Purchasing Intern

Product Management & Delivery Houston, Texas
Salary: USD 18.00 - 21.00 Hourly


Description

POSITION OVERVIEW: 

The Purchasing Intern will primarily assist the Purchasing Department with various projects related to procurement, customer relationship management, and supply chain objectives. 

 

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Work cross functionally with finance, procurement, and engineering to create proposal cost estimates
  • Create tools to support our supply chain strategy, and aide in identifying vendors that can best meet TAS’s requirements for functionality, cost, and quality
  • Perform data, business, operational, or statistical research analysis
  • Verify purchase orders
  • Lead process improvement projects such as process mapping and procedure creation
  • Prepare presentations for the team and senior management highlighting performance in an easy-to-understand, executive-ready manner
  • Other responsibilities as designated by TAS

 

JOB SKILLS 

  • Strong organization skills
  • Strong writing skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong communication and analytical skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives while maintaining a strong sense of urgency
  • Google Suite (Gmail, Sites, Sheets, Drive, Slides)
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

 

EDUCATION & TRAINING 

  • Currently enrolled and pursuing a degree in: Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations Management, Business Management or Business degree with emphasis in Supply Chain

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT: 

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing and performing repetitive motions.  Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal and conduct extensive reading.  The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions. 

 

COMPANY OVERVIEW: 

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do!  When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered private company with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity and customer focus.  We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds:  a small company feel with the resources, talent, process and international reach of a large company. 
TAS is a leading modular engineering, design, and manufacturing company with four facilities encompassing over 725,000+ sq ft. As part of Comfort Systems USA, TAS is backed by the resources and financial strength of a $3B public company. We have completed over 430 projects in 33 countries with industry leading safety performance. Our projects span a diverse array of customer needs from central utility plants, cooling/compressed air plants, data centers, electrical rooms, waste heat recovery, and gas turbine chilling. Our passion is designing innovative modular products and executing them at scale for customers. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities, with close proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways.  TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer’s facilities. 
 
TAS’ fastest growing business is the data center market.  By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery.  TAS was selected as one of the 20 Most Promising Energy Technology Solution Providers 2016 & 2017 by CIO Review. 
 
With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals.  More information is available at the company website at: www.tas.com. 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: TAS has implemented a non-smoking hiring policy effective January 1, 2012 under which Individuals considered for employment will need to pass a drug test which includes a nicotine panel.     

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job. 

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and that the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume. 

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. 


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