Purchasing Quality Assurance Advanced Apprentice (Graduate)

About the job

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.

• 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.

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!