Purchasing Internship: Sourcing, Analytics & Projects

BMW Group UK; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

BMW Group UK in Farnborough offers a Purchasing placement year designed to build foundational skills in supplier sourcing, tendering and contract management. You will work across UK indirect purchasing, supporting IT services, marketing, events and more within the BMW Group network.

The internship is based at the BMW National Sales Centre in Farnborough with opportunities to visit and work from other UK locations. Excellent project experience and a solid introduction to procurement await.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree, ideally with a business focus, on course to achieve 2:2 or above.
• Experience with MS Suite: Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated and able to take responsibility for tasks and projects.
• Willingness to work flexibly and adapt to a dynamic environment.
• Good communication and teamworking skills.

Responsibilities

• Support supplier sourcing, tendering and specification formulation.
• Assist with due diligence, compliance checks and contract management.
• Contribute to small-scale purchasing requests and commodity strategy planning.
• Maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and promote procurement best practices.
• Perform reporting, data analysis and prepare insights to support decision-making.
• Lead small projects and support departmental activities.

Skills

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Communication

Teamworking

Education

Bachelor's degree (in progress)

Tools

MS Suite

Job description

BMW Group UK in Farnborough offers a Purchasing placement year designed to build foundational skills in supplier sourcing, tendering and contract management. You will work across UK indirect purchasing, supporting IT services, marketing, events and more within the BMW Group network.

The internship is based at the BMW National Sales Centre in Farnborough with opportunities to visit and work from other UK locations. Excellent project experience and a solid introduction to procurement await.