Graduate Specialist Program at Bosch Holdings (Pty) Ltd

The Role

Bosch has an opportunity as part of their Graduate Specialist Program in the Automotive Aftermarket division. The purpose of the Graduate Specialist Program is to invest in the recruitment and development of graduates. Please note the Graduate Specialist Program has a duration of two years only. The Graduate Trainee will support the filtration business in Africa:

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate the filtration business in Africa focus markets; identify key competitors, market players and product-/ market requirements
• Competitor benchmarking; analyze key competitor products, its product specifications and positioning. From that you should be able to derive sales arguments for Bosch products
• Analyze the product coverage for Africa focus markets, identify gaps and define measures to close them
• Support business unit and regional organization in developing the Africa filtration strategy
• Support business unit in further development of Africa filtration program

Requirements:

• Fluent in English (Speak, read and write).  
• Language skills in German or French will be an advantage
• Fully computer literate
• Solid experience on MS Office and advanced Excel skills required.
• Experienced in working and analyzing mass data with MS Excel and/or MS access (VLOOKUPs, Pivot tables, Macros, etc.)

Personal characteristics:

• Ability to work as part of a team and on your own
• Willingness to learn,
• Customer- and target oriented,
• Analytical thinker
• Ability to take initiative

Desired Skills and Experience

• Matric / Grade 12 and a completed Degree in Business Administration or Industrial Engineering with a focus in Marketing