Sustainability Summer Internship Programme - Plastics Procurement
Sustainability Summer Internship Programme - Plastics Procurement
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Job Description
Our solutions provide a range of benefits from infection prevention and protection of at risk skin to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatecs revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC).
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Our search for better is changing the lives of our customers. Its changing the careers of our people too creating new challenges and opportunities all the time. Were a business that never stands still.
Join us in our second year of the sustainability internship programme.
Convatec is seeking a Procurement Plastics intern to join our Procurement team based at our manufacturing site in Deeside UK to support us on our journey to embed sustainability practices across the company.
This role will support the delivery of key insights on the impact of our resins as an important part of shaping and delivering progress towards our sustainability commitments and ambition.
In particular the role will develop an overview of how different plastics interact with the environment comparing the carbon footprint and other impacts of different types of resins.
This internship offers the successful candidate the opportunity to play a central part in delivering on Procurements scope 3 strategy and to develop broad experience as a member of a high performing team.
In addition you will support coordination efforts for sustainability activity across the Procurement team in support of the Category Manager Plastics and wider team.
- 100 paid internship 1891.66GBP monthly gross
- 3 Months Internship
- Hours per week 20h/week up to 40h/week
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
Work closely with the Category Manager Plastics to understand all single use plastics that we purchase and find out what happens at the end of life for these products informing strategy around our Plastics
Carry out desktop research to know whether certain plastics can be returned and scoping options around a second life.
Evaluate/manage data and compile easy to read reports charts graphs for senior leadership and relevant stakeholders.
Communicate directly with suppliers to get a better understanding of the different single use plastics we purchase with the potential of visiting supplier locations
Complete feasibility study around returning single use plastics which involves discussions with sales teams customers logistics and others
Complete a comprehensive report clearly explaining how we can reuse singleuse plastics
Present findings to Procurement Leadership Team
Skills and competences
Ability to work independently and be an excellent team player
Ability to present and communicate clearly and concisely
Flexible adaptable and capable of lateral thinking
Strong organisation and prioritisation skills with ability to multitask
Ability to identify analyse and plan actions to engage with communicate with negotiate with and influence stakeholders
Strong user of all Microsoft applications
Our transformation will change your career. For good. Youll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard and youll be supported to bring them to life. Therell be challenges. But stretch yourself and embrace the opportunities and you could make your biggest impact yet.
This is stepping outside of your comfort zone.
This is work thatllmoveyou.
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Equal opportunities
Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race religion creed color national origin nationality citizenship ancestry sex age marital status physical or mental disability affectional or sexual orientation gender identity military or veteran status genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.
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Convatec is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Convatec employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement will become the sole property of Convatec. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
