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Bosch Global

Purchasing Quality Assurance Advanced Apprentice (Graduate)

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Bosch Location
Worcester
Division
Home Comfort
Work Mode
On-Site
Fields of work
Quality Management
Join as
Graduate
Working time
Full-time
Contract Type
Limited
Compensation
According to agreement

Your tasks

Your Purpose:

  • Support the Purchasing Quality Assurance team in their day-to-day activities.
  • Work with a national and international Purchasing Quality team and support the business of Home Comfort in developing the supply base.

Role Scope:

  • Support the Purchasing Quality Assurance team in dealing with quality topics from purchased parts.
  • Support the problem solving and investigation of internal component complaints.
  • Dealing with internal and external cross departmental teams.
  • Dealing with external suppliers as required.
  • Support the returns to supplier & cost collection process.
  • Support the data management of quality complaints and supplier data.
  • General administrative work when required.

Key Focuses:

  • Support Production dealing with quality issues of purchased components.
  • Containment actions and problem-solving activities.
  • Inspection of delivered goods.
  • Returns to suppliers & reimbursement process.
  • Supplier data management in SAP.

Additional Information about the role:

  • Provide technical support to production and other departments regarding non-conformances.
  • Analysis, update and development of Purchase Quality databases as necessary.
  • Participate in the Continuous Improvement Process.
  • Other general projects or quality engineering duties as required.

Your profile

  • Be the type of person people like interacting with, this role relies on great working relationships!
  • Very good communication and networking skills.
  • Determined and resilient, able to deal with challenges and find solutions. Attention to detail.
  • Possess strong analytical skills and critical thinking.
  • Be hands-on and have an agile mindset.
  • Proficient skills in MS Excel as a starting point, with experience / knowledge of more office and software applications.
  • Be target orientated, and able to meet deadlines.
  • Forward thinking, with strong organisational skills.
  • Proactive and self-motivated, able to work independently.
  • A University (academic) education, and studies in Engineering are a must to this role preferably HND or BEng in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering.

Contact & additional information

Deadline for Applications: Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible. 

Working Hours: 39 hours per week – standard working pattern of 08:00 – 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 – 16:00 Friday with a 1-hour lunch break 

Working with us comes with the following benefits: 

  • Office based role 
  • 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata for your first year) 
  • Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus (up to £2,000 gross per annum) 
  • Enhanced pension contributions 
  • Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits 
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP 
  • Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group 
  • Subsidised on-site café and canteen 
  • Health & well-being support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions 
  • Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events 
  • Volunteering days 
  • Policy to support growing families 
  • Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes 
  • Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme 
  • And more!
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Welcome to Worcester

At Bosch, we care; for you, our business, and our environment.

Let’s turn visions into reality. At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our outstanding Bosch-teams around the world. Their creativity is the key to innovation through connected living, mobility or industry. Our responsibility goes far beyond ‘business’. We’re independent of stock markets and bound to the purpose of the Robert Bosch Foundation; our success directly benefits society, the environment, and future generations. Our promise to our associates is rock- solid: we grow together, we enjoy our work, and we inspire each other. Join in and feel the difference. Work #LikeABosch.

Location benefits

Well connected to public transport

This locations offer easy access to trains and/or buses—making your commute smooth, fast, and eco-friendly.

Well being and mental health programs

Your wellbeing matters—access mental health programs, Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), and support whenever you need it.

Committed to DEI

At Bosch, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of our culture—everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.

Onsite Canteen & Dining Areas

Fuel your day with fresh meals and snacks from our onsite canteen and comfortable dining spaces.

Benefits & Services

Enjoy a range of perks—from Bosch product discounts to savings at popular high street brands. We've got your back, in and out of work

Free Onsite parking

free parking is available right at work for your convenience

Company pension scheme

Secure your future with our company pension—matched contributions up to 8%.

YouTube

We provide videos via YouTube. For these videos to be shown, you first have to give your consent. If you consent, data will be transferred to YouTube, cookies will be used, and the Google DoubleClick advertising network will be contacted. This may trigger further data processing operations. It cannot be ruled out that data will also be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area.

Welcome to Worcester Bosch

We’re the nation’s favourite heating brand, here to warm up people’s homes, lives, and futures.  

From boilers, hybrids and heat pumps to solar thermal and smart controls, we’re giving our customers plenty of choice. With cutting-edge tech and research, we’re right in the thick of the drive for a better future of home heating. 

It’s not all tools and tech. People are the real heart of our company. We connect with our customers to deliver genuinely helpful support, and we care about our employees and give them enriching careers. We work hard, we work together, and we work with a cause – delivering brilliant customer support and exceptional engineering.  

As an organisation of more than 1,600 employees, we also take our role in the communities we serve seriously. From giving away free heating systems for community spaces, to our charity, education, and volunteer work – we’re no strangers to rolling our sleeves up, getting stuck in, and helping out.  

If that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, we’d love to meet you.  

Come and work #LikeABosch at Worcester Bosch. 

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