About Air Liquide France Industrie
We are everywhere in your daily life and you don't see it! With our entity Air Liquide France Industrie, we participate in our customers' innovative development applications: the bubbles of your soda, the chip of your smartphone or the reduction of polluting emissions.
Air Liquide France Industrie brings together the production and marketing of industrial gases in France with four complementary business lines: Large Industry, Industrial Merchant, Electronics and Hydrogen. The subsidiary has 2,400 employees at 58 sites across the country and serves more than 200,000 customers, from the artisan to petrochemical manufacturers, from analytical laboratories to semiconductors and metallurgy.
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
La Direction des Achats & Efficacités Europe assures, for the whole Europe zone, the steering of procurement and the follow-up of efficiency projects. You will work within the 'Project Procurement' team to support the so-called Turnaround activities. Dedicated to procurement activities linked to the major industrial shutdowns ("grands arrêts") of our European Large Industries (LI) production sites, your actions will contribute to their development based on best-in-class procurement techniques while aligning with our internal clients' requirements in terms of scope, budget and especially schedule.
In this context, your main actions will be the following:
Support to the Procurement process
•Contribute to the launch of tenders for the Maintenance shutdowns of production sites and to the implementation of contracts
•Consolidate the general Procurement tables tracking shutdowns (budgets, orders, etc.)
•Record and follow up claims
•Coordinate procurement performance data (spend, savings, contracts, KPIs, etc.) associated with producing presentation materials for communication to our internal clients
Supplier Relationship Management
•Lead SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) activities for maintenance suppliers used on major shutdowns: supplier strategies, review and audit including financial soundness, innovation initiatives, internal promotion of suppliers, supplier days, etc.
•Contribute to evaluating maintenance supplier performance and update the associated cockpit (suppliers identified by zone and category, evaluation tracking...)
•Lead the supplier creation process (RMT) and order tracking on our Wise platform + integration of contractual information into our DPS tool
Miscellaneous
•Develop a CSR topic within the Maintenance Procurement team
•Establish a table of supply lead times by equipment
•Support the deployment of a strategy for orphan categories linked to shutdowns
•Support European project procurement (e.g. supplier mapping)
•Actively participate in the European task force to carry out European initiatives with associated identified savings
Procurement project management
Depending on the intern's profile, they may lead tender campaigns and negotiations with suppliers on selected topics, which includes:
•Launching a request for quotation with pre-selected suppliers and supporting the selection process with requesters
•Analyzing offers using the TCO approach and proposing a supplier shortlist to requesters based on agreed technical and commercial criteria
•Preparing the final analysis and presentation to our internal clients
•Selecting the most competitive supplier
Are you a MATCH?
•Bachelor's or Master's degree in Procurement or specialization in Procurement with technical training
•Rigor, Pro-activity, Dynamism, Adaptability
•English. + ideally a 2nd language (Spanish, Italian, etc.)
•Proficiency in Excel/PowerPoint
Geographic location: France / Ile de France / 92-Bagneux
Potential travel depending on the projects handled
Desired start date: March 2027
Contract duration: Minimum 6 months
Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background.
