Junior Buyer Trainee – European Purchasing (F/H)

About the role

Air Liquide France Industrie, which produces and markets industrial gases in France, is recruiting a junior buyer for its European Purchasing team (Achat Europe). The trainee works under the guidance of the Category Managers Direct responsible for the strategy of European purchasing, in Bagneux.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse new purchase categories to identify European-level synergies
• Lead cross-functional projects on standardisation, design-to-cost and total cost of ownership, working with the technical team to reduce costs
• Take part in defining category strategies and contribute to tender launches, supplier analysis and negotiations
• Implement and follow action plans with European subsidiaries
• Build tools, indicators and summary reports in Power BI and/or Excel
• Depending on the trainee's profile, help define purchasing strategy for mature categories managed by senior category managers and possibly take part in annual supplier negotiations

Required profile

• Final-year university student (Bac+5) in a procurement-related degree such as MAI, or a commerce/engineering school specialisation in purchasing, or a Master's in Purchasing
• Fluent conversational English is mandatory; a second language is an advantage
• Affinity for numbers and negotiation, project management, and strong analysis and synthesis skills

Required skills

• Excellent command of the Office suite, especially Excel