Internship: Indirect Procurement

About the role
Avery Dennison is seeking two highly motivated and detail-oriented Indirect Procurement Interns to join our team. This internship provides a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in strategic sourcing and procurement within a global organization. You will work closely with category managers, supporting various aspects of the indirect procurement process. This internship is scheduled to start on April 1st, 2026 for a duration of 6 months. The role requires a minimum commitment of 4-5 days per week, with the flexibility to work from home 2-3 days per week.

We are looking for two interns to focus on specific categories:

Intern 1: Focused on the MRO, Facility, and Freight categories.

Intern 2: Focused on the Utility, Packaging and Professional Service categories.

Key Responsibilities

While each intern will have a primary focus, both will support ad-hoc categories and general procurement activities:

Strategic Sourcing & Category Support

• RFP Execution: Support Category Managers in the end-to-end RFI/RFQ/RFP process.

• Bid Analysis: Perform quantitative evaluations of supplier proposals, using TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) models to compare pricing, service levels, and sustainability impact.

• Market Intelligence: Conduct research on market trends to provide data-driven insights for sourcing strategies.

Contract Management & Legal Support

• Negotiation Support: Assist in drafting commercial terms and participating in negotiation sessions for ad-hoc categories and spot-buy requests.

• Workflow Coordination: Manage the internal contract approval lifecycle, ensuring alignment between Legal, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders.

• Compliance & Archiving: Maintain the integrity of our contract repositories, ensuring all documentation is up-to-date and tracking upcoming renewals to prevent service gaps.

• Operational Execution: Facilitate the "Procure-to-Pay" process by creating and managing ad-hoc Purchase Orders (POs) within the SAP Ariba system.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Spend Analysis: Extract and clean data to generate category spend reports, identifying potential savings opportunities or tail-spend irregularities.

• Visualized Dashboard: Develop and maintain interactive dashboards (using Google Sheet or Looker Studio) to visualize KPIs such as supplier performance, savings tracking, and contract expiry.