Apprentice of the year Winners

The Apprentice of the Year awards took place Wednesday night 21st October 2026 in the RDS and there was great success among our apprentices. 

This year 510 apprentices were shortlisted for judging. 

In that 510 we had 23 apprentices. 

•             5 in the Supply Chain Associate Diploma 

•             7 in the Supply Chain Specialist BSc 

•             8 in the Supply Chain Manager MSc

•             3 in the Lean Sigma Manager MSc

While the overall award went to Sapna Sian, a Manufacturing Technology apprentice graduate with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, there were 2 national category winners among our apprentices.

• Auryn Souness who is an apprentice on the Supply Chain Manager MSc from J&J was the Logistics (incl Supply Chain) category winner. 
• Kyran Brady an apprentice on the Lean Sigma Manager MSc from Amazon was the Engineering category winner. 

Huge congratulations to both apprentices.