Supply Chain Internship - Sourcing (Summer 2021 )
Strategic Sourcing - Internship
It’s not about just finding a job. It’s about finding a home for the experiences, skills, and passions you bring to your work – a place where other people share your aspirations.
From our welcoming, collaborative culture to ample opportunities for growth, you’ll find plenty of reasons to invent your future with Panduit. We take great pride in our University Relations Program and great care in selecting individuals who are a part of it.
By taking the important step of becoming a part of our team, you will join engineers, researchers, and innovators who create winning technology and give us the edge to lead in a highly competitive marketplace.
Intern with our Sourcing Group in Tinley Park, Illinois.
The Sourcing Organization is the Commercial Authority within Panduit, focusing on securing the best raw materials and/or Services at the lowest possible total cost. The Sourcing Group works to implement Agreements that protect Panduit’s best interests from a Risk Management Perspective.
Projects you will be working on include:
Competitive Bidding:
- In support of an internal stakeholder, the intern will help build a Request for Quote document, secure bids from multiple Suppliers, and work internally to identify the best go-forward solution.
Supplier Diversity & Business Continuity and Supplier Risk
- Intern will learn about data mining and subsequent analytics. The Intern will be responsible for building a master file, and coordination across the Panduit Supply base to manage files received, and follow-up (or potential escalation) for open issues.
Preferred Major:
- Business Management/Business Administration
- Supply Chain
- Operations Management
Preferred Skills / Academic Exposure:
- Analytical & Troubleshooting Skills
- Oral & Written Communication Skills.
- Reporting & Presenting Information Skills.
- Microsoft Office Suite Skills
- Business Intelligence Skills Preferred
- Applicants should have the ability to work independently
- Applicants should have the ability to multitask, problem solve, prioritize and exercise critical thinking skills
- Applicants should be outgoing, have a confident personality with the ability to establish rapport.
Start Date: May 2021
Grade Level: Sophomore or Junior
Location: 18900 Panduit Drive, Tinley Park, IL 60487