Purchasing Intern; Year-Round

Position: Purchasing Intern (Year-Round)
Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Ready to tackle the challenges of the vehicle of the future? Join us and take part in the autonomous and connected car revolution at Valeo.

What you will win:

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.

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About the Role:

As a Purchasing Intern, you will support the North America Purchasing team by helping improve reporting quality, data accuracy, purchasing system visibility, and process efficiency. This role is designed for a student who is analytical, curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with data, systems, and digital tools. The ideal candidate is not only able to prepare reports, but also interested in understanding what the data means, identifying improvement opportunities, and using tools such as Gemini, Looker Studio, Google Sheets, and other AI-enabled solutions to make purchasing activities smarter, faster, and more efficient.

Seeking a year-round intern who is available to work full-time throughout the summer, then on a part-time basis during the school year pending class schedule.

Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities Also Include:

Purchasing Reporting & Data Analytics

* Prepare, maintain, and enhance recurring purchasing reports, dashboards, trackers, and KPI summaries to support timely business visibility

* Collect, validate, and organize monthly purchasing data to ensure reporting accuracy, consistency, and completeness

* Perform ad hoc analysis to support purchasing leadership, commodity teams, Finance, and regional stakeholders with clear, data-driven insights

* Identify data gaps, inconsistencies, duplicates, anomalies, and reporting issues, and support corrective actions to improve data quality and decision-making

Purchasing Systems & Data Quality Support

* Support purchasing system administration by tracking user access requests, user rights, workflow profiles, approval roles, and related follow-up actions.

* Assist with monitoring data accuracy and consistency across purchasing systems, reporting platforms, and master-data records

* Support testing of system updates, new functionalities, workflow changes, and system enhancements by documenting results, issues, and user feedback

* Help coordinate open actions between Purchasing, IS, Finance, and system support teams to ensure timely resolution of system-related topics

Continuous Improvement & AI-Enabled Process Support

* Identify process improvement opportunities by reviewing recurring purchasing activities, reporting workflows, trackers, and manual follow-up tasks that can be simplified or better structured

* Support the development of practical AI and automation-enabled tools that improve purchasing control, efficiency, data quality, and decision-making across sites

* Document lessons learned and improvement ideas to support knowledge sharing, repeatable processes, and stronger adoption across the purchasing team

Supplier, Compliance & Governance Support

* Assist with supplier compliance, supplier risk, and purchasing process monitoring

* Support tracking of action plans related to audits, self-assessments, internal reviews, and compliance campaigns

* Support periodic purchasing compliance reviews and internal control activities

* Help identify missing documentation, incomplete files, or process gaps requiring follow-up

Key Success Measures

* Accuracy and reliability of purchasing data across systems and reports

* Timely and right-first-time completion of recurring reports and trackers

* Quality of follow-up, documentation, and communication with stakeholders

* Contribution to process improvement, automation, and AI-enabled efficiency

* Ability to learn purchasing systems and apply structured systems thinking to business problems

What you Should Have

* Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, Management Information Systems, Finance, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

* Preferred background: coursework or experience in procurement, supply chain, data analysis, reporting, business systems, process improvement, or AI-enabled productivity tools

What We Offer

* Real-world purchasing, reporting, systems, and process-improvement assignments with the opportunity to contribute to meaningful business impact

* Exposure to procurement analytics,…