Internship in the area of strategic purchasing with a focus on procurement management & cooperations spring/summer 2025

Would you like to gain initial experience for your future career in a global premium automotive group? Are you curious, do you enjoy varied activities and working independently? Then the MP/BC2 team is the right place for you.

The Mercedes-Benz Cars Purchasing & Supplier Quality (MP) department is responsible for purchasing production materials and supplier quality for Mercedes-Benz AG with an annual purchasing volume in the double-digit billion range.

The MP/BC2 team is responsible for a multi-layered range of tasks in the areas of cooperation, contract award and committee management as well as game-theoretical contract awards and makes an important contribution to the entire company.

As part of your internship, you will be a fully-fledged member of our team right from the start and work with us in the areas of contract awarding and committee management as well as cooperation.

Your tasks will include in detail

Award and committee management

• In procurement and committee management, you will support the coordination and management of procurement scopes for new product projects with a high purchasing volume, from the start of procurement to the presentation to the MP procurement committees
• You make an active contribution to the organizational and content-related preparation and follow-up of the awarding committees, e.g. in cooperation with specialist purchasing and series management
• You will be involved in the creation of presentation documents for our management and in the preparation of evaluations

Cooperations

As the central point of contact for cooperations in purchasing with other car manufacturers, we act as an interface for the functions involved, such as specialist purchasing, legal, project team and suppliers.

• With us, you will take responsibility for sub-projects, as well as diverse and exciting tasks with a significant impact on the entire organization
• You will be involved in the creation of cooperation agreements for a wide range of collaborations and support the implementation of cooperation projects, taking on subtasks independently
• You will gain exciting insights as part of the preparation and participation in internal and external cooperation committees at management level
• The promotion and improvement of cooperation standards as well as the advisory function / project support round off the field of activity

Overarching

• The weekly team meeting is fully prepared by you in consultation with the manager
• In addition, you will support the preparation and implementation of team workshops and make a major contribution to additional projects alongside day-to-day business. It is also possible to take on projects independently

What you can expect from us:

• We will integrate you from day one as a fully-fledged member of a young and dynamic team
• Throughout your time with us, you will have a dedicated contact person who will provide you with the necessary support and regular feedback. We are equally happy to receive your feedback at any time
• We offer you the opportunity to further consolidate the knowledge you have gained from your studies in practice and to deepen it by participating in training and further education measures
• You will expand your knowledge horizon and your network through cross-departmental collaboration with internal and external partners in a wide variety of projects

Have we sparked your interest? Our team looks forward to your application and your contribution. Apply now!

Start date: Flexible - just get in touch with us.

Duration: 6 months

• Degree program: Business administration, technical or economics studies
• Proficient in written and spoken German and English
• Confident handling of MS Office, especially PowerPoint and Excel
• Initiative and a high sense of responsibility
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• High level of commitment and assertiveness
• Analytical and conceptual thinking skills and ability to work independently

Additional information:

Of course, we can't do without any formalities. Please apply online only and attach a CV, current certificate of enrollment stating the semester of study, current transcript of records, relevant certificates, proof of mandatory internship if applicable and proof of the standard period of study (max. total size of attachments 5 MB) to your application and mark your application documents as "relevant for this application" in the online form.

Further information on the recruitment criteria can be found"here".

If you are a national of a country outside the European Economic Area, please send us your residence/work permit.

We particularly welcome online applications from severely disabled people and people with equivalent disabilities. If you have any questions, you can also contact the site's representative for severely disabled employees at sbv-sindelfingen@mercedes-benz.com, who will be happy to support you in the further application process after your application.

Please understand that we no longer accept paper applications and that there is no entitlement to return postage.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact HR Services by email at myhrservice@mercedes-benz.com or by phone: 0711/17-99000 (Monday to Friday between 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.).