition of a forward thinking Company. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work, that's why we have been voted one of the UK’s Top Employers every year since 2010.

Caught your interest and ready to take your career to the next level?

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.