At Stepan Company, our vision is to provide innovative chemical solutions for a cleaner, healthier, more energy efficient world. We take pride in engaging our customers, identifying their unique challenges and helping them capture opportunities.
Stepan is a global specialty and intermediate chemical manufacturer that has been serving a broad range of industries since 1932. Today, Stepan is a$2 billion revenue company and our continued success is driven by the passion and commitment of our 2,200 employees around the world. The entrepreneurial spirit of our founder, Alfred C. Stepan Jr., is still present as we continue to seek and develop solutions for our customers.
We are a leading merchant producer of surfactants, which are key ingredients in consumer products such as laundry detergents, hard surface cleaners, disinfectants, shampoos and body wash, as well as customized solutions for the agricultural, oilfield and construction markets. Our Company is a leading supplier of polyurethane polyols used in the thermal insulation market. Stepan also offers high purity esters, fats and oils for the pharmaceutical, medical nutrition and dietary supplement industries.
Job Summary: The Procurement Intern manages assigned direct materials market study and consolidate the study with Stepan requirement to review/develop procurement strategy and action plan.
Major / Functional Responsibilities:
- Utilize available internal / external resources to collect value chain information of assigned direct materials, i.e. available supply and future capacities, market demand, cost driven forces, downstream application…
- Apply business analysis tools e.g. SWOT, five forces to analyze and consolidate collected market intelligence
- Support buyers to review or develop procurement strategy and define action plan
Qualifications:
- Degree: degree of four-year college course. Bachelor supply chain management, business management or chemical engineering is a plus.
- Basic to medium business operations knowledge. Procurement and/or sales administrative past positions a plus.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Good analytical skills & Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)..
- Fluent in written and spoken English. Asian countries’ language is a plus, e.g. Mandarin.
Learning Outcome:
Intern is required to present market analysis results of assigned products and recommend buying strategy to team leads and GM at the end of internship.
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Stepan Asia Pte Ltd - Designation:
Procurement Intern - Profession:
Purchasing / Merchandising - Industry:
Manufacturing General / Biomedical / Pharmaceutical - Location:
Jurong East