Procurement Summer Internship 2027

GSV UPS General Services; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

UPS is offering a 2027 Summer Internship across Procurement to engage undergraduates and graduates in hands-on business exposure, meetings with senior management, and cross-functional projects.

Interns will help develop tools for strategic sourcing, support analytics, training platforms, and data-driven communications while receiving competitive pay and feedback-based evaluations.

Qualifications

• Rising sophomore/junior/senior or recent graduate (within 24 months).
• Experience with vendor sourcing is preferred.
• Experience with negotiations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop category implementation plans for continuous process improvement.
• Create complex spreadsheets, documents, reports, and presentations.
• Support execution of contracts within assigned commodity.
• Assist with RFIs/RFPs, financial and performance clauses, metrics, terms, and penalties.

Skills

Vendor sourcing

Negotiations

Education

Undergraduate/Graduate student (within 24 months)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Access

Outlook

Job description

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Job Description

UPS Procurement is seeking qualified undergraduate or graduate students for our 2027 Summer Internship program. The UPS internship program is designed to immerse interns into corporate culture and expose them to real-life, hands‑on business interactions with management. Interns participate in business meetings, deliver presentations to senior management, and collaborate with cross‑functional groups to accomplish project goals. The various intern positions across the department include roles to develops tools to improve the strategic sourcing processes, support analytics initiatives, support development and training platforms, strategize data‑driven communications and advance project management. If you're looking for an exciting internship with competitive pay, valuable networking opportunities, and meaningful evaluations and feedback, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities and Duties

• Helps develop category implementation plans to ensure continuous process improvement.
• Creates complex spreadsheets, documents, reports, and presentations.
• Supports the execution of contracts within the assigned commodity.
• Assists with Requests for Information (RFIs), Request for Proposals (RFPs), financial and performance clauses, metrics, terms, and penalties to ensure the best bid among vendors.
• Assists in the development of fact‑based negotiation strategies to obtain the best value.
• Maintains and contributes weekly and monthly reporting.
• Supports buyers in their daily functions as needed.
• Supports team in identifying ways to reduce costs through competitive sourcing initiatives.
• Supports and enforces Procurement policies to ensure compliance.

Qualifications

• A rising sophomore, junior, senior, or recent graduate in recent 24 months
• Experience with vendor sourcing – Preferred
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook
• Experience with negotiations - Preferred
• Experience with contract management – Preferred
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer
• Employer will not sponsor a visa for this or future positions
• Must be currently located in the same geographic location as the job or willing to relocate yourself
• Employee Type: Intern

Basic Qualifications

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Other Criteria

UPS is an equal opportunity employer.

UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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