Procurement Internship
Primary Purpose:
- Aid buyers in collaboration with internal customers, management, suppliers, legal and various other disciplines. Identify cost savings opportunities, process improvements and standardizations.
- Contribute in process improvement goals designed to effectively enhance the procurement process. Participate in training and perform a variety of other duties to ensure contract and procurement compliance.
- Assignments and initiatives will be worked on as directed by Procurement leadership. These will include tasks benefiting the team and will include activities to advance understanding of IPS processes.
- Develop personal internship development plan that will include performance meetings, developments meetings, skill set review, informational interviews, and a capstone presentation of intern learnings and successes.
Major Projects:
- Loading of contracts to Contract Management System as part of Audit Remediation cleanup efforts.
- Perform many basic project management activities, including document updates for monitoring and tracking progress of project.
- Perform daily functions including tracking of shopping carts, requisitions, and purchase orders. Assist with ongoing and ad hoc projects.
- Meeting minutes, preparing presentations and analysis for IPS management as required.
- Intern development:
- Schedule and attend informational interviews with various colleagues throughout MBFS for purpose of understanding MBFS, captive finance, and Procurement.
- Attend development meetings to discuss various skillset topics including Business Process Management, Project Management, Customer Experience, and other topics.
- Attend Performance meetings to present work progress; discuss challenges, and possible resolutions.
List of Activities:
- Complete end of internship Capstone presentation to management providing overview of internship program
- Intern will gain knowledge from job shadowing, one on one training sessions and by using work instructions.
- Current members of the IPS team will complete necessary training.
Please note this is a temporary, part-time internship and is able to work up to 29 hours per week in our local office. Start date and end date are flexible based on candidates availability.
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