2027 Strategic Partners Spend Management Team (SMT) Summer Analyst

The Blackstone Group L.P.; Tennessee; On-site; USD 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackstone’s SMT Summer Analyst program in Nashville, TN, offers a 10-week in-person experience focused on spend management, analytics, and project support across GP Stakes portfolios. You will work with the GP Stakes Investment Team, Portfolio Operations, and vendor partners to drive value and learn across multiple industries.

The role emphasizes analytical, quantitative, and communication skills, with exposure to Salesforce, PowerPoint, Tableau, and Power BI, and requires current undergraduate

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate student.
• Expected graduation Fall 2027 – Spring 2028.
• Resume must include expected graduation month/year and GPA.
• Resume must be in PDF format.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuous support to portfolio companies, including bi-weekly project management calls with PE affiliates and vendors.
• Identify engagement opportunities, manage vendor introductions, and ensure project execution within portfolio companies.
• Analyze key initiatives across the GP Stakes portfolio and support data requests from affiliates and teams.
• Extensively use Salesforce to manage portfolio data and track procurement project status.

Skills

Analytical skills

Quantitative skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Undergraduate student

Tools

PowerPoint

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Blackstone is the world's largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone's over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.

2027 Strategic Partners Spend Management Team (SMT) Summer Analyst Business Unit Strategic Partners Location Nashville, TN Strategic Partners Blackstone Strategic Partners is a global capital solutions provider, with $104 billion of investor capital under management. We offer a range of liquidity opportunities to both limited and general partners, including secondaries, GP Stakes and co-investments across private markets. Founded in 2000, we are one of the world's largest and most established secondaries platforms.

Program Description

Blackstone's Summer Analyst Program is a 10 week in-person experience, offering participants extensive exposure across the firm. This program provides Summer Analysts with valuable guidance through mentorship, continuous feedback, technical and soft skill training, networking opportunities with professionals across the firm, and the unique chance to fully immerse themselves in Blackstone's culture.

Job Description

The Spend Management Team (SMT) Summer Analyst supports the deployment of the Blackstone Purchasing Platform to portfolios of Blackstone affiliates. The SMT Summer Analyst will support several activities including spend analytics, business reporting/presentations, project management, negotiations, and eSourcing. The SMT Summer Analyst will interface daily with Blackstone GP Stakes PE affiliate portfolios, the GP Stakes Investment Team, the Portfolio Operations Group and vendor partners. Throughout the 10-week program, the SMT Summer Analyst will be exposed to many different value creating initiatives across various industries and regions.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Provide continuous support to specific portfolio companies including through bi-weekly project management calls with portfolio companies, PE affiliates and preferred vendors.
• Identify opportunities for engagement, manage vendor introductions and ensure project execution within portfolio companies to leverage the Purchasing Platform.
• Provide analysis of the key initiatives across the GP Stakes portfolio.
• Extensively use Salesforce to help manage portfolio company data, track status of every procurement project, develop enhancements to the tool and maintain contacts across all PE affiliates and portfolio companies.
• Help drive the group purchasing initiative including working with the portfolio companies' senior procurement/IT/HR/marketing/operations/finance and other functions during the execution stage resolving issues, expanding utilization interfacing with our group of 75+ purchasing vendor partners to ensure their performance.
• Support the team on data requests from PE affiliates, companies and BSCH the GP Stakes Investment team.

Qualifications

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. The Spend Management team looks to hire candidates with strong analytical and quantitative skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, detailed project management, and general business knowledge including analyzing financial data and operating metrics. The successful candidate must be:

• A driven individual with a strong sense of professional integrity.
• Highly motivated and resourceful; multi-tasks and focuses on delivering results.
• An enthusiastic team member who collaborates well with others and builds strong working relationships.
• Open to feedback and focused on achieving excellence.
• Client-focused and committed to developing creative solutions.
• Familiar with data visualization tools such as MS PowerPoint, Tableau, and Power BI

Eligibility and Application Criteria

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate student.
• Anticipated graduation date: Fall 2027 – Spring 2028.
• Resume must include expected graduation month/year and GPA.
• Resume must be in PDF format.

If you do not meet these criteria, please see Blackstone's Careers website for other opportunities that may be available, including other entry level positions.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range: $110,000 - $110,000. Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following: Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or client questions; Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients; Supervising or training securities licensed employees; Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials. Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

You will not be eligible to participate in Blackstone's health and other insurance benefit programs.

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At Blackstone, we look to attract and retain the brightest minds in the business, hiring professionals across a wide range of disciplines. Our employees are integral to the firm's identity, contributing to a culture of integrity, professionalism and excellence. The dedication and passion for their work has helped Blackstone become a trusted partner for some of the largest institutional investors in the world. We encourage independent thinking and reward initiative, while providing services to help employees grow professionally. Our global business platform and brand reputation provide an unparalleled launch pad for growing your career.