2027 Future Talent Program - Global Supplier Management Group Indirect Procurement Marketing - Co-op

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. We need to parse the job description and extract relevant content. Let's read the description: Job Description The Future Talent Program features Cooperative (Co-op) education that lasts up to 6 months and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Global Support Division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity, and teamwork of an individual like you. We strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career. This role is in Marketing Procurement, which is part of the Indirect Sourcing & Operations Procurement organization under the Global Supplier Management Group. The team aims to deliver superior performance to the organization in the areas of value creation, supplier management, and supplier risk mitigation through strategic sourcing initiatives for all divisions and functions of the company. Marketing Procurement Co-Op positions would be in one or two of the following: Creative, Public Relations & Global Communications, Media, Market Research or Marketing Operations. General Responsibilities Support strategic and operating objectives for the procurement function including product sourcing, supply risk management, supplier performance improvement, cost reduction, supplier diversity development, working capital improvement, and supplier relationship managementWork with cross functional teams including Legal, Finance, Procure-to-Pay, internal stakeholders, and external suppliersConduct detailed market analyses looking at facts and data, with the objective of providing deep and meaningful insightsImplement procurement efforts and execute tactical procurement processes. Serve as a resource regarding processes, procedures and systems for procurement function.Support selection of suppliers to ensure appropriate savings and service levels. Ensure that all legal contract requirements are met. Manage relationships with external contacts to ensure optimal team performance and to take appropriate actions by implementing contract negotiation, communication with suppliers and/or or modifying procedure to ensure customer satisfaction.Enforce compliance with all Global Procurement policies and procedures by using a data driven business case approach. Additional Responsibilities Are As Follows Supplier and Supply Market Analysis – To conduct rigorous market intelligence and detailed supplier and supply market analyses, to provide deep and meaningful insight to Sourcing teams.Cost Modeling / Cost reduction – To construct detailed cost models/purchase price analysis of goods and services that are supplied to our company.Supplier Performance Management – supplier performance monitoring, root cause investigation, issue management, risk assessment and mitigationStrategic Analysis – To conduct project analysis which transforms the information gathered from 1) and 2) above into insightful, well-structured breakthrough options and opportunities. Examples include Portfolio Analysis, Supplier Referencing, and Day One Sourcing.Financial Analysis & Reporting – To prepare analysis and reporting of category spend, savings, compliance, and other metrics data on a monthly basis. To support the annual budget / profit planning process for the category at the global level. To maintain financial reporting and management systems (including SAP) with up-to-date data on an ongoing basis.Negotiation Planning – To create detailed pre-negotiation plans, to lead and participate any prolonged negotiation sessions with suppliers and to conduct post negotiation debriefs and follow through plans. Sourcing – To create and execute RFIs, RFPs, and e-Auctions, together with subsequent structured information analysis wherever possible using electronic procurement processes.Risk Assessment and Mitigation – To conduct effective risk assessment (including Financial Solvency Analysis, compliance with FCPA, Business Partner Code of Conduct, etc.) and establish appropriate risk mitigation plans within the supply-base pursuant to our company Manufacturing Division's risk management framework. Category Team Membership – To be an active member of one or more category teams using the techniques and content created in above as input in the creation of breakthrough strategies delivering cost reduction targets.Sharing of Learnings – The incumbent will be expected to generate work of world-class quality and to share and transfer this to colleagues throughout GSMG Education Minimum Requirement Currently in sophomore or junior level curriculum, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in business (such as Finance or Management), Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Market Research, Communications or a Science-related discipline (Engineering, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or Bioengineering). Required Experience And Skills Superior interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to work successfully on cross functional teamsPossess excellent verbal and written communication skills including ability to make clear and concise presentations, sensitivity to cultural differences in communicationStrong data collection, analysis and reporting skillsExcellent project management skillsAbility to work independently with a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to deal with ambiguous and dynamic situationsQuick learner and motivated to cultivate technical, business and commercial skills by applying their knowledge within our company’s environmentExperience with SharePoint and Enterprise Social Media (specifically Teams, Yammer), and familiarity with principles of business communication, marketing and/or journalism.Proficient in Microsoft office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)Demonstrated excellent academic achievement Preferred Experience And Skills Prior pharmaceutical industry experience or any fortune 500 company experienceExperience with using SharePoint or other similar collaboration websitesExperience with TIBCO Spotfire or other data analytic/visualization toolsExperience with using Excel to manage large data sets Please note that this position may be closed before the posted end date or may remain open longer, at the discretion of the company. Salary Range The salary range for this role is $39,908 - $111,111 USD FTP2027 GSF2027 Required Skills Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE US And Puerto Rico Residents Only Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process. Requirements As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit: EEOC Know Your Rights EEOC GINA Supplement We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term) Relocation: No relocation VISA Sponsorship No Travel Requirements No Travel Required Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid Shift Not Indicated Valid Driving License No Hazardous Material(s) n/a Job Posting End Date 10/9/2026 A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date. Requisition ID:R415218 We need to extract sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have content: description about role (first paragraph(s) about Future Talent Program, etc.) -> About the role. Responsibilities: General Responsibilities and Additional Responsibilities. Requirements: Education Minimum Requirement (Currently in sophomore or junior level...). Also maybe "Employee Status Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)"? But that's more about job type. Requirements could include education and maybe required experience? Actually "Required Experience And Skills" is more like Skills. But we have separate Skills section. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Skills). So we need to map content accordingly. We have "Education Minimum Requirement" -> could go under Requirements or Qualifications. Usually Requirements = education and experience; Qualifications = preferred? But we can decide. We have "Required Experience And Skills" -> that's skills. We have "Preferred Experience And Skills" -> also skills (preferred). Could be under Skills. We have "Salary Range" -> Pay. We have "Relocation: No relocation", "VISA Sponsorship No", "Travel Requirements No Travel Required", "Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid", "Shift Not Indicated", "Valid Driving License No", "Hazardous Material(s) n/a". These could go under Benefits? Actually these are more like job details; maybe Schedule? Not exactly. Benefits: maybe none given. There's no explicit benefits like health, retirement. So we may omit Benefits section if no specific content. Schedule: we have "Shift Not Indicated", maybe schedule not specified. But we should not create Schedule section if content is just "not indicated" or placeholder. The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. So we should not create Schedule section because we only have "Shift Not Indicated" which is placeholder. So omit Schedule. Benefits: we have no explicit benefits; maybe "Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid" could be considered a benefit? It's a work arrangement. Could be considered a benefit. But the instruction: only include section when posting has real, specific content for it. "Flexible Work Arrangements Hybrid" is specific. Could be considered a benefit. However typical Benefits section includes things like health insurance, retirement, paid time off. But we could treat "Flexible Work Arrangements" as a benefit. But we also have "Relocation: No relocation", "VISA Sponsorship No", "Travel Requirements No Travel Required". Those are not benefits but job details. Might be better to put them under a "Job Details" section but not allowed headings. Since we only allowed those headings, we could omit them or incorporate into About the role? Probably better to omit minor metadata as per instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. So we can fold relocation, visa, travel, flexible work arrangements into a short paragraph under About the role or maybe under Responsibilities? Probably About the role is suitable for general info. Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Pay. We need to decide what goes into Requirements vs Qualifications. The posting has "Education Minimum Requirement" and "Required Experience And Skills". Usually Requirements = education + required experience/skills. Qualifications = preferred experience/skills. But we