Internship : project management support for Excellence Center

Job description

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. The aim of the Excellence Center is to support the GBUs to accelerate the value delivery of Operational Excellence initiatives and fully leverage the potential of emerging digital technologies.

Job Overview and Responsibilities:

What is the S3 program? 

Solvay Spends Smart project (S³) program is a transformational program aiming at drastically reducing our group indirect spend. The role will be hosted by the Excellence Center of Solvay Group for the 3 years program with close collaboration with the Purchasing team.  

What will you do? 

Your duties might include:

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Work with cross functional teams including but not limited to Purchasing, IT Department, internal stakeholders and suppliers

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Data analytics (market analysis, savings calculation, spend data report etc.)

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Cost reduction Initiatives planning support 

Education and Experience:

Education required:Master’s degree - ongoing or completed (master in purchasing, in business education or equivalent)

Language requirement:Written and spoken fluency in English mandatory

Start date:March - April, or as soon as possible and for a duration of 6 months

Application deadline:We recommend you to apply as soon as possible,  the position will be closed once we have enough matching candidates
Other requirement: High proficiency with Microsoft Office/ Google collaboration tools

Skills:

You’ll be excited by the thought of: 

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applying business education to practice 

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building your purchasing knowledge and developing core personal skills such as communication, customer relationships, planning, organisation, problem solving, team-working and networking. 

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an international scope of activities

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contributing to Solvay performance