2021 Intern - Procurement Professional

Company: IBM
Location: Meridian
Posted on: January 10, 2021

Job Description:

Introduction IBM Global Procurement is guided by our mission "to maximize value for our suppliers, clients and the IBM enterprise" START AND END DATES FOR THIS INTERNSHIP ARE DURING SUMMER 2021 Our Global Procurement team is seeking highly talented undergraduate level students with a passion for procurement, supply chain and market analysis to fill internship roles for the summer of 2020. Intern positions are offered in Raleigh, NC (RTP), Poughkeepsie, NY and Austin, TX. Further expand your supply chain management knowledge and build a solid foundation towards a career in Global Procurement with an internship at IBM Your Role and Responsibilities - Support one-off tactical sourcing of client requirements as assigned - Provide multi-category support as assigned - Assist in executing competitive bid events and other sourcing projects - Assist in communicating with and negotiating with suppliers - Analyze changing client/market conditions - gather information for benchmarking - Support client specific category strategy - Perform detailed analysis of spend and other data to identify savings, define efficiency opportunities, and tactical and strategic initiatives that should be undertaken - Assist with the identification of appropriate potential suppliers to fit clients' business objectives - Assist with the tracking and reporting of supplier performance and resolution of supplier performance issues - Support periodic key stakeholder meetings with client to review commodity strategy and activities by preparing materials as assigned - Assist with analyzing existing contracts - Act in compliance with all relevant IBM business conduct guidelines and client driven procurement processes Intern positions are offered in Raleigh, NC (RTP), Poughkeepsie, NY and Austin, TX.

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