Bosch

Foreign Trade Operations Apprentice

Bosch  •  Worcester, GB (Hybrid)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

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.

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Foreign Trade Operations Department team as a Foreign Trade Operations Apprentice!

Our department (GS/OSD4-EMEA2) takes responsibility for all aspects of foreign trade (customs) for multiple Bosch companies around the UK & IE. We drive development of foreign trade competencies within the organisation whilst ensuring compliance, delivering operational excellence and driving cost savings for the various businesses.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Ensuring compliance with relevant UK and IE legislation as well as the Bosch Central Directive "Customs“, you will act as first level support for stakeholder queries utilising the Foreign Trade ticketing system (ESM). By using external customs brokers for the majority of the import/export declarations, you will assist in their management with the target to drive their operational improvements.

The organisation needs to constantly adapt to the ever-changing regulatory requirements, whilst embracing digitalisation with this role expected to be integral in this digital change

Interested? Upload your CV today!

Qualifications

Right To Work:please ensure you have valid Right To Work in the UK status for the duration of the contract term. This is a 2-year fixed term role.

Our ideal candidate must have:

  • Self-motivated attitude and committed to team engagement / working.
  • A desire to develop their IT skills including coding.
  • A strong attention to detail to drive quality improvements.
  • A structured approach to Managing Tasks.
  • The desire to work with and effectively communicate to all levels of the organisation.

Our ideal candidate should have:

  • A keen interest in government policy, geopolitics and economics.
  • An understanding of Supply Chain Management ideally having experience of working in logistics.
  • A strong desire for personal development.
  • A good understanding of data analysis, decision making and problem solving .

Additional Information

Expected Start Date: 1st October 2026

Please note that this date is advisory and can be flexible within reason.

Contract Duration: 2 years

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 lunchbreak.

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

  • 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata for your first year)
  • Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus
  • 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 onsite café and canteen
  • Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme.
  • 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!

We welcome applications from a range of candidates but please note that to apply for this position you must have the right to live and work in the UK from the start date of employment and for the duration of your employment.

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About Bosch

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 417,900 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2024). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 90.5 billion euros in 2024. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 86,900 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.

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Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, DE
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
bosch.com
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