About This Role:
As a Purchasing Intern, you will join the dynamic Purchasing team within the Procurement department, playing a crucial role in the request to purchase order process. This internship offers a unique opportunity for those eager to gain hands-on experience in Procurement, utilizing tools like ServiceNow, Oracle, and Scout/Workday Sourcing. You will be responsible for responding to stakeholders via ServiceNow, executing Purchase Order changes in Oracle, and engaging in various ad hoc tasks alongside Purchasing Analysts. The role provides exposure to compliance activities, such as verifying purchases against vendor contracts, offering invaluable experience in procurement operations. This position is integral to ensuring smooth procurement processes and enhancing departmental efficiencies.
What You’ll Do:
Provide solutions to end users through ServiceNow ticketing system, emails, Teams chat, and calls.
Issue and manage Purchase Orders in the Oracle system.
Support ad hoc requests from Purchasing Analysts and the Purchasing Manager.
Review internal documentation to ensure accuracy and suggest improvements.
Address technical and process issues with team support, providing timely solutions.
Respond to stakeholders in the ServiceNow ticket management tool.
Perform PO changes and closures in Oracle.
Create and submit purchase requisitions, ensuring alignment with contract payment terms/schedules.
Maintain vendor management documentation for audit requests.
Collaborate with sourcing, finance, and vendors to reconcile purchase orders and invoices.
Support the Purchasing team in process documentation and training activities.
Establish strong partnerships with legal, finance, procurement, business stakeholders, and suppliers.
Who You Are:
You are eager to learn and ready to challenge the status quo, bringing a proactive approach to your tasks. You thrive in multitasking environments and possess excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. With a keen attention to detail, you ensure accuracy and compliance in all your work. Your organizational skills and accountability make you a reliable team player, committed to supporting the Purchasing team’s objectives. An international and inclusive mindset allows you to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and contribute to creating a collaborative work environment.
This is a paid 6-month internship starting in October , of maximum 32 hours per week .
Candidates must be current students or recent graduates and eligible to work in Poland .
Required Skills:
Bachelor’s degree (ideally in Finance, Supply Chain, Logistics, etc.).
Professional fluency in English.
Comfortable working with customers, demonstrating strong verbal and written communication skills.
Intermediate or above skills in Microsoft Excel.
Ability to navigate multitasking environments effectively.
Communicative, organized, and accountable.
An international and inclusive mindset.
Preferred Skills:
Experience utilizing ERP systems such as Oracle.
Experience in the Pharma/Biotech industry.
Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
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About Biogen Poland
Our Warsaw office is a complex hub for local, regional and global roles. Regardless our role and reporting line we’re driven every day by our unique purpose, working passionately to change the lives of patients affected by rare and devastating diseases. This is what gives us pride, inspires us and gives us fuel to push the boundaries of innovation. We represent over 30 nationalities and celebrate the strength that comes from differences in backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. This commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace earned us a Great Place to Work Certificate and Best Places to Work Awards consecutively since 2021 in Poland and Europe. If our mission resonates with your heart and career aspirations, we’re inviting you to join our team.
About Global Business Services (GBS)
The Global Business Services (GBS) team transforms Biogen’s business processes, scaling global operations and fueling commercial growth and innovation. GBS adds value by delivering business solutions and support services through a global delivery model, operational transparency, and best practices. Aiming to be a world-class organization, GBS excels in people, solutions, execution, and partnerships, championing a continuous improvement culture recognized across Biogen. We form a great team of individuals with drive for innovation but also team players collaborating in the spirit of respect. And if you want to take your professional development in your own hands, this is a place for you. We give you a lot of opportunities for growth on a business and social ground.
Job Level: Internship
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
