Graduate - Planning & Procurement

Bosch; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Company bonus

Enhanced pension

Health support

Discounts

Job summary

Worcester Bosch is seeking a Graduate in the Planning & Procurement team within the Logistics department. You will help ensure product availability, support customer service, inventory performance and business growth.

You will work with colleagues across logistics, manufacturing and a global supplier base, gaining hands-on experience and structured development in supply chain planning and procurement while making a tangible contribution.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in supply chain, planning or procurement.

Responsibilities

• Support planning team activities to ensure finished goods availability and high service levels.
• Prepare and maintain planning, procurement and inventory data and KPI tracking.
• Assist with reporting, KPI tracking and data analysis for decision support.
• Support SAP master data maintenance to ensure accuracy in planning systems.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities.
• Provide cross-functional project support – SAP4 activities.
• Schedule raw materials to support production and spares.
• Develop system knowledge with ERP and planning tools over time.

Skills

Supply chain interest

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Proactive attitude

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

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

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Logistics department as a Graduate within the Planning & Procurement team.

The Planning & Procurement team plays a key role in ensuring the right products are available at the right time, supporting customer service, inventory performance & business growth.

You will be working closely with colleagues across logistics, manufacturing & a global supplier base.

The Planning & Procurement team manages planning data & forecasts and all procurement activities within a very fast paced Logistics department.

The graduate role will be designed to provide you with hands-on experience & a structured development, allowing you to build a strong foundation in supply chain planning & procurement, whilst making a meaningful contribution to our business.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Supporting the planning team activities to ensure finished goods availability & a high level of service
• Preparing & maintaining planning & procurement & inventory data & departmental KPI’s
• Assisting with reporting, KPI tracking & data analysis to help support with decision making
• Supporting SAP master data maintenance to ensure accuracy within the planning systems
• Support with identifying process improvements & automation
• Cross functional project support – SAP4 activities
• Scheduling raw materials to support production & spares
• Developing system knowledge over time with exposure to the ERP system & associated planning tools

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:

• A strong interest in supply chain, planning or procurement
• Good analytical skills & confidence working with large data sets
• Strong attention to detail & a structured approach to tasks
• Good communication skills & the ability to work collaboratively
• A proactive can-do attitude & willingness to learn

Our ideal candidate should have:

• Confidence in using Microsoft Excel (Not essential but a willingness to develop this skill)
• Willingness to accommodate hybrid working, where a blend of working from home and in the office is required, therefore initiative and motivation are essential.

Additional Information

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.

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.