Indirect Purchasing Intern Summer 2025

Jtekt North America Corp • Greenville, SC

251d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Indirect Purchasing Intern (Intern) will support the Manager, Buyers and Sr. Purchasing Coordinator by leading a supply base reduction initiative, a Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) item/category data alignment, and executing a sourcing event to find a good corporate travel agency to support all JTEKT North America. Other activities such as U.S. Government Tariff monitoring, invoice resolution and resolving supplier maintenance requests may be assigned as required by the team. The Indirect Purchasing Team issues approximately 70,000 POs totaling approximately 200,000 lines spending over $500M per year across North America (USA, MX, Canada). This position will require on-site support in a JTEKT facility for 3 days/week and the remaining day(s) will be remote, as agreed with the Purchasing Manager. This position is expected to work a minimum of 40 hours/week and may require working outside normal working hours and/or weekends.

Requirements

• Currently attending an Undergraduate or Graduate program in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering
• Comfortable with data analysis and interpretation
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to manage multiple emails, Teams, and telephone requests
• Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Outlook, MS Teams, Oracle, SharePoint
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work under pressure
• Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Ability to work with ambiguous and imperfect data.

Responsibilities

• Support customers (internal and external) to keep plants running
• Conduct supply base reduction targeting 25-50% reduction of active suppliers
• Analyze supplier usage and historical purchases
• Engage suppliers and impacted JTEKT facilities to identify suppliers to be inactivated
• Work with IT and/or Master Data Management (MDM) team to inactivate suppliers
• Realign MRO item/category in Oracle
• Work cross-functionally with facilities and suppliers for item background and improvements
• Execute corporate travel sourcing event including internal interviews, market analysis, supplier selection, RFQ development, and contract management
• Schedule necessary meetings to perform responsibilities
• Operate under Company and Purchasing Policies and Procedures
• Participate in company, department, and team objectives and reviews
• Manage and respond to emails promptly
• Support Buyers and Sr. Coordinator as needed
• Monitor U.S. Government Tariffs and calculate cost impacts
• Assist in resolving supplier invoices on hold due to discrepancies
• Review supplier maintenance requests and verify information
• Perform other duties as assigned by Purchasing Manager.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree