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University Internships - 2023 opportunities

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The BakerHughes Internship is designed to enable undergraduates pursing a Bachelor's degree to gain hands-on work experience as the foundation of their professional lives. Our internships will give you first-hand insights into the processes, systems and practices that are aligned to ensure customer needs are met through flawless execution and the application of leading-edge technology.

About the role

As a sourcing intern in Baker Hughes, you will learn and understand the purchasing needs of the entire Baker Hughes business, develop Mexican supplier base as a solution for those needs (+$500 Million USD). The activities include scouting for suppliers for chemicals, metal-mechanical and electrical commodities mainly. Create a supplier directory and onboard suppliers in our system. Screen and evaluate suppliers to meet purchasing needs for Baker Hughes global demand, especially North America and LATAM.

You will also learn to prepare Requests for Quote (RFQs), understand costs, and negotiate prices with suppliers. Understand the key technical requirements and identify the right suppliers to send them to. Interact with suppliers to provide quotes in a timely fashion, as well as with engineering and sourcing in the USA facilities to clarify any questions. You will learn and apply costing techniques and analysis to work with suppliers to reach optimal costs and help Baker Hughes improve margins. You will learn and be required to support supplier technical qualifications, such as First Piece Qualifications, Qualifications of Special Processes (coatings, heat treatments, weldings, etc).

You will be required to lean and support the metal-mechanical, chemicals and/or plastics commodities; while understanding different manufacturing processes such as CNC Machining capability (Lathes, Mills), Plastic Injection, Forging, Assembly lines. At the same time, you will learn to read technical drawings and specifications and you will be able to match RFQ packages to the appropriate suppliers.

You will learn the sourcing processes in Baker Hughes, learn to audit suppliers in Quality Management System and our Social Responsibility Program. You will learn and be required to assess supplier technical, production and inspection capabilities as well as their products. Understand supplier strategic position as a match for the Oil and Gas business model. Recognize technical requirements by commodity:

• Chemicals, reactors, raw materials.

• Metal-Mechanic, CNC process,

• Electrical and Electronics, supplier capabilities.

You will be required to run analytics to monitor the US, Mexico, LATAM buy and perform "Spend Analysis" to identify deflation opportunities, and match to high

potential buy for Mexican suppliers. You will be required to manage databases and directories and create presentations of the supplier base available in Mexico.

You will interact with several suppliers in Mexico and will be required to interact with the different levels at the supplier, starting from the owners and including General Managers, Sales Managers, Quality, Production and Engineering personnel. You will interact with the global sourcing team, including buyers, sourcing managers, global commodity leaders, sourcing quality engineers.

Qualification Requirements

• Student at an accredited University and have at least 2 years left of school.
• Highly preferred students of Chemical Engineering and related areas.
• Have maintained a GPA grade greater than or equal to 3.0 out of 4.0 or the equivalent in your country
• Be fluent in oral and written English
• Have the legal right to work without restrictions or have company sponsorship in the country you have applied
• Be prepared to enroll yourself with different activities and projects, being owner of them and having an active voice to be part of the team and the company in a large scale

Desired Requirements

• Microsoft Office - Medium.
• Excel - Advanced (or learn fast).
• Microsoft Access - desired (required to learn)
• Power Point - desired (required to learn)
• Quality Managements System - Basic.
• Power BI, data analysis tools - Basic.
• Comfortable and open to learn technical information.