IT Sourcing Manager | Summer Internship 2022

Join us for the opportunity to become a key member in our IT Sourcing and Vendor Management team during our unique 6-9 week paid internship, with possibility for extension for part-time the following autumn.

To help you grow both personally and professionally, we will place you in the heart of internal IT within Schibsted. Here you will collaborate with managers within Tech and IT suppliers to bring new ideas, solve challenging problems, and help out to deliver on business needs.

About the team:

In IT Sourcing and Vendor Management we are focusing on reducing risk, securing compliance, creating beneficial relations and managing total cost in relation to our external suppliers.

We are accountable for all sourcing for the internal IT-functions as well as we are responsible for coordination, competence, sourcing support, tools, processes etc, within the Schibsted Group. We are negotiating everything from small license extensions to strategic company wide multi-million USD frame agreements.

We are today a competent organisation and we are now looking for someone who can join us as an intern during the summer of 2022!

What you will do:

In the role as a summer intern within IT vendor management, you will support the team with everyday tasks. This may include delivering category analysis, strategic sourcing projects, supplier relationship management, contract management and negotiations of agreements, and administrative sourcing support.

You will get to experience analyzing procurement data, investigating business and market opportunities, developing sourcing category strategies and leading efforts to implement the strategies together with the team and stakeholders. The tasks may vary from fairly basic administration to more complex analysis, depending on the needs of the organisation and the summer intern’s background and interests.

You will be paired with a member of the team who will mentor and support you during your internship, you will also have the opportunity to meet and interact with other interns in Schibsted.

About you:

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Strong interest in technology and business

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Interest in law and ability to read contract text

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Good skills in using Excel or Google sheets

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Good understanding/interest of IT in a wide perspective

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An interest to pursue a future career in sourcing or sales

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You have good English skills and you are not afraid to use them on a daily basis. Ability to speak Swedish or Norwegian is beneficial

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You are a 3rd-5th year student, pursuing a Bachelor/Master in an analytical field such as Technology, Business or Law

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You are able to work remotely from time to time during the internship, no matter what the pandemic guidelines will be. We still keep in contact every day

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To help you get the most out of your time with us, we feel that this internship would best fit someone who is collaborative, team oriented, proactive within their own development, and has their own ideas on how things can be done


Please note that we will not offer relocation services for the internship and we are unfortunately not able to hire someone in a country where Schibsted does not have a legal entity.

A background check is part of the recruitment process for the final candidate.


Schibsted is a family of digital brands with a strong Nordic position, and more than 5,000 employees. Millions of people interact with our companies every day through our leading online marketplaces, world-class media houses. We also help new promising businesses grow. Our joint mission of empowering people in their daily lives is rooted in the values of our media heritage and a legacy of bold change. At our best, we are a fearless force for change in a society built on trust and transparency.

Schibsted Enterprise Technology – or “E-Tech” as we’re called – is the internal IT company within Schibsted. We deliver IT services, tools and infrastructure to companies and employees in all parts of the group.Today we employ over 140 highly skilled people in Sweden, Norway, Poland and Finland and we are always on the hunt for strengthening our teams even more.