Purchasing Intern

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. Does that sound interesting to you? As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Project Support & Research:
  Assist ongoing team initiatives by conducting research, gathering and compiling relevant data, and preparing clear, well‑structured presentations for internal stakeholders.
• Administrative Support:
  Perform day‑to‑day administrative activities such as data entry, document organization, scheduling meetings, and maintaining project documentation.
• Data Extraction & Management:
  Pull, organize, and consolidate data from multiple internal and external sources to support reporting and analysis needs.
• Data Analytics:
  Analyze datasets to identify trends, generate insights, and support decision‑making for performance metrics and supplier management initiatives.
• Supplier Reduction Project Collaboration:
  Work closely with the Indirect Purchasing Performance Management team to define and align criteria for supplier base reduction, assess the impact of proposed actions, and help ensure the project contributes effectively to organizational targets.
• Progress Communication:
  Participate in meetings with category and cluster teams to present progress updates, share findings, and support alignment across the organization.

Your Qualifications

Career: Engineering, systems, or administration.

• Data analytics.
• Advanced English, German is a plus.

Additional requirements:

• Advanced Excel
• PowerBI
• SAP, GMD module preferable
• General knowledge on Purchasing basic processes and supplier’s hierarchy

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

Ana Paula Lechuga