Year-Round Purchasing Intern

New trends and expectations are reshaping the automotive industry. Inspired by the exciting new challenges associated with this revolution, FORVIA anticipates the future of mobility developing cutting-edge solutions for smart life on board and sustainable mobility. If you're willing to contribute and create value for tomorrow's cleaner and smarter mobility, FORVIA is the place to be.

FORVIA is looking for a year-round Purchasing Intern for our Auburn Hills, MI location.

Overall responsibilities and duties:

The mission of the Commodity Purchasing Intern, in Auburn Hills, is to support, create, and organize key projects and functions that are key to the development and implementation of our commercial strategies and negotiations.

The main missions of the role are:

• Work cross-functionally and cross-regionally with diverse teams

• Support active negotiations with key suppliers by preparing economic analysis

• Create standardized processes and workflows for key economic and performance indicators

• Define macroeconomic process (including data management)

• Collection of volumes and cost detail of current and future business opportunities

• Support strategy building within a multitude of commodities

• Competitive analysis development of target suppliers

• Business case analysis for value optimization, engineering changes, localization, and new program sourcing

• Presentation of multiple projects to company leadership

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Strong motivation to learn

• Proficient in data management tools such as PowerBI, Excel, and Queries

• Current student with major relating to general business, computer science, project management, finance, accounting, data management.