Procurement Intern

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Job Title: Procurement Intern

Department/Group: Purchasing

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Reports to: Purchasing Manager

FLSA Status: Hourly

PCI Pharma is looking for a Procurement intern to join our team! In this role you will learn all aspects within a purchasing department and its relation to the overall supply chain with exposure to planning, inventory management, and vendor relations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following but other duties may be assigned.

• Maintain appropriate inventory levels and develop product ordering strategies.

• Utilize analytical skills to help anticipate and react to inventory trends while assessing vendor performance.

• Build strong vendor relationships through effective communication.

• Identify the appropriate scope of suppliers for inclusion to the program

• Coordinates purchasing/planning activities with operations, engineering, and other cross functional teams as deemed necessary.

• Forecast customer purchases to guide planning strategies.

• Assist in implementing process improvements.

• Perform data analysis to support business needs.

• Participate in team meetings and collaborate with staff on data and information.

• Assist in maintaining supplier list in vendor database management system.

• Update and manage supplier & category spend trackers.

• Assisting on a variety of business projects requiring research, cost analyses, and engagement of internal/external stakeholders.

• Key initiatives may include activities such as analyzing a category of spend and developing strategy, executing, and delivering a savings project, developing KPIs, reports, or dashboards, working with suppliers to acquire and update data, improving and documenting procurement processes, and implementing system improvements.

• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor/Manager.

Special Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee must be physically capable to perform the duties listed below with or without reasonable accommodations which may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Stationary Position: 3/4 of the day and up.

• Move, Traverse: Up to 1/4 of the day.

• Operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, or place: From 1/4 to 1/2 of the day.

• Install, place, adjust, apply, measure, use, or signal: From 1/4 to 1/2 of the day.

• Ascend/Descend or Work Atop: None.

• Position self (to) or Move (about or to): From 1/4 to 1/2 of the day.

• Communicate or exchange information: 3/4 of the day and up.

• Detect, distinguish, or determine: From 1/4 to 1/2 of the day.

• On an average day, the individual can expect to move and/or transport up to 25 pounds less than 1/4 of the day.

This position may have the following special vision requirements.

• Close Vision ? Distance Vision ? Color Vision ? Peripheral Vision ? Depth Perception

• Ability to focus ? No Special Vision Requirements

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The following are some environmental conditions that one may be exposed to daily and for various lengths of time.

• Work is primarily performed at a desk and/or in an office environment. for 3/4 of the day and up.

• The noise level in the work environment is typically, quiet.

Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required for the stated position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required:

• Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or related discipline

• Basic knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in procurement and supply chain management

• Experience with Microsoft Excel a must.

• College Level Mathematical Skills

• Minimum Professional Proficiency: Ability to speak in a way that allows one to participate effectively in various conversations. Ability to read various types of standard items addressed to general readers.

• Intermediate Reasoning: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions that may be furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems that involve several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Preferred:

• Ability to work independently and/or as part of a team.

• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.

• Ability to display original thinking and creativity.

• Ability to hold oneself in a professional manner.

• Ability to adapt to changing work environments.

• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail.

Join us and be part of building the bridge between life changing therapies and patients. Let's talk future (~~~/)

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement:

PCI Pharma Services is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, or any other protected status.

Why work for PCI Pharma Services?

At PCI, we have an uncompromising focus on providing quality and operational excellence and providing the industry leading customer experience. Our people make all of this happen, so providing an industry leading experience for our people is equally as important. By creating an authentic culture of purposeful work, we aspire to be an interesting and fulfilling place for talented individuals to grow careers. We live a philosophy of intentional learning combined with real-life experience supported by a fair and competitive rewards program. We are individuals, teams and a company that believes in our purpose and our approach is simple, the people who work at PCI fuel our business; we don't say no, we figure out how.

PCI Pharma Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled