Sourcing & Category Management: MBA Internship Opportunity

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of university interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential-and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Sourcing and Category Management Specialist Intern, you will support and assist in defining and executing sourcing strategies for projects and purchasing opportunities. You will help identify improvement opportunities, support contract and pricing negotiations, and ensure adherence to policies and accuracy of deliverables. Additionally, you will assist in processing procurement requests and collaborate with suppliers to meet business needs.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You'll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence to policy and assist in educating stakeholders and suppliers on compliance, contributing to the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues with minimal guidance.
• Support contract and pricing negotiations to meet price and capacity needs, while reflecting Microsoft's cross-functional engagements with suppliers.
• Assist in processing procurement requests and collaborate with suppliers to ensure consistency, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of deliverables in alignment with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Help identify improvement opportunities by evaluating procedural or operational shortcomings and share improvement strategies with senior team members.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of deliverables, communicate potential delays to procurement stakeholders, and execute contingency measures as directed.
• Embody our Culture & Values

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
• Must have at least 1 semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.

The base pay range for this internship is USD $5,010 - $9,930 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $6,590 - $10,890 per month.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay

Microsoft accepts applications for this role until October 30th, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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