Purchasing Intern: Learn Strategy & Supply Chain

Meritage Homes; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Meritage Homes in Alpharetta, GA offers a summer Purchasing internship that immerses you in how a major homebuilder procures labor and materials for a production environment. You will analyze budgets, review base house costs, evaluate options and margins, and engage in vendor negotiations.

Join cross-functional teams, learn core values, and translate classroom concepts into practical business applications. Present recommendations to senior leaders and write a summary paper of your internship

Qualifications

• Actively enrolled in a degree program from a regionally accredited university or college.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal business leaders to learn homebuilding industry and Meritage business model.
• Learn core values and why they drive decisions.
• Translate classroom experience into practical internship projects.
• Participate in cross-functional projects with other interns and business leaders.
• Present real-world recommendations to senior leadership that can influence strategy.
• Write a paper focusing on the internship experience or another assigned topic.

Skills

Integrity

Positive intent

Desire to win

Inclusive environment

Curiosity

Innovative thinking

Excellence mindset

Enrolled student

Education

Active student in accredited university

Job description

Meritage Homes in Alpharetta, GA offers a summer Purchasing internship that immerses you in how a major homebuilder procures labor and materials for a production environment. You will analyze budgets, review base house costs, evaluate options and margins, and engage in vendor negotiations.

Join cross-functional teams, learn core values, and translate classroom concepts into practical business applications. Present recommendations to senior leaders and write a summary paper of your internship