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Procurement Summer Internship 2027

UPS
  • US - UPS CORPORATE OFFICES (GACOR), MN
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18 days ago

Job Description

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Explore your next opportunity at a Fortune Global 500 organization. Envision innovative possibilities, experience our rewarding culture, and work with talented teams that help you become better every day. We know what it takes to lead UPS into tomorrow-people with a unique combination of skill + passion. If you have the qualities and drive to lead yourself or teams, there are roles ready to cultivate your skills and take you to the next level.

Job Description:

UPS Procurement is seeking qualified undergraduate or graduate students for our 2026 Summer Internship program.

The UPS internship program is designed to immerse interns into corporate culture and expose them to real-life, hands-on business interactions with management. Interns participate in business meetings, deliver presentations to senior management, and collaborate with cross-functional groups to accomplish project goals.

The various intern positions across the department include roles to develops tools to improve the strategic sourcing processes, support analytics initiatives, support development and training platforms, strategize data-driven communications and advance project management.

If you're looking for an exciting internship with competitive pay, valuable networking opportunities, and meaningful evaluations and feedback, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Helps develop category implementation plans to ensure continuous process improvement.

  • Creates complex spreadsheets, documents, reports, and presentations.

  • Supports the execution of contracts within the assigned commodity.

  • Assists with Requests for Information (RFIs), Request for Proposals (RFPs), financial and performance clauses, metrics, terms, and penalties to ensure the best bid among vendors.

  • Assists in the development of fact-based negotiation strategies to obtain the best value.

  • Maintains and contributes weekly and monthly reporting.

  • Supports buyers in their daily functions as needed.

  • Supports team in identifying ways to reduce costs through competitive sourcing initiatives.

  • Supports and enforces Procurement policies to ensure compliance.

Qualifications:

  • A rising sophomore, junior, senior, or recent graduate in recent 24 months Experience with vendor sourcing- Preferred

  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook

  • Experience with negotiations- Preferred

  • Experience with contract management- Preferred

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer

  • Employer will not sponsor a visa for this or future positions

  • Must be currently located in the same geographic location as the job or willing to relocate yourself

Employee Type:

Intern

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Other Criteria:

UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.

Numbers & Facts

LocationUS - UPS CORPORATE OFFICES (GACOR), MN
IndustryTransport and Storage - Materials
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1907
Websitehttps://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/435483662;252766501;k?https://www.jobs-ups.com?utm_source=monster.com&utm_campaign=core&utm_content=job_board&utm_medium=profile&ss=paid

About Company

Working for UPS

Where are you headed? If you’re ready to get what you want out of your job — out of your life — the smart route is at UPS. As a growing, dynamic Fortune 50 organization, we have the kind of opportunities that will help you go as far as your ambition will take you. So if you’re looking to start on a rewarding future, we’ll get you moving in the right direction.


Here at UPS, we have many positions available, from Hourly Part-Time Package Handlers and Seasonal positions, to Drivers, Mechanics, and full time Professional opportunities. We have professional roles available in Marketing, Information Technology, Sales, Engineering, Finance & Accounting, Customer Solutions, and Global Business Services.


Every day, we choreograph the infinite movements of goods, funds, and information in more than 200 countries and territories.


From our early roots as a Seattle, Washington bike-messenger company to our present day, multi-billion-dollar global corporation, our team has held a singular focus – empowering commerce around the world. We have become the world's largest package delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services.


From global giants to local mom and pop businesses, we improve distribution networks and manage supply chains to help our customers to do what they do best. That’s how we make the world work better. And that’s how we build better careers and reward people like you for doing what they love to do most. Join us!



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Our Mission

Empowering careers & commerce around the globe takes more than the concerted efforts of innovative thinkers, collaborative teammates & incredible technology. It calls on the values, purpose & mission that have driven us right from the start. We build on our legacy as a caring & responsible corporate citizen through the conduct of our people and company in the communities we serve. Inspire our people & business partners to do their best, offering opportunities for personal development & success.

Skills

  • Candidate Sourcingunmatched
  • Category Developmentunmatched
  • Contract Managementunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Maintain Complianceunmatched
  • Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • Request for Information (RFI)unmatched
  • Request for Proposals (RFP)unmatched
  • Sourcing Strategyunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
  • United States Citizenunmatched
  • Vendor/Supplier Sourcingunmatched

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