Group Procurement Intern [Jul 2024]

Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) is a leading energy and urban solutions provider, led by its purpose to drive energy transition.

Headquartered in Singapore, Sembcorp delivers sustainable solutions to support energy transition and urban development by leveraging its sector expertise and global track record.

Sembcorp has a balanced energy portfolio of 21.2GW, with 14.4GW of gross renewable energy capacity across 10 countries*.

Its urban development projects span over 14,000 hectares across Asia and have generated over 377,000 employment opportunities and attracted close to US$50 billion of investment capital.

Sembcorp is listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. It is a constituent stock of FTSE Russell Index, MSCI Singapore Index, Straits Times Index as well as sustainability indices including FTSE4Good Index, iEdge SG ESG indices and several MSCI ESG indices.

For more information, please visit www.sembcorp.com.

Purpose and Scope

Sembcorp Group Procurement Function manages the headquarter purchases centrally by facilitating buys through the right balance between operational efficiency, obtaining the optimum quality of goods / services and value for money. We collaborate as Business Partners with our respective group functions to understand their business needs and value add to our internal stakeholders by providing sound procurement advices, as well as working closely with them from pre-planning of purchases to awarding of the supply contracts.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

As part of our process improvement journey, the team is actively identifying opportunities for improvements. At present, we are embarking on digitization efforts and leveraging on technologies to achieve higher operational efficiencies.

The intern will be participating in our procurement improvement journey, with the following key roles which include:

• Performs operational and tactical sourcing activities including contract negotiations
• Performs sourcing of indirect purchases for Group Functions
• Collaborate with supplier for their onboarding process
• Participate and support in procurement project initiatives which includes providing system data maintenance
• Partner with other market procurement globally for procurement project initiatives
• Identifies, participates or leads in procurement/improvement projects /initiatives

Intern should apply his/her business acumen and data analytics skills into the role. He/she would also assist to plan and design business processes and make recommendations for improvements in the procurement processes.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Possess good communications & social skills
• Enjoys working in a team-based environment

At Sembcorp, our shared corporate behaviors underpin all the work that we do in building a sustainable future:

• Institution-first Mindset – Put the interest of the Group ahead of individual interests.
• Collaboration – Deliver through collaborating across markets, businesses and functions.
• Accountability – Hold team and self accountable to deliver on our commitments.

Working Location: 30 Hill Street Singapore 179360

This is a full time internship, preferably 6 months or longer. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.