ITW’s Internship Program is aimed at providing meaningful and fulfilling work experience under the mentorship of skilled professionals. This summer internship program will provide you with marketable experiences and skills, as well as introduce you to ITW’s unique way of doing business. Excellent performance can result in a full-time employment offer.
Join the ITW team at Corporate Headquarters located in Glenview, IL:
- Free fitness center open 24/7
- Atrium café (serves Starbucks)
- Outdoor volleyball courts
- Beautiful walking trails
- We are a block walk to the nearest Metra station, a quick 20-minute train ride to downtown Chicago
What You Will Do
- Develop basic understanding of assigned commodities: current market conditions, key cost drivers, global supply base, and industry terminology, as it relates to creating purchasing programs for ITW companies.
- Conduct broad market research to identify world class suppliers for the different commodities to be sourced.
- Identify sourcing opportunities to drive savings and cost avoidance via spend analysis, stakeholder interviews, and market trends.
- Quantify the benefits of sourcing initiatives including the expected savings and baseline spend.
- Influencing key stakeholders on strategy initiatives.
- Partner across the organization to improve financial results related to sourcing activities.
- Utilize project management skills to create a timeline, set milestones, measure progress, and report findings to team.
- Collaborate as part of a cross-functional team that includes members from other Corporate ITW teams such as Spend Management and Trade Compliance.
Requirements
- Rising Junior or Senior year in college student pursuing degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or Engineering. Minimum GPA 3.0. Recent graduates also considered.
- Strong MS Excel skills, including V-lookup, H-lookup and indexing functions, pivot tables and graphs. Proficient in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team.
- Resourceful and able to work independently.
- Must be detail-oriented and able to cleanse large sets of data (identifying mistakes in address field assignments, etc.).
- Present your accomplishments, lessons learned, and insights in briefings to Strategic Sourcing leadership.
- This internship is full-time time onsite at approximately 40 hours per week for 12 weeks, with flexible start and end dates within the range of May-September.
*ITW is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status
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