Indirect Procurement Intern

Lactalis USA Inc. • Chicago, IL

just now • $24 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

Requirements

• Demonstrate strong communication skills, persuasive abilities, leadership capabilities and strong analytical skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively.
• Strong orientation towards accuracy, quality and focus on details.
• Proactive in tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Able to work efficiently in a fast paced, team environment with a strong sense of urgency and understanding of priorities.
• Team player, understanding the needs, requirements, and priorities of other functional groups.
• Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Business, Operations Management or other related field is required.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Procurement or related internship/co-op experience or related course work.

Responsibilities

• Support the Indirect North American sourcing team.
• Assisting on market analysis, sourcing initiatives
• Assisting on a variety of business projects requiring research, cost analyses, and engagement of internal/external stakeholders
• Assisting in negotiating supplier pricing
• Assisting in the Request for Quotation (RFQ) process: Supplier Pre-Selection, Evaluating Supplier Bids, Awarding Supplier
• Maintaining top level Supplier relationship management
• Upload and maintain the Procurement SharePoint database.
• Update and manage supplier & category spend trackers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern