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Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring.
Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec’s revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC).
Our search for better is changing the lives of our customers. It’s changing the careers of our people too – creating new challenges and opportunities all the time. We’re a business that never stands still.
About the role
Join us in our second year of the Sustainability Internship Programme.
This role reports into a Category Manager within the Procurement function. You will have a defined project to complete a life cycle analysis on sterilisation we purchase and understand the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for sterilisation.
The role will be active across Procurement.
- 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 senior category manager to understand the different types of sterilisation needed
- Carry our desktop research to understand emissions per different types of sterilisation
- Communicate directly with suppliers to get a better understanding of the different processes involved in sterilisation, with the potential of visiting supplier locations
- Use reasoning to clearly understand the differences between each type of sterilisation including environmental benefits, costs, impact on quality etc.
- Complete a comprehensive report clearly explaining the GHG emissions per sterilisation type
- Present findings to Procurement Leadership Team
Skills and competences
- Ability to work independently and be an excellent team player
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to present and communicate clearly and concisely
- Flexible, adaptable and capable of lateral thinking
- Strong organisation and prioritisation skills with ability to multi-task
- 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. You’ll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard, and you’ll be supported to bring them to life. There’ll 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 that’ll move you.
