MBA Intern: Global Purchasing & Supply Chain

generalmotors; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 655,000 - 819,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lumpsum stipend

Hybrid work model

Job summary

General Motors is offering a 12-week Summer MBA Internship in Warren, MI, within Global Purchasing & Supply Chain. You will contribute to sourcing, purchasing, and analytics on a high-visibility project, with assignment areas in automation, strategic sourcing, and risk sensing.

Ideal candidates are MBA students graduating Dec 2027–Jun 2028, with 2–5 years in procurement or related fields, ready to work full-time this summer and collaborate across functions to deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an MBA program.
• Must be graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Two to five years of professional experience in procurement, supply chain, technology, consulting, or business strategy.
• Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week, during the summer months.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex business problems and synthesize information from multiple data sources into clear recommendations.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex business problems, data, workflows, and operational information to identify risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities.
• Translate findings into clear recommendations, business cases, implementation plans, and decision materials for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support the development and execution of purchasing, sourcing, supply chain, and operational strategies.
• Conduct market, supplier, benchmarking, and cost analyses to identify opportunities, risks, innovation, and savings.
• Help evaluate suppliers, processes, tools, and technology solutions based on business requirements and expected outcomes.
• Support the development, testing, and implementation of analytics, automation, AI-enabled, and other digital solutions.
• Collaborate with Purchasing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance, Legal, IT, Supplier Quality, Customer Care & Aftersales, Command Centers, suppliers, and other partners.
• Present insights and recommendations to leaders and stakeholders, helping align priorities, remove roadblocks, and drive measurable outcomes.
• Manage priorities, communicate progress, and deliver results independently in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

MBA candidate (Dec 2027–Jun 2028)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Google Workspace

Job description

General Motors is offering a 12-week Summer MBA Internship in Warren, MI, within Global Purchasing & Supply Chain. You will contribute to sourcing, purchasing, and analytics on a high-visibility project, with assignment areas in automation, strategic sourcing, and risk sensing.

Ideal candidates are MBA students graduating Dec 2027–Jun 2028, with 2–5 years in procurement or related fields, ready to work full-time this summer and collaborate across functions to deliver measurable outcomes.