Alternance - Purchasing Digitalization Apprentice (H/F)

As the preferred partner for window and door automation, SOMFY is committed to inspiring new and better ways of living for all.

As a French, family-owned, and independent group, in continuous growth since our creation, we have been world leaders for 50 years and pioneers in home automation. Innovation continuously guides our work and guarantees the excellence of our solutions.

We are present in 58 countries, with eight production sites and 17 R&D centers. We are deeply committed to the well-being of our 7,000 employees, we promote their sustainable employability by promoting internal mobility and developing their skills. We foster diversity and inclusion by building on our strong corporate culture.

As a Purchasing Digitalization Apprentice, you will play a pivotal role in our organization’s journey toward data-driven excellence to elevate our reporting processes, break down data silos, and empower strategic decision-making. 

Reporting to the Purchasing Excellence Digitalization Project Leader, you’ll collaborate closely with the Indirect Purchasing Director and Purchasing Data Owners.  

 
Your main activities will be: 

• Work with the Purchasing Data Owners to understand the intricacies of our data landscape from a business perspective. 

• Streamline and industrialize siloed Excel tables, by assisting in the identification of sources of truth. 

• Assist in the transition from manual reporting processes to automated solutions, propose automation paths for manual data crunching. 

• Assist in defining a roadmap for enhancing the Purchasing reporting processes. 

• Provide input on report design, data accuracy, and usability, by applying academic best practices in agile development and lean business proccess definitions. 

• Dive into the intricacies of Ariba’s purchasing-to-payment (P2P) process. Identify user pain points and map out efficient buying channels. 

• Work with stakeholders to ensure seamless navigation within the Ariba platform, smooth implementation, and user adoption. 

• Define process to be followed by buyers to settle and deploy contracts, catalogs, and marketplaces within Ariba. 

• Liaise business requirements and technical execution with IT Business Analysts. 

Educational Background: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing, Finance, Controlling, Economics, Engineering, or Data Sciences (or related fields) 

• Engineering or business school student 

Soft Skills: 

• Analytical Thinking: Ability to assess data and identify trends. 

• Proccess-Oriented: Ability to understand, visualize and sketch the flow and steps of an activity/proccess. 

• Communication Skills: Effective communication for liaising with stakeholders. 

• Collaborative Mindset: Willingness to work as part of a team. 

• Problem-Solving: Proactive approach to addressing challenges. 

• Interest in Digitalization: Enthusiasm for leveraging technology to enhance processes and user experiences. 

• Eagerness to learn and grow within the field of purchasing. 

Know-how: 

• Knowledge of Excel (advanced), data mindset, writing skills. 

• English: Fluent (working language). 

• SQL, Python, Power BI: Familiarity is a plus. 

Recruitment process: 

• Step 1 : a phone call or a Teams interview with the Talent Acquisition Leader
• Step 2 : an interview with the manager 

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The protection of our candidates’ personal data is a commitment of Somfy Group. We therefore ask any candidate to submit their application to us exclusively via our secure system, and not by email or postal.

La protection des données personnelles de nos candidats est un engagement du Groupe Somfy. Nous demandons donc à tout candidat de nous soumettre sa candidature exclusivement via notre système sécurisé, et non par e-mail ou par courrier postal.