Internship - Buyer / Purchasing Engineer

About the job

Position: Buyer Intern / Purchasing Engineer

Entity: Purchasing & Supply Chain

Location: Sonceboz-Sombeval and Boncourt, Switzerland

Within our Purchasing team, you will be responsible for managing a Purchasing portfolio and contribute to identifying new supplier opportunities as well as improving the performance of our Supply Chain.

· Take charge of one or more purchasing categories within our Purchasing portfolio.

· Identify suppliers meeting the needs for integrating new technologies.

· Identify suppliers for the award of new projects.

· Identify alternative suppliers as part of resourcing strategies.

· Participate in productivity actions and cost optimisation initiatives.

· Ensure daily interface between suppliers and the factory.

· Participate in negotiations and contracting with suppliers.

· Monitor supplier performance using key performance indicators (KPIs).

· Contribute to achieving Supply Chain objectives by managing associated actions.

These activities will allow you to develop a concrete understanding of Purchasing and Supply Chain challenges in an international industrial environment and actively contribute to the performance of our supplier panel.

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

· Ability to work independently while demonstrating team spirit.

· Proficiency in office tools, especially Excel.

· Knowledge of an ERP system, ideally SAP, is an asset.

· Good command of French and English.

· Rigour, proactivity, curiosity and initiative.

· Final year student (Master level or equivalent), in an engineering or business school, specialising in Purchasing or Supply Chain.