Intern - Strategic Sourcing

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. 

Intern –  Strategic Sourcing

Positions: 1

Start date: March  2027

Duration:  5/6 months

Salary: €30,500

Location: Lilly GBS, Little Island Cork

Type: Hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to be on site 50% of the month in Little Island, Cork and 50% working remotely.

Course Eligibility:  Bsc Commerce, Business or accounting.

The Role:

The Intern – Procurement Sourcing will work within the IBU Strategic Sourcing Procurement Team. Supporting the team’s development, creation & execution of International Category strategies for assigned areas of spend

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the strategic sourcing procurement team to develop/execute category strategies for assigned areas of spend
• Share learnings with other team members in the strategic sourcing team during specific weekly brainstorming sessions
• Support our International Business Unit sourcing owners for assigned categories within IBU Procurement organisation.
• Promote supplier relationships in conjunction with business areas.
• Support with guidance the internal sourcing/tendering process (RFP’S / RFI’S), utilising Ariba tools.
• Partner with colleagues in global procurement

Additional Skills:

• Ability to interpret and evaluate multiple source information and make recommendations
• Able to communicate effectively, develop strong relationships at all levels cross-functionally, both internally and externally
• Commercially aware with a proactive, energetic, can-do attitude
• Ability to support the team’s current projects and internal customer groups
• Self-motivated, able to pro-actively seek and prioritise opportunities

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in International Business / Business / Commerce / Accounting being pursued
• Excellent command of written and spoken English. Additional languages capability would be advantageous
• Familiarity with Procurement / Supply Chain / Business
• Good IT literacy with Microsoft Office suite
• Experience working in teams

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