Foreign Trade Operations Apprentice

Foreign Trade Operations Apprentice role supporting customs compliance, import/export operations, customs brokers, regulatory requirements, data analysis and digitalisation across Bosch's UK and Ireland operations.

Your tasks

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Foreign Trade Operations Department team as a Foreign Trade Operations Apprentice!

Our department (GS/OSD4-EMEA2) takes responsibility for all aspects of foreign trade (customs) for multiple Bosch companies around the UK & IE. We drive development of foreign trade competencies within the organisation whilst ensuring compliance, delivering operational excellence and driving cost savings for the various businesses.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Ensuring compliance with relevant UK and IE legislation as well as the Bosch Central Directive "Customs“, you will act as first level support for stakeholder queries utilising the Foreign Trade ticketing system (ESM). By using external customs brokers for the majority of the import/export declarations, you will assist in their management with the target to drive their operational improvements.

The organisation needs to constantly adapt to the ever-changing regulatory requirements, whilst embracing digitalisation with this role expected to be integral in this digital change

Your profile

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:

• Self-motivated attitude and committed to team engagement / working.

• A desire to develop their IT skills including coding.

• A strong attention to detail to drive quality improvements.

• A structured approach to Managing Tasks.

• The desire to work with and effectively communicate to all levels of the organisation.

Our ideal candidate should have:

• A keen interest in government policy, geopolitics and economics.

• An understanding of Supply Chain Management ideally having experience of working in logistics.

• A strong desire for personal development.

• A good understanding of data analysis, decision making and problem solving .

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.