Strategic Global Purchasing & Supply Chain MBA Intern

General Motors; United States; Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors invites MBA students to join its 2027 Summer MBA Internship Program in a hybrid role based in the United States. This 12-week program places you in Global Purchasing & Supply Chain (GPSC) to tackle high-visibility strategic projects that influence sourcing, procurement, and supply chain at scale.

You will rotate through assignment areas such as supply chain automation, strategic sourcing, analytics, risk sensing, and digital transformation.

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

MBA student

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Education

MBA program enrollment

Job description

General Motors invites MBA students to join its 2027 Summer MBA Internship Program in a hybrid role based in the United States. This 12-week program places you in Global Purchasing & Supply Chain (GPSC) to tackle high-visibility strategic projects that influence sourcing, procurement, and supply chain at scale.

You will rotate through assignment areas such as supply chain automation, strategic sourcing, analytics, risk sensing, and digital transformation.