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POSITION: INTERN INDIRECT PurchasING

DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING

LOCATION: KENSINGTON, LONDON

REPORTS TO: PURCHASING MANAGER

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The position is based in our office in London and part of the Indirect Purchasing team of Perfumes & Cosmetic Division of LVMH UK.

The purchasing intern will report locally to the Purchasing Manager and he/she will be responsible for the optimization of the Perfumes & Cosmetics local purchases for all the Perfumes & Cosmetics Brands in UK of which Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy, Fresh, Acqua Di Parma, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Kendo brands and Benefit Cosmetics.

The purchasing intern will be responsible for the optimization of the Perfumes & Cosmetics local purchases related to indirect purchases like Merchandising, Marketing, General Expenses, IT, . He/She will ensure a strong cooperation with the different stakeholders to implement projects and actions in accordance with the local purchasing procedure and with the LVMH Group Social, Ethical and Environmental Standards.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities:

• Help the team with suppliers’ audits booking and fulfilment
• Support the team with administrative tasks, mainly on Excel
• Support the team with suppliers’ information
• Local data collection, portfolio analysis and suppliers mapping on key segments
• Support with managing supplier relationships

Once the intern has enough experience and understood our processes, we could extend the responsibilities to:

• Negotiating and sourcing
• Sourcing, bidding, quotation analysis, negotiations, awarding
• Contracts set-up and negotiations
• Ensure strong cooperation with all teams
• Make value analysis studies on various subjects
• Actively participate to the P&C SSC Purchasing network

The purchasing portfolios covered are all indirect segments and mainly

• Marketing services (example: purchase and development of a box, etc…)
• Marketing events (example: purchase of engraving services, table for events etc…)
• Print (example: printing of brochures, cards, etc…)
• Digital (except media)
• Merchandising
• IT
• General Services

The Indirect Purchasing Intern will support with driving the long-term strategy covering all LVMH P&C UK Brands.

He/She will have to:

• Apply methodology and tools of the SSC Purchasing organization.
• Communicate on purchasing performances on a regular basis.
• Source and homologate new suppliers according to LVMH Social, Ethical and Environmental requirements.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Strong communication skills: emotional intelligence to work with different profiles and departments and initiate the dynamic of the newly created position
• Sense of initiative: proactive and quick moving
• Business oriented: results and KPIs measurement with rigor
• Analytical skills
• Internal customers focus

• Drive for results
• Time & Priority management
• Adaptable
• Motivating

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Strong negotiation and analytical skill
• Computer literate (IT skills, SAP, Word, Excel)