Global Sourcing Intern

Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you. Gates is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. We push the boundaries of material science to engineer solutions that continually exceed customer expectations. Let's simplify it, think belts and hoses. Found in motorcycles, conveyor belts, cars, tractors, blenders, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, & 3D printers just to name a few. Because why not do it all? Essential Duties and Responsibilities At Gates, we welcome challenges, celebrate hard work, and continually seek new talent to join our global company. Our downtown Denver office is seeking to hire a Data Analytics intern to support our Strategic Planning. This role will use data science and analytic techniques to work on strategic projects that solve problems. You will work directly with Commodity Managers to analyze spend and exploit opportunities to reduce cost and improve working capital. This is an exciting opportunity for you because you will actively manage a spend category and conduct live sourcing events in line with profit plan and overall business objectives. Your objective/goals will be working with diverse sets of structured and unstructured datasets, assess the cost savings opportunity, conduct an eSourcing event, and develop a recommended course of action based on the outcomes of the event. The experiences you gain will be applicable to a broad spectrum of categories in a future commodity management position. Key responsibilities (to name a few): Lead negotiations for the assigned portfolio of spend categories. Utilize cost models to validate commodity strategies and to understand significant cost drivers. Develop an understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends, and supplier technology road maps. Act as project manager (develop, manage and implement) for cross functional team to build stakeholder alignment (Technical, R&D, Sales & Marketing, Regional and local teams, etc.) to meet objectives. Contract management - review to ensure specific requirements are present, appropriate review and signing authority is present.