Apprenticeship - Commodity Buyer Propulsion and Auxiliary Power

Apprenticeship - Commodity Buyer Propulsion and Auxiliary Power

Date: 4 Mar 2025

Company: Alstom

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Within the Alstom Purchasing Department, attached to the Commodity Directors of Power and Energy Systems and Transformers & APU of the Electrical and Components domain, we are looking for a colleague, on a work-study basis, to work in the field of lithium batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, traction transformers, and auxiliary converters.

As part of your contract, you will be involved in the following tasks:

1. Support of sourcing activities.
2. Support to strategies: Supplier panel management, Sustainable sourcing, Make or buy.
3. Strategic analysis of results: main KPI, QCD.
4. Supplier risk management, Support and improvement of risk management process with commodity managers, Analysis of financial risk information.
5. Support of sourcing activities with commodity managers and buyers (Market analysis, negotiation...).
6. Support of the new Smart Roadmap and the definition of commodity strategies.
7. Support to the management of purchasing processes (RFQ, LCC/BCC analysis...).
8. Definition of the cost model.
9. Other missions can be defined together.

Joining Alstom will allow you to:

1. Work with a dynamic and experienced team.
2. Have a strategic vision of purchasing.
3. Participate in various activities (negotiation, cost structure, risk management, market analysis...).

Profile

• Required skills:
  • Relational skills as well as a good sense of communication.
  • Autonomous, rigorous, and dynamic.
  • Mastery of the Office suite.
  • Results-oriented.
  • Fluent English.
• Engineering studies and/or a Master's degree specialized in Purchasing with a first internship in Industry will be strong assets.

Contract
12 month internship starting in September 2025.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.