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Intern - Sustainable Procurement

Purchasing

48624

France, Île-de-France, Paris

Remote Position: 

No

December 16th, 2024

Internship: 

Yes

Constellium is a global leader developing and manufacturing high value added aluminium products and solutions for a broad scope of markets and applications, focusing on Aerospace, Automotive & Packaging. We design, develop and engineer products / solutions in partnership with our customers. With approximately 12,000 employees worldwide, Constellium operates 28+ manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and China with reported 2023 sales of € 7,2 billion.

 

As a global entity we are acutely aware of our role in contributing to a healthier society and environment. We commit to minimize the impact of our operations and improve the footprint of the aluminium life cycle throughout the value chain. In one important step against climate change, we have committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25% in 2025 vs. 2015. We are further committed to an 80% beverage can recycling rate in Europe and to pursue an equally ambitious strategy in the US. Never afraid to shy away from such ambitious undertakings, we underscored such pledges by issuing a "green bond" linked to our recycling capacity and to our CO2 emission reduction targets in 2021. We are proud to be a pioneer in the metals sector.

 

We are further dedicated to enhancing our levels of diversity and are proud to be ranked on Forbes' inaugural list of the World's Top Female-Friendly Companies. We will continue to build a more diverse and inclusive company, consistent with our 2030 Sustainability Strategy.

 

Beyond the world of metal, your individual Safety is of the utmost importance to us. Indeed, it is one of our six core values alongside, Collaboration, Respect, Empowerment, Trust & Transparency. We live those values daily. No compromise. If you want to work with an industry leader and are willing to stretch and be stretched, consider a meaningful career here at Constellium where the only limit to success is you.

 

Context

 

• The Intern – Sustainable Procurement is part of the Global Procurement team; the position is 
based in in Paris, France.
• The Global Procurement team is responsible for the multi-billion EUR global procurement 
activities of Constellium, comprising metals, energy and indirect materials.
• In a global context increasingly focusing on sustainable purchasing, our Global Procurement team 
is more than ever a key contributor to number or work streams and initiatives focusing on 
responsible sourcing and CO2 footprint reduction, which creates a significant number of new 
requirements and tasks.

 

Primary Purpose

 

The Intern – Sustainable Procurement is mainly responsible for supporting the Procurement Leaders 
on specific projects and activities in the fields of sustainable procurement for both direct and indirect 
procurement categories. He will report to the Global Category Manager (Renewable Energy and 
Sustainable Sourcing ) and will work in close collaboration with the other Procurement Leaders as well.

 

Key Accountabilities


• Support in improving sustainability reporting processes (i.e. sustainable sourcing KPI, Scope 2 and 
Scope 3 GHG emissions) for Global Procurement. Including coordination of outsourced services 
for sustainability data and market intelligence (e.g. CO2 emissions) and Sustainable Sourcing 
services (e.g. Ecovadis, ARIBA Supplier Risk).
• Support the acquisition of an IT tool to support sustainable procurement (e.g. sustainable sourcing, 
Scope 3 data collection and management) activities for the Group.
• Regular interactions with sustainable sourcing champions, global category managers, site 
procurement leaders, central IT team and corporate sustainability team.

 • On-going master’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Industrial Engineering or 

related field. Interest in sustainable supply chain or performance analysis and reporting – not 
required but would be an asset.
• Very good logical and analytical skills, combined with business acumen.
• Very good data analytics and database development skills. In addition, good working experience 
in MS Excel and MS Powrpoint.
• Very good interaction and communication skills and ability to gain people's trust and collaboration 
in a multi-national environment. Comfortable dealing with all organizational levels and 
stakeholders internally and externally including suppliers, with a professional attitude.
• Team player with a pragmatic and flexible mindset, willing to join a humble but high-performing 
team, and ready to run the extra-mile when required.
• Fluent English, Fluent in French and / or German an asset.