Sustainable Procurement Intern

Reporting to the Procurement Director, the job holder will be accountable for the following:

Key Responsibilities:

- Supporting the management and update of supplier sustainability assessments (e.g. EcoVadis, SA8000) for Packaging, RMS and Indirect categories

- Assisting in the collection, review and filing of suppliers’ sustainability and transparency documentation

- Supporting the qualification and onboarding of new suppliers, including the analysis and recovery of historical documentation

- Managing CSR-related requests from internal and external stakeholders (e.g. WBA and other sustainability initiatives)

- Supporting local affiliates / HR teams on EcoVadis, SA8000, certifications and Group sustainability projects

- Assisting in supplier evaluation and monitoring activities from an ESG perspective

- Supporting analytical activities and reporting related to sustainable procurement and sustainability topics

Skills required

· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in in Environmental, economics or sustainability science

· Good knowledge of English

· Strong knowledge of main IT systems (ERP, Office)

· Excellent and effective interpersonal skills

· Good communication and ability to synthesize

· Negotiation / Influencing skills: ability to achieve a satisfactory compromise and agreement to meet goals

· Very good analytical skills and ability to gather information when this is poor or lacking

· Good problem solving and ability to find out solutions

· Teamworking e teambuilding

· Proactivity, precision and attention to details/numbers

· Effective workload planning, organization skills, ability to prioritize

· Commitment

· Flexibility & Adaptability

· Ability to work under pressure in a very dynamic environment

· Self-motivation and great sense of responsibility and confidentiality, personal ethics, tact and diplomacy