Purchasing Intern

Essential Functions/Duties 

(job duties that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation.

The tasks are inherent in the position and specialized skills are required to perform the tasks)

Central Supplier Management 

•               Vendor Code set-ups and validation

•               Send the Bank Account Validation Form to Suppliers and manage return documents

•               Send and/or upload returned Supplier Confidentiality Agreements into system

Purchase Order Maintenance

•          Support issuance of Production Open Orders:

•          Validate pricing with Buyer and confirm in SAP, which will require working with plant

•          Create/update Scheduling Agreements/Open Orders

•               Send orders to the Suppliers after 2 signatures

Pricing Maintenance

•          Work with Buyers to confirm implementation of annual LTAs (send reminders)

•          Create summary of Non-Directed Prices for all Programs and maintain the changes with Buyer input on regular basis

•               Help maintain the historical document (Diana Raw Material Trends File) in consideration of Market fluctuations

Support PO updates for raw material changes

•                 Support acquisitions – as needed

•                 Send SOW/RFQ and confirm completion from different departments – send regular reminders

•                 Attending acquisition meetings to learn strategies of Program Team

•                 Work hand-in-hand with the Lead Buyer to support requests or data consolidation in preparation for RFQ

Support Sourcing

•                 Create tables or maps for presentations

•                 Request and collect D&Bs

•                 Send out RFQs for basic things such as Resin Pricing

•               Learn from the Buyers as they walk through the sourcing process and help with Supplier Selection Process