Internship - Buying Administrator Indirect Materials

Req ID: 115797
Remote Position: No
Region: Europe
Country: Spain
State/Province: La Pobla De Vallbona
City: Valencia

Celestica, the Global Manufacturer of Electronic Devices, is seeking a Student to develop their Internship program with us, to support the implementation of a brilliant, world-class manufacturing environment for current and future projects spanning advanced concept and production development.

You will become part of a world class team that is a recognized as an Aerospace & Defense Center of Excellence for Celestica’s Europe region that also provides New Product Introduction (NPI) and Engineering Services for multiple global customers, providing full support throughout the entire life-cycle of their products.

Key Responsibilities:

- Entry Level during which an employee receives both functional and organizational training under close supervision. Incumbents carry out assignments within well-defined practices, procedures and policies.
- Works independently on details of assignments, and has limited decision-making authority; most decisions are made or guided by the immediate supervisor.
- Decisions/actions may have an impact on the department/s/division’s goals.
- Works under close Supervision and requires direction on how assignments are to be executed; begins to put forward ideas on how work assignments can be executed.
- Establishes cooperative relationships to work effectively with colleagues; supports others and participates as a team member, and takes responsibility for own work commitments.
- Interacts directly with immediate supervisor, co-workers and team members; engages in routine exchanges of information; interactions with external contacts, if applicable, would be monitored.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

- Provides entry-level professional support in the procurement of lower dollar indirect materials and services.
- Reviews demand requirements for lower dollar, lower cost indirect materials
- Checks requisitions for completeness and accuracy.
- Obtains quotes, examines bids
- Prepares and administers purchase orders to achieve material quality, cost and delivery requirements.
- Analyzes material availability to manage inventory investment.
- Maintains ongoing communication with suppliers to gather information on materials availability, cost, shipping and delivery methods and timing, problem resolution, etc.
- Expedites or follows up on deliveries as appropriate to meet delivery requirements.
- Assists in surveys, site audits and analysis leading to supplier sourcing.
- Assists the Buyer or Team Leader in reviewing supplier performance
- Provides resolution of receipt and supplier invoice discrepancies.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies:

- Basic understanding of manufacturing processes and procedures.
- Basic understanding of materials and services being purchased by the department.
- Knowledge of procurement practices and policies
- Basic math, data entry and 10-key skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
- Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
- Ability to efficiently organize, file and retrieve hard copy and electronic information relating to the business of the work unit.
- Ability to manage MS Office tools. Notions of SAP will be very well considered

Typical Experience:
Zero years’ relevant experience.

Typical Education:
Degree in related field, preferably in Economics, Industrial Engineering or Electronic Engineering.

**Notes**:
Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

**COMPANY OVERVIEW**:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our cust