You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

At Bose, we are entirely self-funded, and enabling growth year after year takes careful planning, talent, capability, and passion. Through a broad variety of specialties and disciplines, the Finance team enables the business to make the decisions and investments, at the right times, to ensure the long-term financial viability of the company.

Job Description

Are you looking for a challenging internship with a lot of variety, in a shifting environment?

Then this internship is the right one for you!!

The Business Service Center at Bose Portugal is delivering global business services for all levels of the Company with high quality standards.

Bose is an international Company with thousands of employees, customers and suppliers worldwide, which means that we deal with foreign cultures, languages and people and this makes our work diverse and challenging.

Bose offers an internship in our Procurement team with a lot of space for personal development.

We will make sure that your internship is an experience where you can test your knowledge, discover new processes and reach your fullest human potential.

The Internship: Full time position, up to 9 months.

Location and schedule: Lisbon, Portugal (Av. Defensores Chaves 45, Lisboa) with Hybrid working.

What we have to offer:

• Join a young and talented team and invest in your training and personal development;

• Work in international projects and contact with colleagues from different countries;

• Learn new methodologies that will help overcome different tasks;

• Have business exposure and accountability from day one;

• Highly skilled professional tutor and team to support you to fulfill your potential and goals;

• Fun and flexible work environment;

• New redesigned program adjusted to the new circumstances of working remotely.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing/processing requisitions for products or services in Ariba and SRM.

• Ensure requisitions are compliant with sourcing and specific strategies, policies, and procedures.

• Maintain sourcing documentation and reference materials for use in standard operating procedures to ensure transactional work is completed in a standard manner as designed.

• Understand and execute the end-to-end purchasing process (requisitions, purchase orders, invoice reconciliations).

• Resolve purchase orders in Cherwell.

• Maintain an understanding of all source-to-pay process in order to effectively communicate requirements to business partners.

• Upload contracts to Ariba.

• Work with category managers to facilitate issue resolution and relationship building.

• Maintain procurement records such as item/service details, cost data, delivery history, product quality and/or performance.

• Meet Service Level Agreement requirements.

• Identify ongoing process improvements such as opportunities for automation and other opportunities that support efficiency gain.

​We Are Looking for People With:

• Experience and/or training in the use of Office and SAP/Ariba ERP system application (preferred);

• High level of motivation, flexibility, strong time management and interpersonal skills to effectively manage high volume with minimal supervision.

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.

• Accounting experience is a plus.

• Critical thinking skills.

• Ability to work with other teams.

• Accurate, careful and able to handle confidential information and documents.

• Creative, curious, able to adapt and to analyze problems, proposing improvements.

Education & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Management, Accounting, or a related field.

Are you interested in this position? 

We’d love to know you better! Submit your application, by uploading your CV in English via the “Apply” button above. 

For further information about the position please contact us via [email protected]. 

Note 

Thanks in advance for your application. After the online phase, the most successful candidates will be invited for an interview. In case you’re not contacted in the next 15 days, we will keep your application for future opportunities that may suit your profile best.

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.