Nestle Health Science - Procurement Internship

At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestle Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

Let's challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today! We need to grow as a company and bring an intensity to our work that puts our competitors on notice. We must work as one team under one Nestle brand, leading innovation in external manufacturing footprint across the organization and empowering our employees to succeed in the workplace and beyond in the growing Nestle Health Science (NHSc) US Procurement Team.

This 10-week Procurement Internship is an opportunity to help drive Co-Man best practices, across 84 Co-Mans & spend of 356MM. Drive and help support contract compliance, design and implement governance processes, research various topics, data & benchmark, support 5-6% cost improvement and inform best practices as the company strengthens its ways of working.

Key Responsibilities:

• Influence, design & perform Supply Demand Analysis for Co-Man initiatives within NHSc market and translate those market processes under mentorship to help define new USA working standards & cost improvements (pricing visibility) for the Procurement Team.

• Work with the category procurement teams, for Nestle USA, Nestle Health Science, and other business partners as assigned for projects. Likely to have cross-functional tasks with internal teams as well for exposure to facility-related projects where applicable.
• Align on Manufacturing strategy & Technology platforms and support the vision accordingly.
• Support Co-Man sourcing strategy - can include but not be limited to assigned material categories including both Ingredients and Packaging and drive cost savings on Co-Man & Co-Pack.
• Help manage scope, gather data/benchmark, schedule, budget of key projects that meet our Procurement commitments with regular updates to leadership teams. Align support and be transparent where possible across all Nestle operating companies in the U.S. market.
• Conduct regular communications around Co-Man sourcing and sustainability activities (SMETA, compliance, etc.) & Co-Man vendors must agree to the RS standards or risk losing business.

Experience and Education:

• Procurement/Co-Man (External Manufacturing) experience is preferred, but not required
• Coursework in Procurement, Operations and/or Supply Chain is strongly preferred
• Pursuing Bachelor's Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Business, Operations Management or other related field is required
• Degree completed by June 2026, preferred
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above is strongly preferred

Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrated fluency in External Manufacturing space or at least a strong interest to learn and influence metric targets, data analysis and performance tracking
• Coordinate cross-functionally with other Nestle Procurement and Manufacturing departments to improve communication and optimize services
• Demonstrated operational buying capability, negotiating skills a plus
• Candidate must be a demonstrated quick study, proven ability to manage change, ability to work across boundaries and borders, strong decision-making
• Excellent communicator with demonstrated skills in collaboration and team leadership. Strong Excel and Power Point skills are ideal
• Demonstrated strong research and project management skills Looking for a general self-starter who is not afraid to jump into a fast-paced organization to help shape some of the top partners contracts, governance structure and innovate on strategy - someone who looks forward to a variety of tasks and exposure to several large projects to drive value creation.

*This role can work remotely from a home office.

*The approximate target compensation range for this role is $25-28/hr. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location of the position.

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