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Our employees are important to us. As our greatest asset, we take a great deal of care to recruit hard working, dynamic and motivated people. If you're looking to work somewhere that offers exciting career opportunities and progression in a stimulating, friendly and rewarding environment, then YPO could be the place for you.

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To help the public sector achieve the best possible value when buying products and services. It’s an incredibly stimulating and rewarding purpose that our increasingly diverse team is dedicated to achieving. We champion public value, helping education and public sector organisations get the most from their resources. What sets YPO apart is our public-ownership model, which sees every penny of profits given back to our customers and owners.

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YPO's Brand Values Our brand values are the things we believe in. They direct and guide the decisions we make and the actions we take as we deliver on our brand purpose, which is to help the public sector achieve the best possible value when buying products and services.
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Flexible working options available

We offer a range of flexible working options at YPO. Our flexi-time scheme allows for flexible working hours, whilst we also offer a range of working from home options.

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We offer generous defined benefit pension options under the West Yorkshire Pension Scheme.

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We offer a range of additional training and development options for staff to progress in their career at YPO.

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We offer a generous annual leave package per year, plus 8 statutory holidays and 3 discretionary closedown days.

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From discounted family and social outings, to monthly prize draws, our Sports & Social club is well worth joining!

What our employees say about us

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“I lead the warehouse management teams across both our sites. There’s a culture of support at YPO across all areas of the organisation to each other and our customers. I’m now in my 29th year as a YPO employee, I started work here in 1993 with a full head of hair. I’ve had numerous jobs in different industries before joining YPO as an agency worker back in 1993 and I can truly say that YPO is the best place that I have worked at.

The benefits that everyone receives whilst working are very good. YPO to me is the place where I’ve grown up and made many friends. It’s provided me job security and has given me the opportunity to progress and develop my career.”

- Ian Maw, Warehouse Manager

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“I started YPO as an apprentice in 2018 and after a year and a half, I was fortunate enough to secure a role in the marketing team as a marketing and digital assistant. Being an apprentice allowed me to discover what area of the business I enjoyed the most, with endless opportunities to learn and develop my career.

The support I’ve received throughout my journey at YPO has been fantastic, everyone is treated equally, and hard work never goes unnoticed. I couldn’t have chosen a better place to start my career!”

- Amelia Wilks, Marketing & Digital Assistant

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 05 December 2024 Happy international volunteering day
As a company we recognise the importance of volunteering and the positive impact it has on the individual volunteering and communities. This is why, as part of our 50th year celebrations, in February we announced our new volunteering policy, providing employees with the opportunity to volunteer for up to one day (pro-rata for part-time colleagues). By the end of this year the volunteering policy has delivered a social impact of £1,642 and 15 of our fantastic staff members have provided a combined total of 97 hours of their time to good causes.
05 October 2023 Meet the Buyer - Laura Megson
Laura Megson joined the YPO team six years ago and is now the Category Buyer for Emergency Services in the Procurement Services team.
27 September 2023 Meet the Category Buyer - Kayley Fox
Kayley Fox joined YPO in 2020 as a Category Buyer in Facilities Management!

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