Procurement Operations Intern

Job description

Schneider Electric™creates connected technologies that reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. Our 144,000 employees thrive in more than 100 countries. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations.Help us deliver solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment: https://youtu.be/NlLJMv1Y7Hk .

Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.

Central Team intern support activities to the Global Procurement Analyst position:

We are currently seeking a self-driven Procurement Operations Intern candidate with a passion for procurement to join our team. This position will support the purchase requisition process for Indirect Purchases. The position will also serve as a point of contact for a given category or country and will provide suggestions on catalog creation. Will participate also as Key User on the Coupa deployment for a specific country.

What will you do:

· Facilitate the eProc Systems and Tools for Purchase Order Management utilizing diverse company software.

· Adhere to, educate and enforce eProc tool usage guidelines, and all corporate Purchasing policies with User groups.

· Perform sanity check on purchases and amends if necessary.

· Request clarification to the requestor.

· Triage the purchases classifying them for tail management, sourcing buyer involvement or approving them.

· Propose catalog creation when opportunities arise.

· Point of contact for a given plant, site or country to clarify/solve purchase-to-pay process issues.

· Communication of Best Practices to the user groups.

· Provide input to supplier business reviews when prompted to ensure full end to end supplier performance is included in overall business review.

· Proactively monitor blanket PO performance for scope of work and hold stakeholders accountable to ensure decisions are made in advance to avoid blocked invoices at the end.

· Investigate blocked invoices for legacy POs and new eProc POs.

· Reach out to requestor, approver or vendor to fix a disputed invoice and follow up on agreed actions.

· Work jointly with AP to issue credit/debit notes when needed.

· Identify root cause for disputed invoices and inform Requestors / Approvers / Supplier Enablement / AP to take further actions to prevent blocked invoices.

· Support the P2P transformation as needed as Key User by testing and training.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

What will help you to be successful in this role:

Fluency on English (verbal and written).

· Associate's or bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business or Engineering.

·  Advanced English level
·  Being an active student for 1 year o more.
·  Work scheme : Hybrid.

· prior experience on Supply Chain Management, Procurement or Customer Service is a plus.

· Proficiency on excel use.

· Process oriented, with disciplined process management skills.

· Preferred experience with e-Procurement tools (SRM, COUPA, ARIBA, SAP, ORACLE).

· Self-initiative and aptitude for process improvement.

· Strong training facilitation and coaching skills for the user group.

We seek out and reward people for putting the customer first, being disruptive to the status quo, embracing different perspectives, continuously learning, and acting like owners. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We welcome people as they are, creating an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value for the company. We’re looking for people with a passion for success — on the job and beyond. See what our people have to say about working for Schneider Electric: https://youtu.be/6D2Av1uUrzY .

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