Intern: Site Purchasing (Spring 2027)

About the Role

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. This internship offers the chance to work with next‑gen technologies and collaborative teams to make a global impact.

Responsibilities

• Support Quality, Sustainability, Cost, and Capacity (QSCC) objectives with supply partners.
• Assist execution of commodity strategies for the Shippensburg site.
• Collaborate across a global, cross‑functional network to address purchasing challenges and improve supply‑chain performance.
• Conduct Supplier Delivery Precision analysis.
• Support critical supplier issues.
• Provide direct material costing support.
• Research supplier invoice discrepancies versus VCE‑established pricing, document findings, and take appropriate actions with suppliers and commodity managers.
• Send out RFQs to approved suppliers.
• Place production and prototype orders with approved suppliers.
• Support strategic projects.

Skills and Growth Opportunities

• Strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management.
• Negotiation and cost optimization.
• Supply‑chain risk management.
• Cross‑functional collaboration.
• Data‑driven decision‑making and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Collaborative, results‑oriented student with strong interest in purchasing, sourcing, or supply‑chain management within a manufacturing environment.
• Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university, pursuing a degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business, Operations Management, Business Analytics, Finance, or a related field.
• Completed at least 30 semester hours of undergraduate studies prior to the start of the internship.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75.
• Spring interns may work up to 30 hours per week.

Pay

Hourly range: $17.00 – $46.00. The rate is determined by geographic location, academic classification, degree‑seeking area of study, and internal pay equity considerations.

Benefits

• Housing assistance, when applicable.
• Access to countless career opportunities and internal mobility across the global organization.
• Training and personal development programs.

Schedule

Spring interns may work up to 30 hours per week.