Program Overview

Supply Chain Leadership Professional Degree Apprenticeship

Overview

The Supply Chain Leadership Professional Degree Apprenticeship is a work-based programme designed to provide the essential knowledge, understanding, and skills required to operate effectively and successfully in a supply chain role.

Key Details

• Start date(s): September
• Study Mode: Part-time (3.5 years)
• Location: Leeds City Campus and External Delivery Partner Location
• School: Business

Course Modules

Year 1

• Introduction to your Professional Degree Apprenticeship (Core)
  • This module equips apprentices with essential study skills for navigating higher education and fosters reflective practice by introducing key models and theories.
• Negotiated Learning: Introduction to Supply Chain and Network Design (Core)
  • This module provides apprentices with an in-depth understanding of supply chains and the complex networks that support them.
• Negotiated Learning: Principles of Capacity Planning, Forecasting and Procurement (Core)
  • Apprentices will learn to source and plan optimal transport solutions for goods, actively utilise data in real time, and practice sustainability and ethicality during sourcing and buying.
• Negotiated Learning: Projects in the Workplace (Core)
  • Sharpen your awareness of small-scale work-based project stages and processes in this module.

Year 2

• Apprenticeship Portfolio Review (Core)
  • This module supports apprentices in reflecting on their professional experiences, identifying valuable insights from both formal education and workplace learning.
• Negotiated Learning: Inventory and Warehouse Management (Core)
  • Apprentices in this module will focus on inventory control and warehouse management strategies that optimize cost and efficiency.
• Negotiated Learning: Logistics and Transport Management (Core)
  • This module explores the critical role of logistics and transportation in modern supply chains.
• Negotiated Learning: Supply Chain Technology and E-Business (Core)
  • In this module, apprentices will explore the transformative power of technology within the supply chain, from virtual networks to disruptive innovations.
• Negotiated Learning: External and Regulatory Environments
  • Apprentices will gain insights into the global policy frameworks and regulations that affect logistics, including health, safety, and trading protocols.
• Level 5 Work-based Project
  • This module enables apprentices to choose the most appropriate assessment method for their project, with guidance from the module tutor.

Year 3

• Advancing Your Portfolio Towards End Point Assessment (Core)
  • This module guides apprentices in consolidating learning and workplace experiences, introducing them to Gateway and End Point Assessment requirements.
• Negotiated Learning: Effective Human Resource Management and Leadership in Supply Chain (Core)
  • The module covers supply chain visibility and brand appeal, exploring the role of leadership in managing network imperatives while adapting to legislative and policy changes in both national and international contexts.
• Negotiated Learning: Supply Chain Strategy and Finance (Core)
  • In this module, apprentices will delve into the financial and strategic aspects of supply chain management.
• Gateway Preparation Module
  • This module is designed to guide apprentices through the final stages of their apprenticeship, preparing them for the End-Point Assessment (EPA).
• Work-Based Project for Apprentices
  • This module enables apprentices to choose the most appropriate assessment method for their project, with guidance from the module tutor.

Learning and Teaching

• Assessment methods: Reports, Presentations, Professional discussions, Assignments, Work-based projects
• Programme delivery: A blended approach combining in-person teaching with digital teaching materials and engagement activities
• Learning strategy: Focuses on high-quality teaching, engaging and inclusive approach to learning, assessment, and achievement

Entry Requirements

• Qualifications: Level 2 qualification in English Language and Maths Grade 4/C or above
• Employment: Must be employed for a minimum of 30 hours per week in a relevant role and have the support of their employer
• Residency: Live and have the right to work in England

Fees and Finance

• Cost of programme: £21,000
• Funding: Fully funded by employer if their wage bill is over £3 million each year; 95% funded by government if employer's wage bill is below £3 million each year

Support

• Peer Support Champions: Available to provide support
• Learning Hub: Offers tailored support for academic skills

About Leeds Trinity University

• Professional Apprenticeships: Combine part-time study with workplace training
• Experience: Over 50 years of providing outstanding higher education provision
• Teaching staff: Extensive and relevant professional experience

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