Purchasing Quality Assurance Advanced Apprentice (Graduate)

Bosch Group; Worcester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Performance bonus up to £2,000 gross p

Enhanced pension contributions

Perkbox & My Benefits access

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on Bosch products

On-site café

Health & well-being support

Bosch Social Club

Family-friendly policies

Training and mentoring

Job summary

Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd. in Worcester is seeking a Purchasing Quality Assurance Advanced Apprentice (Graduate) to support the QA team and collaborate with national and international teams on the supply base for Home Comfort products.

The role requires an engineering education (HND/BEng preferred) and strong analytical and communication skills, with an agile, hands-on mindset. Standard hours are 39 per week, on-site with Bosch benefits and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• University-level education in engineering is required, preferably HND or BEng in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills are essential.
• Excellent communication and networking abilities are important for collaboration across teams.
• Hands-on mindset with an agile approach to problem solving and meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the Purchasing Quality Assurance team in day-to-day activities.
• Collaborate with national and international teams to develop the supply base for Home Comfort products.
• Assist with quality topics from purchased parts and investigation of supplier data.
• Work with internal and external cross-functional teams and suppliers as required.
• Support returns to supplier and cost collection processes and data management of quality complaints.

Skills

Communication

Networking

Analytical thinking

Critical thinking

Agile mindset

Organisational skills

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent (HND/BEng)

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Purchasing Quality Assurance Advanced Apprentice (Graduate)

• Full-time
• Legal Entity: Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd.

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 givingour 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.

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.

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.
  • 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.

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
• 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!