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Air Liquide

Industrial and medical gas provider

Junior Direct Buyer Intern - Purchasing Europe

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
InternshipFranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5-level education focused on purchasing, such as a MAI program, a purchasing specialization at a business or engineering school, or a specialized master's in purchasing.
  • Fluent, conversational English is required; mastery of a second language is an advantage.
  • Numerical aptitude and negotiation skills.
  • Project management skills.
  • Strong analytical and synthesis skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze new purchasing categories to identify synergies across Europe.
  • Coordinate cross-functional standardization, design-to-cost, and total cost of ownership projects, optimizing specifications with the technical team to reduce costs.
  • Participate in defining category strategic directions.
  • Contribute to launching tenders, analyzing bids, and negotiating with suppliers in the panel.
  • Implement and monitor action plans with European subsidiaries.
  • Develop tools, indicators, and summary reports using Power BI and/or Excel.
  • Depending on the intern's evolving profile, participate in defining purchasing strategy for mature categories managed by senior category managers.
  • Potentially participate in annual supplier negotiations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Mastery of a second language.

About the Company

Air Liquide

Industrial and medical gas provider

Air Liquide produces and supplies industrial and medical gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, and specialty gases, to manufacturers, healthcare providers, electronics, and energy companies. It operates through production plants, pipelines, cylinder networks, and on-site supply units, and it also designs and builds gas production and separation systems, including cryogenic air separation plants and large electrolyzers, via its engineering arm. Its Gas & Services business serves industry and healthcare and it is a major producer of hydrogen, investing in low-carbon hydrogen projects and electrolysis as part of industrial decarbonization. It serves the semiconductor industry and space programs as well. Its goal is to enable industrial decarbonization and the energy transition by providing reliable gases and engineering capabilities for large-scale gas production, hydrogen supply, and on-site services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1902

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