Valeo is a global high-tech company that designs revolutionary solutions to reinvent mobility, focusing on greener and safer transportation. As a Purchasing Intern, you will support the North America Purchasing team by improving reporting quality, data accuracy, and process efficiency, while working with various digital tools to enhance purchasing activities.
Responsibilities
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
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
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
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
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
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, Management Information Systems, Finance, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
Available to work full-time throughout the summer, then on a part-time basis during the school year pending class schedule
Authorized to work in the US without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
Preferred
Coursework or experience in procurement, supply chain, data analysis, reporting, business systems, process improvement, or AI-enabled productivity tools
Real-world purchasing, reporting, systems, and process-improvement assignments with the opportunity to contribute to meaningful business impact
Exposure to procurement analytics, compliance, purchasing systems, AI-enabled tools, and cross-functional business processes
Opportunity to collaborate with talented teams across Purchasing, Finance, Systems, Operations, and other functions
A learning environment that supports curiosity, ownership, professional growth, and practical problem-solving
An inclusive and diverse workplace that encourages both personal and professional development
Valeo is an automotive supplier and manufacturer that designs and produces a wide range of automotive products.
