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Air Liquide

Industrial and medical gas provider

Procurement Intern

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Internship · Winter 2027FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s in Purchasing, or a specialization in Purchasing with technical training.
  • Rigor, proactivity, dynamism, and adaptability.
  • English language ability.
  • Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

  • Support the procurement process by contributing to tender launches for maintenance shutdowns at production sites and implementing contracts.
  • Consolidate procurement tracking dashboards for shutdowns, including budgets and orders.
  • Register and track claims.
  • Coordinate procurement performance data, including spend, savings, contracts, and key performance indicators, and prepare presentations for internal customers.
  • Lead supplier relationship management activities for maintenance suppliers used during major shutdowns, including supplier strategies, reviews and audits (including financial strength), innovation initiatives, internal supplier promotion, and supplier days.
  • Contribute to evaluating maintenance supplier performance and update the related supplier cockpit, including suppliers by area and category and evaluation tracking.
  • Coordinate supplier creation through the RMT process and order tracking on the Wise platform, and integrate contractual information into the DPS tool.
  • Develop a corporate social responsibility topic within the Maintenance Procurement team.
  • Establish a table of procurement lead times by equipment.
  • Support the deployment of a strategy for orphan categories related to shutdowns.
  • Support European project procurement, for example through supplier mapping.
  • Participate in the European task force to deliver European initiatives with identified savings.
  • Depending on the intern’s profile, run tender campaigns and negotiate with suppliers on selected topics.
  • Request quotations from preselected suppliers and support the selection process with requesters.
  • Analyze bids using a total cost of ownership approach and propose a supplier shortlist to requesters based on agreed technical and commercial criteria.
  • Prepare the final analysis and presentation for internal customers.
  • Select the most competitive supplier.

Desired Qualifications

  • A second language, ideally Spanish, Italian, or another language.
  • Potential travel depending on the projects handled.

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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