Undergraduate Placement Year 2027 - Commercial and Customer Requirements Intern

Do you want your ideas to shape the technology of the future? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology – with us, you will have the chance to improve the lives of people across the world. 

Welcome to Bosch. 

The Bosch Group operates in four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology employing over 420,000 associates in 128 countries worldwide – 85,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 44,000 are software engineers, and more than 6,000 associates in the UK and Ireland. 

Purpose of the Role:
This role acts as a central point of contact and coordination between Bosch and the assigned OEM customer regarding customer requirements and sales-related activities. It focuses on ensuring smooth communication, efficient evaluation of needs, and strategic support.
Role Overview:

• Account Management Support: Focusing on the operational aspects of customer management.
• Project Coordination: Orchestrating tasks and resources to meet specific customer demands.
• Administrative Support: Providing crucial assistance to the Sales Director and facilitating strategic initiatives.
• Information Management: Ensuring smooth flow of information between Bosch, the OEM customer and within Bosch itself.

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Requirement Management for the customer.
• Coordination: Orchestrates the fulfilment of the customers commercial and process requirements internally within Bosch.
• Communication Hub: Serves as the primary conduit for official corporate responses to the customer.
• Query Resolution: Addresses questions from both Bosch employees and the customer regarding the status of requirement evaluations.
• Evaluation Facilitation: Evaluates incoming requirements, identifying and engaging the appropriate Bosch subject matter experts (SMEs) to evaluate these requirements.

Strategic Planning & Documentation Support:

• Coordinates the creation and collection of various strategic planning documents.

Sales Director Support:

• Provides diverse management support to the Sales Director.
• Lead various central sales tasks and projects.
• Support cross-divisional communication.

Customer Portal & Access Management:

• Maintains Bosch account sales portal.
• Manages access to various online portals for relevant Bosch personnel.

Meeting & Agreement Coordination:

• Coordinates preparation activities for customer strategy meetings with the customer.
• Organises the review and approval process for Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) specifically for customer's projects.

• Studying for an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline e.g. Business Management and required to take a placement as part of your course.
• Self-motivated and pro-active with a strong work ethic.
• Tenacious approach to new challenges.
• Highly organised, with ability to deal with multiple complex topics.
• Flexibility to adapt the changing demands of the customer.
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to make contacts and build networks.
• Knowledge of Bosch sales and marketing tools, Bosch process knowledge, business planning advantageous.
• Knowledge of Bosch product and services portfolio useful.
• Proficient in Microsoft office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

This is a 12-month internship beginning in July 2027. This position is open to undergraduate students who are eligible to partake in a work placement as part of their university course.

Location: you will be based at the Coventry office.

As an Intern at Bosch, you will participate in an exclusive learning and development programme called the BUILD Programme designed to support you through your internship journey. It includes a mixture of in-person and virtual sessions on topics including Effective Communication and Leading Myself provided by expert external trainers.

Interview Process and Right to Work Information:

Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to participate in a face-to-face interview by the hiring team and/or an online assessment centre.

You must have the right to live and work in the UK when you start your placement and for the full duration of your placement. Please note your placement must be directly relevant to your course to comply with visa requirements.

Before attending an interview for this position you must inform your Faculty/School Placement Officer and we strongly suggest you check you are eligible for a placement before you apply. If your Faculty/School does not have a Placement Officer, you must inform your course tutor.