Intern, Procurement
About The Position
As an intern in the procurement role, you will assist in maintaining strategic alliances and partnerships established by the Purchasing organization. You will send requests for information, proposals, and quotes to suppliers; analyze responses; justify procurements; and place purchase orders. You will help streamline order fulfillment to ensure supplier quality and timely delivery that meet performance metrics. The role involves communicating with vendors, understanding and applying the company’s Terms and Conditions, and ensuring compliance with corporate policies. You will also help assess supplier capabilities, participate in risk assessments, escalate issues to management, and recommend appropriate actions. The position is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and follows a 9/80 schedule: employees work 9 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off.
Requirements
- Must be pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics Management, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Operations Management, General Business Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Procure material, equipment, supplies, services, and commodity products.
- Evaluate costs and analyze supplier bids to attain the best overall value.
- Negotiate price, delivery, and quality of products and services, and determine supplier selections.
- Track purchase orders through reports; work matched exceptions, open commitments, receiving discrepancies, returns, supplier discrepancies, and problem reports or supplier corrective action responses; and interface with receiving and accounting to resolve issues.
- Manage supplier relationships throughout the acquisition process.
- Confer with suppliers to determine factors affecting competitive total cost of ownership, consistent with quality, reliability, and required schedules.
- Evaluate root causes and corrective actions with suppliers regarding late delivery performance.
- Interpret FAR/DFAR/ITAR laws, rules, and regulations regarding import/export control certifications and licenses.
- Send requests for information, proposals, and quotes to suppliers; analyze responses, justify procurements, and place purchase orders.
- Help assess supplier capabilities, participate in risk assessments, escalate issues to management, and recommend appropriate actions.
- Help ensure compliance with corporate policies and the company’s Terms and Conditions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
