Purchasing Internship

Meritage Homes Corporation • Scottsdale, AZ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Meritage Homes is a Top 5 builder dedicated to building energy-efficient homes and communities. We are looking for future leaders that can help Meritage continue to grow, set our future strategy and solve our business challenges. Our internship program is designed to help you not only understand what we do but how and why we do it. If you are looking for an experience where you can immerse yourself in a business, establish a network, learn, develop your skills, and have some fun, then this is the place for you. Looking for a student to start June 2026 and work full-time, in-person till August 2026.
The Purchasing intern will learn how residential construction procures all labor and materials in a production environment to support all facets of the business. This includes product budget analysis, review of base house cost, options and margins as well as vendor/contract negotiations. This is all while learning the broader business strategy, participating in cross-functional projects involving other interns and business leaders.

Requirements

• Operating with integrity
• Always assuming positive intent and bringing passion to work
• Having a desire to “win” and get stuff done
• Fostering an inclusive environment
• Asking questions, seeking to understand and making recommendations to improve
• Wanting to always innovate, think of new ideas and solve for bigger problems
• Being relentless in the pursuit of excellence; will never “settle”

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a team environment on cross team or functional projects
• Experience dealing with ambiguity
• Experience in a leadership capacity or role and influencing peers.
• Recent college graduate - Bachelor's degree.
• Relevant College Coursework/Majors: Business Administration, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Real Estate, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Project Management

Responsibilities

• Work closely with internal business leaders to learn the homebuilding industry, the Meritage business model and an assigned functional area such as construction, land, marketing, operations, purchasing, finance, human resources, etc.
• Learn our core values and why they drive everything we do
• Translate classroom experience into practical application during the internship
• Participate in cross-functional projects involving other interns and business leaders centered around current business challenges
• Present real world business recommendations to senior leadership that can help drive our strategy
• Write a paper focusing on the experience or another assigned topic

Benefits

• A work environment that encourages creativity and innovative ideas from every level
• An organization that lives by its core values everyday
• Team atmosphere where every individual is considered a vital asset
• State of the art technology to provide an optimal working environment
• A competitive pay structure
• Strong benefits
• Flexibility in work-life integration
• Team-oriented environment where all individuals play an integral role in the company
• Opportunity to further your career in a growing national organization
• Maintain a competitive drive to be the best

What This Job Offers

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