Intern -Procurement

ABOUT THIS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

At Black & McDonald, you're not just an Intern, you're part of the family. Our Internship Program is centrally supported, fully leveraged paid summer employment offering you the chance to bridge theory to practice in a supportive and dynamic environment. Our goal is to provide you with 4 months of engaging, meaningful, and impactful experience that will launch your career in the right direction.

Under the guidance and supervision of the National Procurement Manager, the Procurement Intern ensures timely execution of procurement services and processes and fulfillment of received requests from internal and external stakeholders. The Procurement Intern promotes a client-focused, quality and results- oriented approach in the Unit.

The Procurement Intern works in close collaboration with other corporate business units, assisting Procurement team in resolving complex procurement-related issues, designing and deploying new initiatives, information exchange, and documentation/reporting.

About you:

• You are a student or recent graduate of business administration, economics, finance, accounting, supply chain management or engineering
• You are computer literate and proficient in MS Office and other standard software applications and familiar with digital solutions
• You have experience working with analytical tools and good at gathering, structuring and interpreting data
• You have passion for procurement and the ability to challenge the status quo
• You have passion to innovate and the desire to contribute your ideas to bring about change
• You have the ability to build partnerships, work collaboratively across cultures and meet shared objectives
• You have business mindset and leadership aspirations
• You have strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• You have a great attitude and enthusiasm for learning
• You are a self-developer, initiative-taking and a team player who facilitates team work

As an intern, you will:

• Experience and learn change management and engage with diverse stakeholders across the organization
• Have the opportunity to work and develop your skills in a diversified team of procurement professionals in a matrix/project based operating model
• Require to think critically about current processes and policies and challenge status quo
• Develop your presentation and selling skills, ability to influence as well as business sense
• Have the opportunity to develop and utilize your analytical skills as well as interpretation and presentation of data
• Develop your time management skills by participation in multiple projects with tight deadlines

Roles and responsibilities:

• Utilizing Procurement Analytics Platform to ensure visibility on the overall organizational spend while identifying opportunities for synergies, cost savings, process improvements, compliance and effective suppliers management
• Support Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) framework to build mutually beneficial and strategic alliances and partnerships with national suppliers
• Support sourcing strategies for the various areas of spend, categories, commodities, by working with the Procurement team in providing the spend profiles and analytics
• Support the procurement team in executing complex and/or critical sourcing initiatives
• Supporting in market intelligence studies, updates, research, and reporting
• Ensure appropriate execution of and compliance with procurement policies and procedures
• Support the National Procurement Managers and Leads in the entire sourcing process (starting from demand management and suppliers profiling process by collaboratively engaging all stakeholders internally and externally with suppliers/contractors and third parties)
• Support in tracking financial results of national rebates agreements
• Support and participate in design, development and roll-out of new initiatives, processes and procedures to enhance and optimize operations of the procurement function
• Assist with the preparation of documents and implementation of the document/file management system on Microsoft SharePoint
• Participate in team meetings and necessary awareness and training sessions
• Complete and conduct and independent presentation on your internship experience, knowledge growth, and observations

The incumbent will be coached by a team member who will support him/her in learning how to carry out these activities. He/she will learn the functionalities of the portals of Procurement as well as other Information Technology applications used by the Procurement Division.

Expected compensation for this role is a starting pay range between $21-24/hour dependent on education level, skills and experience.

Black & McDonald welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.