Purchasing Intern (Year-Round)

Valeo Service; Troy, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Valeo invites motivated students to join our Purchasing team as a Trainee/Internship. You will assist in sending quotes, rescheduling, and placing purchasing orders while coordinating transition planning for commodities.

The role offers hands-on experience with open orders, overstock reviews, and expediting reporting, with year-round part-time duties during the school year and full-time in summer. We seek a candidate currently pursuing a Business degree or related field, with strong

Qualifications

• Currently a student pursuing a Business degree or related field.

Responsibilities

• Create new POs, spot buy PO, review overstock reports, open orders, and expedite reports.
• Work with Project buyers to secure material for Design Validation and Project Validation builds; attend supplier meetings and support meeting minutes.
• Assist sourcing by sending RFQs and requirements to suppliers.
• Pull and analyze data, identify issues for reviewers.

Skills

Business degree student

Education

Pursuing Bachelor’s in Business or related field

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies. Ready to tackle the challenges of the vehicle of the future? Join us and take part in the autonomous and connected car revolution at Valeo! What You Will Win: As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share. You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.

About the Role: As a Purchasing Intern, you will assist the Purchasing team with sending quotes, rescheduling, and purchasing order placement along with transition planning for commodities, You will create purchase orders, spot buy purchase orders, review overstock reports, open orders, and expedite reports. The intern will gain practical experience in the field of purchasing and contribute to the overall efficiency of the procurement operations within the organization. Seeking an intern who is available to start as soon as possible and work year-round on a part-time basis throughout the school year pending class schedule, then full-time throughout the summer.

Responsibilities Also Include:

• Create new PO's, and spot buy PO, and review overstock reports, open orders and expedite reports.
• Work with Project buyers to secure material for Design Validation and Project Validation build Attend supplier meeting, and supporting meeting minute notes.
• Support sourcing activity to help send Request for Quotation (RFQ), and requirements to suppliers.
• Work with Project Buyers to create sourcing activity Pull and analyze data Identify issues which need to be addressed by the reviewer.

What You Should Have:

• You are currently a student enrolled in courses working toward a Business Degree or related field.

Join us! Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicule of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs! Diversity by nature At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talents. You are looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe! More information about valeo : https://www.valeo.com

Job: Purchasing Trainee/Apprentice/VIE

Organization: Productivity Purchasing

Schedule: Full time

Employee Status: Regular

Job Type: Trainee / Internship

Job Posting Date: 2026-08-19

Join Us ! Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com Valeo is a global tech company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility industry. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest innovative companies. We offer a large number of job opportunities that are as diverse as they are rewarding. Whether you are a student seeking an internship, a recent graduate, or an experienced professional, you will find an interesting opportunity at Valeo for you! More information on www.valeo.com Join Valeo! As part of a global community of passionate people, you will grow and thrive, setting the trend through advanced technologies, for greener, safer, and smarter mobility. All our employees are gathered around our common culture and have everyday the opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share