Procurement Compliance Intern - #7443245

Verisure is seeking a talented, innovative, passionate Procurement Support Intern. The role will be part of a growing and talented Group Procurement Team and will report directly into Group Procurement Compliance. The role is based in Madrid.

The role will be expected to impact quickly and develop as the business grows. It is an exciting opportunity to develop procurement skills on a global environment.

The company’s success depends on its people and it invests in them every day. Working with Verisure is being part of an industry leading world-class company that has a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

Strategic context and Value proposition

Over the past years, Verisure has experienced an exceptional and resilient financial performance with a very long track record of double-digit growth - thanks to continuous drive for Innovation, our very sophisticated Go To Market and replicable business model for expansion into new countries. Our strong and visionary Management Team is now supporting the business’ next phase of growth with a robust business plan for value creation.

This is a unique opportunity to join our Group Procurement team.

Responsibilities will include:

Key Functions:

• E-sourcing expert role, supporting the rest of the organization on the usage of the system.
• Support Procurement Buyers and Managers on qualifying and evaluating suppliers.
• Support on Data Protection’s risk and mitigation with external suppliers.
• Identify and take action on supplier and service risks from qualification and evaluation processes.

Support Functions:

• Manage Supplier's qualification and evaluation database globally.
• Register and maintain data of qualification and evaluation of suppliers.
• Reporting and supporting on non-compliance cases.
• Keep updated the configuration of the E-sourcing system.

Location

The role is based in Madrid

Reports and organization structure

Direct reporting line into the Group Procurement Compliance.

Candidate profile

Experiences and Qualifications

• University Degree, preferably bachelor’s in Law or in Business management.
• Advanced level on Microsoft Office. In particular Excel.
• Spanish and English. Very high level on both languages. Able to lead business conversations and influence in both languages, fluently, with stakeholders at any level.
• Experience in Procurement, and/or with eProcurement tools (Jaggaer, Ariba, etc), and ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, etc) would be an advantage

Competencies

• Organization and coordination skills, plus process oriented
• Ability to work remotely with varying team members including staff and managers based in several different countries.
• Accuracy, attention to detail and resilient
• Result oriented
• Structured and organized
• An enthusiastic and high energy individual with a strong drive to create a positive work environment
• Autonomy
• Able to work on a very busy and dynamic environment
• Customer and people oriented
• Excellent levels of spoken and written communication
• Social skills to build and maintain internal and external relationships
• Common sense, flexibility and ability to adapt to new environments
• Teamwork

Strong fit with our Company DNA

• Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.
• Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.
• Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.
• Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win.
• With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.

The Company

We Are People Who Protect People

We are the leading provider of professionally monitored alarms for residential households and small businesses in Europe.

Peace of mind for families and small businesses

We believe it is a human right to feel safe and secure. We now protect more than 3.4 million families and small businesses. Our service includes 24/7 monitoring, expert verification and response, customer care, service and maintenance services, and professional technical support. As well as protecting against intrusion, we protect against fire, attack, theft, life-threatening emergencies and other hazards. Verisure people are dedicated and committed and provide what we believe is the best customer service in the industry.

Leading across a broad footprint

We are the leading provider of residential and small business monitored alarms in Europe. We operate in 16 countries across Europe and Latin America. Our business is driven by organic growth, based on our differentiated business model. We attract high quality customers. We work hard to ensure that our customers are happy. This contributes to an industry leading level of attrition and a long customer lifetime.

A technology-enabled human services company

Our 18,000 team-mates are the foundation of our company. Our business model combines technology and human expertise to protect people. We are a human services company. More than 80% of our colleagues interact with customers every day. This connection provides the insight that inspires our innovation. These insights are a source of advantage. We leverage these insights with the significant investment we make into product and service innovation. The close customer contact also fuels the pride which drives engagement.

30 years of experience – and many more to come

We have been protecting what matters most since 1988. Over that time, we have expanded beyond our roots in the Nordics and Spain. We now serve most of Europe and have also established a strong presence in Latin America. In 2017, to evolve our operating model, strategic innovation, operational excellence and access to talent, we opened our new Group headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2019, we formed a strategic partnership with Arlo, a world leader in connected cameras. Verisure acquired all rights to Arlo’s European business. This allows us to offer connected camera services in Europe as a complement to our professionally monitored security service. It also allows us to access new go-to-market opportunities in retail and e-commerce.

Our winning DNA

Everything we do is driven by our DNA. Our DNA has enabled us to grow at a double-digit pace for many years and is setting us up to continue this journey.

• Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly.
• Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline.
• Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously.
• Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win.
• With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always.