Strategic Sourcing AI & Automation Intern

Strategic Sourcing AI & Automation Intern

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work.

We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world.

Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here.

We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.

We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.

Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Job Family Definition:

Students currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in areas such as Business Analytics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.

Applies academic knowledge, analytical thinking, emerging technologies, and creative problem-solving to real business challenges.

Collaborates with business and technical stakeholders to research, design, prototype, test, and improve solutions while developing practical professional experience.

Management Level Definition:

Entry-level internship role that performs assigned work under the guidance of a supervisor or experienced team members.

Contributes to project-based activities, develops practical knowledge of business processes and technologies, and builds professional skills through collaboration, analysis, experimentation, and delivery of defined project outcomes.

Responsibilities:


* Support the Strategic Sourcing organization through research, data analysis, process analysis, and project coordination.


* Own or materially contribute to an AI, analytics, or automation project supporting Strategic Sourcing.


* Collaborate with sourcing leaders, commodity managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand business challenges and define structured requirements.


* Gather, organize, and analyze structured and unstructured information, including pricing records, contracts, supplier data, market intelligence, and other business documents.


* Translate sourcing challenges into workflows, data requirements, solution concepts, and project deliverables.


* Research, design, prototype, and test AI-enabled capabilities supporting negotiation preparation, supplier-risk identification, contract intelligence, and sourcing decision support.


* Explore and apply technologies such as generative AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, semantic search, workflow automation, and data visualization, where appropriate.


* Develop dashboards, prot...