Internship

Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,300 employees, the Group serves more than 4 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are small molecules essential to life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide's scientific territory and have been at the heart of the Group's business since its creation in 1902.
Air Liquide places diversity at the heart of its activities and is committed in particular to promoting professional equality and the employment of workers with disabilities.

Entity and Activity Description
The intern/work-study student will join the Group Procurement Department, within the Responsible Procurement department, and will contribute to the worldwide deployment of its initiatives. Responsible Procurement currently works on topics related to the reduction of CO2 emissions, sustainable development risks with our suppliers (e.g. environment, human rights and working conditions, ethics) and the development of inclusive procurement.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

With the support of our teams and your manager, you will contribute to the following missions:

1) Implementation of Digital Procurement Solution (DPS), with focus on the supplier risk and relationship management

• Participation in the worldwide deployment of digital tools for SR2M (supplier risk and relationship management);

• Support to the internal / external stakeholders (workshops, user guidelines, training materials, etc.)

2) Continuous improvement of the SR2M deployment

• Acceleration of the SR2M yearly campaigns (eg. supplier CSR performance evaluation campaign)

• Contribution to the dedicated results consolidation, reporting and monitoring / quality control

3) Participation in the development and management of procurement decarbonization strategies

• Contribution to the calculation and reporting of CO² emissions (Scope 3).

• Contribution to the preparation of the group Scope 3 objectives.

• Communication/facilitation on topics related to sustainable procurement.

4) Participation in the development and management of inclusive procurement strategies

• Contribution to the development and improvement of inclusive procurement strategies

• Participation in the organization of the annual Inclusive Procurement forum.

Are you a MATCH?

Desired level of study: Bac+4 / Bac+5 - Business/Engineering school or equivalent

Languages: Fluent English and French; mastery of a third language will be a plus

The expected qualities/skills are as follows:

• Personal/interpersonal: Analytical capacity and proactive approach; Determination; Responsibility and Autonomy; Ability to work in a team; Good communication in French and English

• Proficiency in office tools (Google, Excel) and data management

• Knowledge of the Procurement process

• Basic notions of risk management and supplier relations, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development

Additional Information

Air Liquide is labelled Happy Trainees.

The internship takes place at the Group's historic headquarters in the heart of Paris on Quai d'Orsay.

• Geographical location: Paris, France

• Desired start date: April/May 2026

• Duration: 6 months

• Compensation: according to profile

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.