Purchasing Intern

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Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #179 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation.

About the Role

The Purchasing Intern will work alongside the central Non‑Production Purchasing Shared Service team, supporting tactical and transactional procurement activities on a global scale, across cross‑divisional business units and multi‑site operations in Asia Pacific, Europe & Africa, and North America.

Key Responsibilities – What You'll Do

• Provide helpdesk support, handling inbound requests, emails, and basic procurement queries.
• Support tactical buying activities for planned operational spend within defined thresholds.
• Assist with transactional buying desk activities, including raising purchase order in line with Lear's P2P system.
• Support the use of eProcurement solutions, including e-RFx sourcing.
• Support operational buying activities by assisting with requirements, specifications, demand, and solution delivery with internal stakeholders.
• Help ensure products and services are purchased in a cost‑ and time‑efficient manner, supporting purchasing best practices.
• Support basic quotation comparison to access suitability and reliability.
• Participate in procurement AI and digital initiatives, providing data support as required.
• Support large‑scale data entry, cleansing, and validation for procurement‑related datasets.
• Assist with supplier data management, including supplier card creation and updating supplier contact information in procurement systems.
• Support data entry, cleansing, and validation for procurement‑related datasets.
• Support basic reporting and data analysis, including supplier and purchasing data.
• Collaborate closely with global Non‑Production Purchasing teams to ensure data accuracy and timely updates.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Data, or related fields