NAM Procurement intern

What will you do?


* Analyze sourcing and procurement data to verify that ERP quota allocations are aligned with the approved sourcing strategy.


* Validate savings associated with open purchase orders, shipments, and actual purchasing activity and establish kay actions to stakeholders


* Review project P&L dates against current project and sourcing status, identifying discrepancies that require follow-up.


* Update sourcing forecasts and maintain the team's master tracking tools.


* Support quarterly price updates, including North America average pricing, India offer pricing, raw-material impacts, and foreign-exchange adjustments.


* Maintain sourcing databases and systems, including the master tracker and iSave, following established processes and data-quality standards.


* Support RFQ preparation by gathering forecasts, spend information, specifications, pricing inputs, and other relevant sourcing data.


* Contribute to preliminary business-case development and support the initial stages of supplier negotiations.


* Follow up on tactical and operational sourcing actions to help ensure timely execution.


* Respond to straightforward data requests and ad hoc analyses from internal stakeholders.


* Assist with minor updates to sourcing presentations and management communications.

What skills and capabilities will make you successful?


* Analytical thinking: Ability to review purchasing, pricing, forecast, savings, and operational data and translate it into clear conclusions.


* Attention to detail: Strong focus on data accuracy, particularly when validating quotas, savings, prices, forecasts, and project dates.


* Excel and data-management capabilities: Confidence working with spreadsheets, trackers, structured datasets, formulas, lookups, filters, and basic data analysis.


* Organization and prioritization: Ability to balance weekly and monthly recurring activities with daily operational requests and on-demand sourcing projects.


* Communication skills: Ability to explain findings clearly and collaborate effectively with sourcing professionals and internal stakeholders.


* Problem-solving mindset: Willingness to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and follow issues through to resolution.


* Process discipline: Ability to follow established sourcing, savings-reporting, and master-data maintenance processes.


* Learning agility: Curiosity and willingness to learn sourcing processes, ERP transactions, supplier negotiation practices, and financial concepts.


* Ownership and accountability: A proactive approach to completing tasks accurately, escalating risks, and meeting agreed deadlines.


* Collaboration in an international environment: Comfort working with stakeholders across functions, countries, and time zones.

What qualifications will make you successful:


* Active student of Industrial, Mechanical, Global Business or related


* Graduat...