Student Assistant, Procurement

Ready to help build a better future for generations to come?

In an ever-changing, fast paced world, we owe it to ourselves and our future generations to live life responsibly. At ROCKWOOL, we work relentlessly to enrich modern living through our innovative stone wool solutions. We are proud to be ranked by the prestigious Corporate Knights Inc. as the world’s most sustainable building material company in 2023.

Join us and make a difference!

Your future team
At the ROCKWOOL Group, we are committed to enriching the lives of everyone, who comes into contact with our products. Our portfolio is perfectly suited to tackle many of today’s biggest sustainability and development challenges.

From energy consumption to noise pollution, water scarcity to flooding, our solutions help our customers address many of the big issues of modern living. Our range of products address the diversity of the world’s needs, supporting our stakeholders in reducing their own carbon footprint along the way.
Group Sourcing and Procurement manages a global spend of EUR 2 bn on behalf of the ROCKWOOL Group. We are 100+ dedicated professionals based in various locations across the globe

You will become part of the Indirect team, consisting of people located in Denmark and Poland, managing a spend of 250MEUR and supporting our development of industry 4.0 manufacturing and further digitalization.

In this role you will have your workday in our office at Hedehusene supporting mainly our development project support, securing early involvement in projects, compliant and sustainable sourcing.
We will make sure that will be introduced to procurement as a profession and the challenging, communication demanding and very rewarding world of indirect procurement

What you will be doing
We offer a position of around 20 hours per week with flexibility to fit your schedule..
You will receive a wide variety of tasks such as:

• Compliance of suppliers
• Contract support
• Benchmark calculations
• Supplier checks
• Markets search
• Presentation formats
• Working within our procurement tools

What we are looking for
We are looking for a person who is curious, proactive, and analytic, and who wants to be a part of a dynamic team of enthusiastic colleagues, who are always ready to help and delivers high quality work.
We imagine that your studies are within the fields of business, management, or technology.

We imagine that you:

• Have an interest in procurement and/or project management
• Work independently and have a strong drive to succeed
• Have strong analytical capabilities and is interested in learning
• Are proactive with good communication skills
• Proficient written and verbal English
• A basic knowledge in supply chain management and Lean will be an advantage.

Interested?
If you want to know more, please contact Jane Aarup, [email protected]. Please send your application, CV, and grade transcript right away (please upload your documents in the same field as your CV in our recruitment system) – as soon as possible but no later than 30/9-2024. We evaluate applications as we receive them.

Who we are - ROCKWOOL Group
We are the world leader in stone wool solutions. Founded in 1937 in Denmark, we transform volcanic rock into safe, sustainable products that help people and communities thrive. We are a global company with more than 12,200 employees, located in 40+ countries with 51 manufacturing facilities… all focused on one common purpose – to release the natural power of stone to enrich modern living.

Sustainability is central to our business strategy. ROCKWOOL was one of the first companies to commit to actively contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework and are actively committed to 11 SDGs, including SDG 14, Life Below Water. Through our partnership with the One Ocean Foundation and in connection with our sponsorship of the ROCKWOOL Denmark SailGP team, we will help raise awareness around ocean health challenges in an effort to accelerate solutions to protect it.

Diverse and Inclusive Culture
We want all our people to feel valued, respected, included and heard. We employ 79 different nationalities worldwide and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees, promote diversity, and work against all forms of discrimination among ROCKWOOL employees.

At ROCKWOOL, you will experience a friendly team environment. Our culture is very important to us. In fact, we refer to our culture as “The ROCKWOOL Way”. This is the foundation in which we operate and is based upon our values of ambition, responsibility, integrity and efficiency.

Location: Hedehusene-RW-HQ