Procurement Internship
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLCFarmington hillsUpdate time: December 13,2019
Job Description

About Us:
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services is a leading captive automotive financial services provider within Daimler Financial Services, which operates in 40 countries as the global financial services arm of Daimler AG.  In the U.S., the corporate headquarters for the Americas Region, we operate under the brands of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services and Daimler Truck Financial. In the Americas Region we also have business operations in Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. 


To achieve our goal of being the first-choice provider of vehicle financial products and services that support our brands, dealers and customers, we are looking for talented, diverse and inspired people with the skills, experience and innovative spirit to provide a first-class experience at every turn. We are committed to providing a great workplace environment that fosters a culture of openness, support and camaraderie. Our employee programs and benefits are reflective of our values and are designed to promote growth, balance and wellness in many aspects of your career and life. To see other programs and benefits we offer, visit our website at www.mbfs.com.

 


Primary Purpose: 
1. Aid buyers in collaboration with internal customers, management, suppliers, legal and various other disciplines. Identify cost savings opportunities, process improvements and standardizations.

2. Contribute in process improvement goals designed to effectively enhance the procurement process. Participate in training and perform a variety of other duties to ensure contract and procurement compliance.

3. Assignments and initiatives will be worked on as directed by Procurement leadership. These will include tasks benefiting the team and will include activities to advance understanding of IPS processes.

4. Develop personal internship development plan that will include performance meetings, developments meetings, skill set review, informational interviews, and a capstone presentation of intern learnings and successes.

Major Projects:
0. Loading of contracts to Contract Management System as part of Audit Remediation cleanup efforts. 

1. Perform many basic project management activities, including document updates for monitoring and tracking progress of project.

2. Perform daily functions including tracking of shopping carts, requisitions, and purchase orders.  Assist with ongoing and ad hoc projects.

3. Meeting minutes, preparing presentations and analysis for IPS management as required. 

4. Intern development:
5. Schedule and attend informational interviews with various colleagues throughout MBFS for purpose of understanding MBFS, captive finance, and Procurement.

6. Attend development meetings to discuss various skillset topics including Business Process Management, Project Management, Customer Experience, and other topics. 

7. Attend Performance meetings to present work progress; discuss challenges, and possible resolutions.

8. Complete end of internship Capstone presentation to management providing overview of internship program.


List of Activities:
 

Intern will gain knowledge from job shadowing, one on one training sessions and by using work instructions.  Current members of the IPS team will complete necessary training.

 
 

Please note this is a temporary, part-time internship and is able to work up to 29 hours per week in our Farmington Hills, MI office. Start date and end date are flexible based on candidates availability. Candidate must be currently enrolled or have graduated within one year of starting internship to be eligible.


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