Graduate Placement - Technical Purchasing (12-24 Months)

Robert Bosch Group; Glenrothes; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

Employee discounts

Flexible work-time options

Job summary

Robert Bosch Group in Glenrothes, Scotland, offers a Graduate Placement in Technical Purchasing (12-24 months). You will handle procurement tasks for hydraulic radial piston motors, manage RFQs in Pilum, and coordinate with suppliers and technical teams on sampling and sourcing decisions.

The role emphasizes teamwork, independence, and structured problem solving within an international procurement setting. Ideal candidates have a procurement/engineering background, MS Office proficiency, SAP

Qualifications

• Procurement or engineering related degree or equivalent.
• Team player with good communication, independence, structure and assertiveness.
• Proficient in MS Office; SAP experience desirable; purchasing background beneficial.
• Business fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Actively work on technical purchasing projects for hydraulic radial piston motors.
• Create and track quotations in Pilum; participate in supplier discussions and follow-ups.
• Coordinate sampling scope with suppliers and technical departments.
• Prepare sourcing decisions in an international procurement market.
• Support project buyers as interface between business unit, purchasing and suppliers; assist PEP and price reduction initiatives.

Skills

MS Office

English (business fluent)

Technical understanding

Purchasing experience

SAP

Education

Procurement

Industrial Engineering

Business Administration

Engineering

Job description

Graduate Placement - Technical Purchasing (12-24 Months)

• Full-time

Bosch Rexroth is one of the world’s leading specialists in the field of drive and control technologies. Under the brand name of Rexroth, the company supplies customers with tailored solutions for driving, controlling, and moving industrial applications, factory automation equipment, mobile applications, and renewable power generation.

At our plant in Glenrothes, Scotland we design, develop, and produce radial piston motors working in partnership with world renowned international OEMs in industries such as material handling, construction, and forestry machinery.

• Within your role, you will take responsibility by actively working on technical purchasing projects in the area of the hydraulic radial piston motor.
• You will create and track requests for quotations in Pilum. You actively participate in the preparation and conduction of technical supplier discussions and their follow-up.
• Furthermore, you will assist in coordinating the scope of sampling with suppliers and technical departments as part of the sampling process.
• You will prepare sourcing decisions in an international procurement market.
• Last but not least, you will support the project buyers as an interface between the business unit, material field-related purchasing and suppliers. At the same time, you will represent the purchasing department in the product development process (PEP) and the implementation of price reduction potentials.

• Education: Procurement,Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Engineering or similar
• Personality and work style: team player, communicative, independent, structured and assertive
• Experience and know-how: proficient handling of MS Office as well as basic technical understanding, previous experience in purchasing departments and with SAP desirable
• Language: English business fluent

Benefits

• A range of benefits are available including employee discounts, various sports and health opportunities, on-site parking
• We offer a wide variety of interesting and challenging tasks. Flexible work-time options, benefits and services, employee discounts, various sports and health opportunities, on-site parking, room for creativity.

You will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK, as we are unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.