Apprentice Administrator

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

We are recruiting an Apprentice Administrator to join our team in Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

This is a fantastic opportunity for those who want a career in Fleet Administration and Procurement; our apprenticeship scheme is a 15 months’ course (on the job learning), based in the office (supported through our training provider), during which time you’ll build your skills and knowledge.

Joining a friendly, inclusive, and highly skilled team, you will work in a fast paced and dynamic office environment, learning administration tasks relating to Fleet and Procurement. On successful completion of your apprenticeship and satisfactory performance, you will be offered a full-time permanent position.

You’ll learn:

Fleet administration duties:

• Update Portals with fleet details.
• Hire vehicles/off hire vehicles.
• Check MOT/Tax validity and ensure vehicles are compliant.
• Check invoices are correct to our fleet list.
• Expedite vehicle repairs by calling the garage/lease provider.

Procurement duties:

• Raise purchase orders in SAP.
• Create Info records in SAP.
• Contact vendors to resolve invoice queries.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to clear invoice queries.
• Monitor central email box and respond/resolve queries.

On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will receive the following qualifications as well as full-time permanent employment.

• Business Administration Level 3
• Customer Services Level 2
• Customer Services Level 3

We offer the following:

• Competitive apprentice salary £17- £22K (age dependant)
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Employee shares save scheme.
• Retail, leisure, and travel discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Weekly fruit basket
• Gallons of free tea and coffee
• Quarterly team lunches
• Working with a lovely team 😊

If you would like to join a forward-thinking company, we’d love to hear from you!

To be successful in our apprenticeship scheme, we are looking for candidates who possess the following qualifications and skills.

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent grades 4 or above
• IT Literate and willing to learn new systems.
• Good communicator
• Good customer service awareness
• Good problem solver
• Good time management skills
• Someone who wants to be part of a team

Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.