Purchasing Intern

JOIN THE TEAM THAT’S POWERING PROGRESS Building cities. Driving commerce. Fueling Progress. For over 100 years, Allison has powered the vehicles and technology that move our world forward. What powers us? Our employees. From the first person hired by James Allison in 1915 to the thousands across the globe who work for Allison today, we're driving progress everywhere because we employ top talent worldwide. In both the Allison Transmission and Allison Off-Highway Drive and Motion Systems business units, our team strives to Improve the Way the World Works. Learn more about this role and how you can begin driving your career forward! Apply Now Job Title: Purchasing Intern Lafayette, 47903 United States Required Travel: 0 - 10% Job Description Position Overview: Individual to manage and continuously improve processes and system to support procurement of direct materials, indirect materials, logistics, and management of the supply chain. Focus will be on the supply chain planning processes, together with optimizing the total cost of ownership, while improving cycle time and reducing inventories and net working capital. Essential Duties Internship will focus on projects defined by management and managed by the Intern to completion. This will include:refining the scope of the projects assignedbenchmarking existing processes and systemdefining the desired resultmanaging multiple projects and timelines to completionreport out and successful hand off.Participate in special projects related to supply chain effectiveness.Review and update planning parametersStrong communication and analytical skills Work with vendors, internal and external customers on issues Knowledge & Skills Summary Knowledge of key supply chain concepts Knowledge of Microsoft Office Education And Experience Working on BS in Supply Chain Management, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering preferred Apply Now All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Req Id: 681 Please enable JavaScript