Bosch Group: Junior Managers Program (Trainee) - Start your Leadership Journey in Purchasing — Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, BW, Germany

About Bosch Group

Bosch's India activities span mobility, industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology. Its employer description identifies engineering development, manufacturing and commercial operations within that range. The group operates through multiple Indian businesses, including activities in automotive systems, software and engineering, industrial technology and home appliances. This makes Bosch a collection of related technology businesses rather than a single product operation, with different entities serving different industrial and consumer applications.

The position and its setting

Bosch Group lists Junior Managers Program (Trainee) - Start your Leadership Journey in Purchasing in Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, BW, Germany, under reference DE00619343. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 October 2026
• Contract type: Unlimited
• Legal Entity: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Brands: Bosch Group

Responsibilities and work described

• Shape the purchasing of the future with us!
• Master’s graduates with a drive to make a difference, who will optimize our global supplier network and secure innovations in our Junior Managers Program
• Do you negotiate skillfully, think globally, and want to win the best partners for Bosch?
• Then we want to hear from you
• Over an intensive 12 to 24-month journey, you will become part of one of the most important levers in our company: Purchasing
• Rotate through various departments—in Germany and worldwide—and dive deep into markets, suppliers, and strategic decisions
• Your mission: create value, manage risks, and rethink purchasing
• You won't just support—you will negotiate, decide, and shape
• Bring in your own ideas, lead discussions, and directly see the impact of your decisions—affecting costs, quality, and innovation
• What you will learn and develop with us:
• Learn how global purchasing truly works—and how data, strategy, and negotiation skills make all the difference
• Actively shape purchasing strategies, further develop procurement processes, and bring digitalization and new tools into purchasing
• Work: with international teams, suppliers, and your personal mentor to develop into the next generation of leadership in purchasing
• Your academic foundation:
• You have graduated with an (full-time) Master's degree, e.g., in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Informatics, or a technical field of study
• Topics such as purchasing, supply chain, or data genuinely interest you

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Your passion for purchasing & markets:
• You are excited about negotiations, markets, and strategic decisions
• Numbers, analyses, and economic relationships are not just a duty for you—they are a challenge
• Your eye for the bigger picture:
• You want to understand how purchasing, production, sales, and logistics connect—and how you can make a real difference with your decisions
• Your understanding of human-centric leadership:
• You can convince people, approach others openly, and build relationships—both internally and externally
• You think strategically and shape the future:
• You challenge existing processes, develop new ideas, and have the drive to actually implement them—especially regarding digitalization and smart purchasing processes
• Your continuous development:
• You want to grow—both professionally and personally
• You are curious, learn quickly, and love to take on responsibility
• Your language proficiency:
• You communicate fluently in both English and German (negotiation level)
• You have already gained at least three months of international experience

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Advertised location: Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, BW, Germany

Employer details to confirm

• The employer’s seniority category and its stated experience requirements do not agree. Follow the role-specific requirements above rather than assuming this is a fresher opening.

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Bosch Group

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Open the official Bosch Group posting below and match the title and reference DE00619343.

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• Claudia Mertens-Baaij (Human Resources)
• Telephone: 0711 811 7200
• Our application process for the Junior Managers Program includes multiple steps:
• A Telephone Interview, Assessment Center and a Final Interview

Practical preparation: procurement

For procurement work, describe the purchase or category context and the stages you handled. Requirements, supplier comparison, negotiation, approvals and follow-up can involve different responsibilities.

Relevant skills

• procurement
• supply chain
• commercial negotiations
• sales
• logistics