Strategic Sourcing Intern

Start Date: June 2, 2025

End Date: August 8, 2025

Location: Conshohocken, PA (Hybrid)

As an Indirect Strategic Sourcing Intern at Cencora, you’ll be provided the opportunity to leverage your academic understanding in a real-world, business driven environment. You will work closely with the Procurement team to support strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing supplier management, indirect sourcing, contract negotiation, and overall procurement effectiveness. During our 10-week summer program, you will gain hands-on experience in the Healthcare Distribution industry and visualize the impact on human and animal health.  This internship program will provide you with professional development, networking and volunteer opportunities.  You will learn about the Guiding Principles of our culture but most importantly, have the opportunity to become a key contributor in the future talent pipeline of Cencora.
 

Below are some of the activities in which you can expect to participate.

• Assist with Procurement projects in an end-to-end global procurement platform that includes People, Processes and Systems (P2P).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to be able to collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors.
• Utilize effective time management skills and workflow prioritization to meet deadlines and produce high quality work.
• Provide analytical support to internal team to assist in project deliverables.
• Conduct research on industry best practices and emerging trends in procurement.
• Assist in developing and implementing strategies to optimize supplier selection, evaluation, and performance management.
• Support the analysis of spend data to identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements for system enhancements or process automation.
• Assist in conducting supplier assessments and evaluations.
• Help create training materials or resources related to procurement transformation initiatives.
• Support the implementation of new systems or tools that enhance procurement efficiency.
• Assist in tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) related to procurement transformation projects.
   

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in:
• Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, and Analytics (other related majors will be considered).
• Must not require sponsorship to work in the US now or in the future

Minimum Skills Required:

• Highly motivated self-starter
• Proven people/project leadership throughout your academic career (on- or off- campus)
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to give/receive constructive feedback
• Flexibility for relocation will allow for greater advancement opportunities
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Good project management skills

• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions
• Must be eager to learn, self-motivated, flexible, accountable and can effectively handle multiple tasks at one time
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Microsoft Outlook

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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