**By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.** Pay Range: $17.60 - $24.20 **By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.** All internship positions are designed to give college students an opportunity to apply techniques learned in an academic setting while obtaining new skills. This is a paid internship offering full-time hours during the summer months. All interns are required to conclude the program by giving a formal presentation on their work. Please note that no relocation assistance or sponsorship is provided for the internship program at this time. **Pay Rate: $18/hr** **Position Summary:** The Purchasing Intern will support the Devens Purchasing team by assisting with day-to-day procurement activities and gaining exposure to the full purchasing lifecycle. This role is designed to provide hands-on experience in supplier communication, transactional purchasing, documentation control, and continuous improvement. The intern will learn how purchasing operations support manufacturing and site operations while contributing to cost-savings initiatives and supplier-related issue resolution. **Key Responsibilities:** · Support routine purchasing activities, including processing office-supply orders and assisting with day-to-day requisitions. · Learn to write, process, and track Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and understand their role in document control and material updates. · Review purchasing data within ERP systems (e.g., pricing, usage, order frequency) to identify opportunities for cost savings or supplier consolidation. · Support supplier-related Non-Conformance Material Reports (NCMRs), including gathering evidence, communicating with suppliers, and assisting with investigations. · Maintain purchasing files, documentation, and cost-tracking spreadsheets as needed. · Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Quality, Operations, and Engineering to resolve purchasing-related issues. · Participate in at least one defined improvement project (examples below) and present findings at the end of the internship: ·· Supplier Data Cleanup & Standardization ·· Spend Analysis Project ··· Pick a category like office supplies, PPE, lab consumables, or MRO and review the following: ···· historical spend ···· vendor mix ···· price variance ···· opportunities for consolidation or renegotiation ·· Process Documentation Improvements ··· Updating SOPs, quick reference guides, or workflows for: ···· ordering ···· ECO routing ···· NCMR communication ···· vendor onboarding **Program Requirements:** · Must be a currently enrolled student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to the internship · Must have completed (at minimum) the sophomore year of college · Must be able to work full-time during the duration of the internship program **Experience Qualifications:** · Interest in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or related field. · Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. · Ability to communicate professionally with internal teams and external suppliers. · Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook. · Willingness to learn ERP systems (training provided). · Analytical mindset and curiosity to identify process improvements or cost‑saving opportunities. **Why Join Bio-Techne:** **We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.** **We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.** **We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.** **We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.** **We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.** **We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.** **Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.** **All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.** **To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.** Bio-Techne empowers researchers in Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics by providing high-quality reagents, instruments, custom manufacturing, and testing services. Our family of brands creates a unique portfolio of products and services. Science is our passion; it drives us to collaborate, develop, and manufacture award-winning tools that help researchers achieve reproducible and consistent results.