Student Assistant - Procurement

Opportunity

Student Assistant - Procurement

Svitzer offers an exciting opportunity as a Student Assistant in the Procurement team focusing on the Newbuilding category. Joining us, you will become part of a dynamic, global, and ambitious team at Svitzer’s headquarters in Nordhavn, Copenhagen. If this sounds interesting, you may well be our new team member.

Who we are

Svitzer is a leading Global Towage Operator. We have 430 tugboats worldwide and 4,400 colleagues to deliver sustainable marine solutions, making ports and terminals safer, more efficient and climate-friendly. The latter is a high strategic priority which our Svitzer Transverse Tug is a testament to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPdhKsJu3fk (time to watch: 1 minute and 55 seconds).

We offer

Working at Svitzer, you will get an opportunity to join an international company that values collaboration across geographies and functions.

Reporting to Senior Global Procurement Manager, Aditya Ketkar, you will get exposure to various project related tasks, collaborating closely with colleagues as well as suppliers in Copenhagen and across the globe. We continuously focus on development and improvements and therefore rely on you to apply your knowledge and skills from your academic background.

Our student contracts offer up to 20 hours per week with flexible working hours, especially around examination periods.

Key responsibilities

As a Student Assistant in Group Procurement, you will be involved in a wide range of tasks, including:

• Support the newbuilding category related to purchasing tugboats and having an annual spend of more than $100M. The suppliers related to this category are spread across Brazil, Turkey, Asia and Europe. Projects are driven by fleet renewal and bidding for new business opportunities
• Support in executing the newbuilding category strategy
• Collect and communicate market intelligence including but not limited to vessels and commodity pricing, vessels availability in the market, supplier capacity monitoring, equipment lead times and updates related to technology including green solutions
• Support and/or drive sourcing projects involving activities such as sending RFI/ RFQ using digital tools, conducting quotations analysis, supplier negotiations and selection
• Support activities related to identifying new suppliers in the market and supplier meetings
• Support activities related to Svitzer´s ambition of being carbon neutral by 2040
• Conducting ad-hoc analysis and tasks

We are looking for

Our employees represent a wide range of educational backgrounds, work experience and nationalities – most important to us is your personal skills as well as your interest and curiosity in learning more about working in a global procurement function.

• You are on the last year of your Bachelor studies or first year of your Master studies in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or similar
• You thrive in a fast paced and dynamic work environment and you are motivated by the international scope of our business
• You enjoy taking ownership, responsibility and you are entrepreneurial about finding ways to improve the business
• You are able to manage multiple projects and tasks at a given time
• You are an advanced user of the Microsoft Office package. You are especially comfortable with Excel based analysis and able to transform conclusions into key messages
• You have a global mind-set supported by high level of proficiency and confidence in spoken and written English
• A team player with an assertive personality, who understands the importance of stakeholder management, can build rapport with people on all levels - even in challenging situations

Relevant experience from a student job or internship is preferred, but not a requirement.

Join us

If you would like to take on this exciting role and become a Student Assistant at Svitzer, we encourage you to apply latest 25 March 2024.

About Svitzer

In Svitzer headquarters, we have a lean and flat structure where you will interact with Senior Stakeholders weekly. We enjoy leading with care, learning from each other and challenging the status quo. We have an international environment with a professional, engaged, dedicated, yet relaxed atmosphere where we value diversity and flexibility. We cherish and believe there must be time for a life outside work. Also, we welcome colleagues who proactively seek opportunities for development by participating in cross-collaboration, a project, or other opportunities that may arise.

We have a nice canteen, the usual coffee machine and fruit arrangement. In addition, we have a fitness centre, "in-office" workouts and arranged workouts every Tuesday and Thursday. We have occasional social activities, the possibility of getting a massage and other nice perks. - Most notably, professional, fun, and caring colleagues.

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!

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