INTERNSHIP – ELECTRONICS COMMODITY PURCHASING STRATEGY

Location Lippstadt, Germany

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performance lighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle Solutions Business Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spare parts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles. With currently around 36,500 employees at over 125 locations, the Company is active worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.1 billion in fiscal year 2024.

YOUR TASKS

In this internship, you will support strategic purchasing activities within Global Commodity Purchasing and gain insights into market intelligence, supplier strategy, and portfolio management in an international electronics environment. The role combines analytical work, operational support, and close collaboration with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Market and portfolio analysis: You support market and environment analyses and contribute to market, supplier, and portfolio evaluations to strengthen the basis for strategic purchasing decisions.

• Preparation of meetings and presentations: By helping prepare supplier meetings, negotiation packages, and management presentations, you ensure that relevant content is structured clearly for internal and external discussions.
• Pricing and sourcing activities: Together with internal stakeholders and suppliers, you drive cross-functional pricing activities and contribute to the identification of sourcing opportunities across the portfolio.
• Purchasing data analysis: Through the analysis of purchasing data, you create transparency on spend, suppliers, regions, and sourcing opportunities and support the development of robust purchasing strategies.
• Risk monitoring and contract support: A further part of the role involves identifying supply, geopolitical, and single-source dependencies within the portfolio, while also supporting contract negotiation, contract preparation, tracking, and follow-up with strategic semiconductor suppliers.
• Data maintenance and reporting: In addition, you maintain data in purchasing systems, supplier records, contract overviews, and reporting files to support reliable processes and high data quality.
  
  
  

START: after arrangement

DURATION: at least 12 weeks

Your Qualifications

• Enrolled student: During your time at HELLA, you are enrolled at a university and have not yet started or completed your final mandatory academic requirement.
• Field of study: Your studies focus on business administration, industrial engineering, supply chain management, electrical engineering, or a comparable degree program.
• Professional interests: A strong interest in strategic purchasing, supplier management, semiconductors, automotive electronics, or global supply chains is expected.
• Software skills: Confident handling of data as well as good knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint are required.
• Language skills: Good English skills are required, while German language skills are considered an advantage.
• Working style: A structured, proactive, and reliable way of working, combined with an interest in international teamwork and a technical environment, completes your profile.
  
  
  

Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

Hella stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA

Benedict Stratmann

Rixbecker Str. 75

59552 Lippstadt