2025 Summer Intern: Strategic Procurement Specialist

At a Glance
Youre a motivated rising senior student with a 3.0 GPA or higher seeking a
degree in one of the following areas listed below from an accredited college
or university:
Supply Chain Management
This is a learning-intensive program designed to give you essential business
insights and hands-on experience in your field of choice. Its a
full-time, 10-week commitment from May 28, 2025 through August 1, 2025.
Benefits include professional development sessions, networking
opportunities, and mentorship.

The Spectrum Internship Experience
You have clear aspirations and are seeking a summer internship program that
will help you meet them. Find it at Spectrum, named one of the 2023 Top 100
Internship Programs in the United States by WayUp and Yello.

Our internships are designed to provide:
Opportunities to gain new skills and elevate the ones you already have, all
in a robust and forward-thinking business setting.
First-rate, hands-on experience in the telecommunications industry.
Opportunities to connect you with people who can give you a better
understanding of the industry and help you accomplish real goals you can add
to your resume, this includes assigning you a formal mentor and interactions
with senior executives.

What you can expect in this role
As a Spectrum Intern, youll be essential to two teams – your respective
department and your Intern peer group. Department and team-focused projects
account for about 80% of your schedule. Youll spend the other 20% on
professional development sessions and networking activities, including the
Kickoff Conference on May 28th, webinars, community service,
cross-functional project, and final presentations.

Internship responsibilities may include

Sourcing projects – As an intern, you will be afforded the opportunity to
work independently and within a team on different projects to leverage your
knowledge while also being exposed to many procurement roles. Some key
activities include:
RFx – Procurement will look to engage the intern in an RFx process where they
collaborate with a Procurement Manager through requirements gathering, RFx
issuance, negotiations, analysis, and award. This will provide a look
into Charters procurement process, allowing them to think strategically
throughout the process and provide them the opportunity to bring new ideas and
perspective.
Improving Reporting and Analysis Capabilities – Service contracts are
implemented across all business units without a central repository of rate
card information. The intern will collect negotiated and contracted rates for
service and materials and consolidate this information in a way that allows
for competitive benchmarking, performance management, and pricing
comparison across regions and business units.
Assessment/Validation of Contract rates – With the large number of contracts
across the organization, discrepancies between what is stated in our
contracts and what is listed on purchase orders to vendors occasionally occur.
Auditing and identifying these discrepancies is crucial in ensuring that we
are not overpaying for services. The intern will analyze invoice data from key
suppliers to ensure compliance with contracted terms.
Technology Sourcing – An advantage of working at Charter is that we have
cutting edge technology and supply chain needs to support our business
operations. Participation in sourcing and vendor management activities across
the department, will provide an opportunity to understand different
procurement specialization opportunities while contributing to operational
needs.

Department Collaboration / Organization Management- The Procurement
department at Charter is a large organization made up of several teams with
different personnel and priorities. The leadership team has created a
structure and tools to standardize the onboarding process for new team members
and facilitate collaboration and awareness across the department.
New Employee Onboarding Materials – The interns will facilitate activities to
refine and augment the new employee information including gathering inputs
from team members, consolidation of materials, and assisting with the
communication plan.
Cross-functional Standardization – As the department moves to enhanced
collaboration tools for document sharing and retention, the intern will work
with the Standardization team to manage updates to the new SharePoint sites
and assist with managing document transfers and setting up library and site
information.
Early Hire Development – The intern will manage updates and communication
across the leadership team for materials supporting training and development
of new team members.

Heres what it takes to get started
Required qualifications
Must be currently enrolled in an accredited College or University completing a
Bachelors Degree or Advanced Degree
Must have at least a 3.0 GPA or greater in current program
Ability to travel locally to Spectrum Intern development events and activities
throughout the program
Authorization to work in the U.S. without restrictions or need for future
sponsorship
Procurement or Supply Chain understanding

Preferred qualifications
Strong attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks.
Analytical skills
Collaboration skills
Communication skills – verbal and written
Drives results through effective project and time management
Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access