Purchasing Internship

CLARK Material Handling Company•Lexington, KY

About The Position

The Purchasing Internship position provides a unique opportunity for the intern to gain exposure to a Purchasing/Supply chain team, with responsibilities of assisting in a variety of functional areas, such as planning, buying, manufacturing, purchasing process, project management, strategy, and logistics and be primarily responsible for assisting the purchasing supply chain team on daily production projects. The position will assist the purchasing and expediting staff in daily tasks including, but not limited to the following: data collection; web-based research; report writing;maintating databases; data entry; preparing presentations, and various projects.

Requirements

Current college student with a major in Business, Supply Chain Management, Economics, Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or any related field
Efficient use of computers with excellent 10key pad skills
Microsoft Office application knowledge and proficiency.
Detailed-oriented with an ability to analyze and understand large volumes of data
Proficient with large spreadsheets
Communicate well, both orally and written.
Ability to work independently and analyze procedures and problems
Detailed oriented
Must be able to work in the US indefinitely without sponsorship now or in the future

Responsibilities

Provide support for the Purchasing team with data entry, research, contacting suppliers, updating systems
Learn and execute purchasing processes to best support purchasing and manufacturing functions
Acquire purchasing techniques to analyze inventory, demand, stocking levels and location
Confirm, track and manage supplier delivery schedules for production & aftermarket parts on a weekly basis
Generate, update, and maintain ERP parameters
Resolve issues with materials that impact product schedules
Assist with vendor communication and reporting
Data management projects
Provide clerical & administrative support as needed to the assigned departments
Responsible to analyze various weekly and daily reports and execute actions to ensure goals are met
Responsible to enter data in various databases, including tracking, invoice & shipping information into PO’s
Expedite parts that are out of stock, on back order, and or over due
Review and maintain supply, production and stock levels to maintain required levels
Process Trucks that are out of service requests
Assist departments in various projects
Perform all work with a high degree of accuracy and to keep pace with the flow of work.