Purchasing Co-Op Positions
About The Position
The Purchasing Co-Op supports purchasing system strategy and improvement, including analyzing systems and processes to identify opportunities, training internal customers, and supporting the full electronic sourcing process. The role maintains category hierarchies and purchasing catalogs in coordination with suppliers and sourcing managers, and analyzes e-sourcing and catalog usage to help Corporate Indirect Purchasing meet utilization goals. It coordinates with global Corporate Indirect Purchasing teams, the global help desk, and purchase order administrators; provides purchasing-system support; identifies and escalates issues to the Purchasing Systems Analyst; and coaches and trains peers, sourcing managers, and suppliers globally. This co-op is intended for students enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. college or university and actively pursuing a degree, with a minimum GPA of 2.5 and current residence in the continental United States. Assignments are 4, 6, or up to 12 months, and students are expected to work 40 hours per week. Students must manage their academic responsibilities without compromising job performance. F-1 visa students in U.S.-based roles must have university-authorized CPT or OPT related to their degree before the assignment begins.
Requirements
- Be enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. college or university and actively pursuing a degree.
- Have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
- Currently reside within the continental United States.
- Be able to work 40 hours per week for an assignment of 4, 6, or up to 12 months.
- Manage academic responsibilities without compromising job performance.
- Demonstrate supply chain knowledge.
- Demonstrate analytical thinking and reasoning.
- Demonstrate attention to detail.
- Have effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrate relationship management, accountability, and customer focus.
- For F-1 visa students in U.S.-based roles, obtain university-authorized CPT or OPT related to the degree before the assignment begins.
Responsibilities
- Support purchasing system strategy.
- Analyze purchasing systems to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Train internal customers to use purchasing systems.
- Support the full electronic sourcing process, including user training.
- Understand, maintain, and improve the category hierarchy.
- Implement and maintain purchasing catalogs in coordination with suppliers and sourcing managers.
- Participate in benchmarking and improving purchasing systems and processes.
- Analyze e-sourcing and catalog usage and assist Corporate Indirect Purchasing in meeting utilization goals.
- Coordinate globally with Corporate Indirect Purchasing on e-sourcing and catalogs.
- Provide training and support, identify issues, and escalate them to the Purchasing Systems Analyst.
- Communicate applicable changes or issues to the global help desk and purchase order administrators.
- Coach and train peers, sourcing managers, and suppliers globally on applicable purchasing systems.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
