Intern: Site Purchasing (Spring 2027)

Volvo Construction Equipment; Shippensburg (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 23,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing assistance

Internal mobility across Volvo

Training and personal development

Job summary

Volvo Construction Equipment is offering a spring internship for a buyer-in-training at the Shippensburg site. You will support QSCC objectives, assist commodity strategies, and collaborate across a global network to tackle purchasing challenges and improve supply chain performance.

You must be enrolled in an accredited college, pursuing a degree in a related field, have completed at least 30 undergraduate hours, and maintain a 2.75 GPA.

Qualifications

• Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university pursuing a degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business, Operations Management, Business Analytics, Finance, or a related field.
• Must have completed at least 30 semester hours prior to start of internship.
• Minimum GPA of 2.75.

Responsibilities

• Support QSCC objectives with supply partners.
• Assist execution of commodity strategies for Shippensburg site.
• Collaborate across a global cross-functional network to address purchasing challenges and improve supply chain performance.
• Perform Supplier Delivery Precision analysis.
• Assist with critical supplier issues and direct material costing support.
• Support supplier relationships and RFQ/production order placements.
• Contribute to strategic projects.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier relationship management

Negotiation

Cost optimization

Supply chain risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Education

Pursuing degree in SCM / related field

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

What You Will Do

As a Buyer, you will be responsible for supporting Quality, Sustainability, Cost, and Capacity (QSCC) objectives with our supply partners. You will support execution of commodity strategies for the Shippensburg site and collaborate across a global, cross-functional network to address purchasing challenges and improve supply chain performance. You will also be involved in:

• Supplier Delivery Precision analysis
• Support with critical supplier issues
• Direct Material costing support
• Supplier relationship support
• Research supplier invoice discrepancies versus VCE established pricing, document and take appropriate actions with the supplier and Commodity managers as required.
• Supplier relationship support
• Send out RFQ’s to approved suppliers
• Place production and prototype orders with approved suppliers
• Strategic Projects support

Skills And Growth Opportunities

In this role, you will strengthen your knowledge in:

• Strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management
• Negotiation and cost optimization
• Supply chain risk management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Data-driven decision-making and forecasting

Who are you?

• You are a collaborative and results-oriented student with a strong interest in purchasing, sourcing, or supply chain management within a manufacturing environment.
• Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business, Operations Management, Business Analytics, Finance, or a related field, and have completed at least 30 semester hours of undergraduate studies prior to the start of the internship.
• Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75
• Spring interns may work up to 30 hours per week

Ready for the next move?

Volvo Construction Equipment offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and team-focused environment in a company that is well known for its state-of-the-art company culture and benefits. Our culture is about how we interact with each other, our customers, and with society as a whole. It helps us to achieve our business objectives, is firmly rooted in our history, and is critical to our company’s long-term success. It is the foundation on which everything else is built.

To work with us is to work with some of the world’s most iconic brands, and to be part of a reputation that has been earned for over a century. It is our responsibility to honor that heritage and build an even stronger future for our company moving forward. Each of our individual actions collectively define who we are as a company and how the world sees us.

Would you like to be a part of our team and join us on our journey?

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For all intern and co-op positions, the hourly range is set at $17.00 - $46.00. The hourly rate for these roles is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, academic classification, and degree seeking area of study. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

We also offer the following benefits to interns and co-ops:

• Housing assistance, when applicable
• Countless career opportunities / internal mobility across our global organization
• Training and personal development

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

Part of Volvo Group, Volvo Construction Equipment is a global company driven by our purpose to build the world we want to live in. Together we develop and deliver solutions for a cleaner, smarter, and more connected world. By unleashing everyone’s full potential, we build a more sustainable future for all our stakeholders. Come join our team and help us build a better tomorrow.