Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
France
Villeurbanne
Overview
Details
Company Overview
At the heart of this model is a globally diversified business portfolio, keenly focused on strategically developing and protecting its positions up and down the value chain. With its commodity platforms integrated from farm to consumer, coupled with optimally located production and processing assets, the Group carefully manages risks at every level in every sector.
The Group’s diversification and expansion strategy has enabled it to post outstanding year-on-year growth, with six leadership positions and ten major trade flows covered: it is the number one cotton and rice merchant worldwide and ranks in the top three in orange juice, wheat, corn and sugar and in the top five in oilseeds and coffee. In addition, Louis Dreyfus Company is the second-largest sugarcane crushing and renewable energy group in the world.
Main Responsibilities
In this role, you are part of the LDC Central Innovation team.
As such will be supporting the roll out of strategic innovation capabilities for the group. The focus of the internship will be to support the team “Launch Innovation challenges, managing and supporting the portfolio of projects”.
Activities associated with the position :
- Support LDC's innovation PoCs with tools and methodologies provided by the central team. Optimize them as needed.
- Contribute to building a strong External Ecosystem and be active in establishing and maintaining the relationship with: startups, funds, accelerators/incubators, universities, partnerships, external advisory.
- Run proof of concept and test technical and business assumptions
- Provide support and help with other ad-hoc tasks per need
- Support the Launch and pipeline of Innovation Challenges (internal calls for innovation ideas) across the different business units and regions.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Skills
Business:
- Ability to listen and understand business needs across different business domains
- Ability to conduct business analysis and interviews to identify opportunity areas
- Ability to manage projects and stakeholders
- Experience working on corporate innovation projects is a strong plus
- Experience working with startups is a plus
- Experience in soft commodity trading, agriculture, or the food industry is a plus
Behaviors:
- Curiosity
- Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills in English
- Self-driven, customer-focused, and proactive
- Good learning agility and decision-making skills
- Analytical and problem-solving
- Ability and flexibility to work well a s part of a team
- Be able to work under pressure, with tight deadlines while keeping composure
- Have a cross-cultural mindset to be able to work with interlocutors from all regions across the world
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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