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Location: Hamburg area, Germany
Start Date: flexible to start anytime from January 2023 onwards
Duration: between 4 to 6 months

Amazon is looking for a curious and versatile student to join our unique world as a Procurement intern.
If you have an interest in tendering and negotiating with suppliers, reporting, forecasting and building KPI dashboards that will support the business in optimizing their consumable orders and consumption, like creating easy to follow processes and training your business partners, Amazon Global Procurement Operations team is the place to be.

About this Internship

This internship is an educational opportunity, where you will apply your analytical and technical skills to complete an impactful project that will contribute to the functionality and level of service that our teams provide to our customers. This could include, but is not limited to:

• Ensuring that the FC always has the required goods/services on hand at the best available prices and terms
• Pulling source information and updating forecast models to determine weekly/monthly order quantities
• Managing materials inventory, ensuring proper stock levels with minimal operating capital
• Minimizing on-site stock holdings for all materials
• Engaging and facilitating procurement for multiple functions within Amazon: FC Operations, Facilities, Engineering, HR, Safety, Security, Transportation, and IT
• Implementing change and/or developing new processes as required to provide ability to better procure goods and services for the FC

If this sounds interesting to you, the application and recruitment process is as follows:
The first stage, is a video interview and technical assessment. This assessment can take around 30 minutes to complete. If successful you will move through to the final stage, which is a panel interview consisting of 2 interviews. If necessary you may also have to complete a language test.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• You are currently working towards a 2+ year university degree in in Business Management, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain, Accounting or similar discipline.
• You are proficient in Microsoft Excel (e.g. pivot tables, complex formulas).
• You will be able demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills in English and German.
• You are interested in learning more about material resource planning, inventory management and forecasting.
• You have a basic understanding of accounting principles, account payables teams and their processes.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems with a preference for Oracle Financials and/or Coupa experience
• Attention to detail, ability to do in-depth data mining, methodical approach to work while also seeking to understand the big picture
• Previous work experience such as a summer job, internship; even better if it was in a related field or business.

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