Procurement Intern

Lactalis American Group•Buffalo, NY

54d•$19 - $21•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. From your PASSION to ours Lactalis USA, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Procurement Intern based in Buffalo, New York. This is a paid internship. The Intern will be required to work full-time, 20-40 hours per week for a 1-year duration. As a Procurement intern, you will work within our Direct Procurement team based in Buffalo, NY, including but not limited to: Category Management, Procurement Project Management and Strategic Sourcing on Co-Manufacturing, as well as performing a variety of administrative functions and tasks in assisting the Co-Manufacturing Procurement manager.

Requirements

Pursuing Bachelor's Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Business, Operations Management or other related field is required.
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.

Nice To Haves

Preferred Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above.
Preferred Procurement or related internship/co-op experience or related course work.

Responsibilities

Implement database on finished goods and upstream materials
Implement database on vendor and prospects
Budget/Estimate support: implement new tools for budget preparation, follow monthly purchasing price variance (PPV) and risk and ops, etc.
Support Global Coman Process implementation
Support free cash-flow improvements (payment terms, inventory management/order patterns, etc.)
Identify category simplification: rationalization, internalization
Assisting in negotiating supplier pricing
Support vendor assessment implementation with internal stakeholders
Support Quality/Legal Regulation implementation
Follow price updates
Ensure business continuity and vendor KPIs (supply chain, quality, etc.)
Identify cost savings project (value analysis, product optimization, etc.)
Support upstream project implementation (raw materials, packaging, ingredients, etc.)
Update saving tracker purchasing tool
Support project development and implementation (savings, innovation