Procurement Internship

Job Introduction
DAC Beachcroft is looking to appoint a Procurement Intern on a 12 month fixed term contract (FTC) to join our team in Bristol.

We are looking for you to join us in a job of the future. Focusing on all Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) aspects of our supply chain this will be a pivotal role in the delivery of our sustainability programme.

This position will help contribute to the fulfilment of our environmental and societal commitments, employment or integration, while improving economic performance for the business.

Main Responsibilities
- working with and managing stakeholders at all levels within an international law firm.
- Working with the procurement team and key stakeholders to proactively engage and improve sustainability & ESG in strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.
- Helping design, deliver and monitor process enhancements to embed sustainability in our everyday sourcing and procurement processes incl. implementation of new systems, workflow and reporting
- Helping drive the development of sustainability objectives for inclusion in scorecards as part of supplier selection using metrics and targets based on market methodologies
- Advising on and helping develop associated deployment plans with the procurement team and other stakeholders across the business to ensure alignment of social value and sustainability targets
- Proactively maintaining and developing expertise and awareness of the regulations, legislation, restrictions, controls and certifications that will be placed upon us in our journey
- To participating in specialist topic working groups internally and externally representing the procurement function
- Working with the procurement team and key stakeholders to improve sustainability & ESG in strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management
- Collaborating with, and provide training, across the business to drive a step change in the evaluation of suppliers and negotiation of contracts
- Monitoring potential risks and escalate to Head of Procurement and the Practice Risk and Governance team
- Responsibility for vendors' reputational risk assessments and associated reporting
- Managing of collection of our Annual Reporting disclosures

You will be:

- A motivated, organised individual who is looking for their chance to shine
- Interested in ESG focused procurement
- Keen to work with cross-functional teams
- Able to influencing and negotiate
- A relationship builder and manager
- Able to manage change

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards - the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

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