Bosch

Purchasing Quality Assurance Advanced Apprentice (Graduate)

Bosch  •  Worcester, GB (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
Apply
AI can make mistakes so check important info. Chat history is never stored.

Job Description

Company 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.

Job Description

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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

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!
Bosch

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.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boschglobal/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoschGlobal

Glassdoor: https://bit.ly/3raTZnH

Imprint: www.bosch.com/corporate-information

Privacy statement: https://www.bosch.com/data-protection-notice-bosch-linkedin/

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