We’re looking for a Procurement Engineer Intern to join our Procurement Organization in Cooper Lighting division in Cienega de Flores, NL, Mexico.
Working for Signify means being creative and adaptive. Our culture of continuous learning and commitment to diversity and inclusion creates an environment that allows you to build your skills and career. Together, we’re transforming our industry.
As the world leader in lighting, we’re constantly ahead of the curve. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we’re breaking new grounds in data analytics, AI, and smart homes, offices, cities and more!
Signify is one of the few companies in the world to achieve carbon neutrality and our next sustainability goals are even bolder: doubling our positive impact on the environment and society by 2025.
Our intern will be focused only on NPI’s (New product introduction) for the Cooper Lighting division. The role is to provide service to the projects in order to achieve the launch in time and also delivering direct material savings.
We’re on the lookout for forward-thinking innovators with a passion for sustainability. If you match this description, get in touch!
What you’ll do
- Work with engineering team on the creation of the total list of materials needed to build a new product. Responsible to meet a total cost target in order to achieve material savings.
- Create and analyze business cases for each projects from a procurement perspective. Create the best sourcing strategy that mitigates risk and improves the cost.
- Supports managing and tracking inventory levels of the old (to be obsoleted) and new (to be introduced) products into the market for procurement savings projects
- Work with the Supplier Quality team in new component release for mass production.
- Supports standardization and complexity reduction to maximize productivity and material cost savings
- Support price negotiations with suppliers with fact-based information and opportunities to drive short term product cost reduction improvement.
- Keeps procurement programs updated for vendors managed locally
- Support team member Procurement Engineers with Vendor Master Data updates, request for quotations to suppliers, Invoices, among other activities.
- Loading material price information into SAP (ERP used in the company)
- Procurement contractual data updates (price, lead time, MOQ, vendor information)
What you’ll need
- Currently in pursuit of a Bachelors
- Excellent communication, organizational and people skills and the ability to work across functional groups
- Strong MS Office skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
Our candidate profile is just a guide. We know that many talented people only apply for jobs when there is an exact match. If you don't fit all the criteria but believe this role is for you, we would very much like to hear from you.
We’re offering multiple opportunities for career development, like mentoring, coaching and stretch assignments, with strong international exposure for dynamic profiles. Learning is fundamental to our culture. Through continuous learning, we are transforming the industry. You have the chance to learn every day, acquire new skills and perspectives through customized online programs, and on-the-job experiences.See #SignifyLife through the eyes of our employees!
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Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals, consumers, and the Internet of Things. Our Philips products, Interact systems and data-enabled services deliver business value and transform life in homes, buildings and public spaces. In 2023, we had sales of EUR 6.7 billion, approximately 32,000 employees and a presence in over 70 countries. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. We have been in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since our IPO for seven consecutive years and have achieved the EcoVadis Platinum
rating for four consecutive years, placing Signify in the top one percent of companies assessed. News from Signify can be found in the Newsroom, on X, LinkedIn and Instagram. Information for investors is located on the Investor Relations page
