Strategic Sourcing AI & Automation Intern

About the role

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

About the role

Job Family Definition

Students currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in areas such as Business Analytics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline. Applies academic knowledge, analytical thinking, emerging technologies, and creative problem-solving to real business challenges. Collaborates with business and technical stakeholders to research, design, prototype, test, and improve solutions while developing practical professional experience.

Management Level Definition

Entry-level internship role that performs assigned work under the guidance of a supervisor or experienced team members. Contributes to project-based activities, develops practical knowledge of business processes and technologies, and builds professional skills through collaboration, analysis, experimentation, and delivery of defined project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support the Strategic Sourcing organization through research, data analysis, process analysis, and project coordination.
• Own or materially contribute to an AI, analytics, or automation project supporting Strategic Sourcing.
• Collaborate with sourcing leaders, commodity managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand business challenges and define structured requirements.
• Gather, organize, and analyze structured and unstructured information, including pricing records, contracts, supplier data, market intelligence, and other business documents.
• Translate sourcing challenges into workflows, data requirements, solution concepts, and project deliverables.
• Research, design, prototype, and test AI-enabled capabilities supporting negotiation preparation, supplier-risk identification, contract intelligence, and sourcing decision support.
• Explore and apply technologies such as generative AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, semantic search, workflow automation, and data visualization, where appropriate.
• Develop dashboards, prototypes, user experiences, or decision-support tools that make sourcing information easier to access and use.
• Test AI-generated outputs for accuracy, consistency, traceability, and business usefulness.
• Document solution designs, data sources, assumptions, limitations, testing results, and opportunities for future development.
• Participate in team meetings, project reviews, demonstrations, and periodic feedback sessions.
• Present project results, potential business impact, and recommendations to Strategic Sourcing leadership.
• Fulfill assigned tasks and responsibilities in a timely manner and deliver work against defined project milestones.
• Follow company requirements for confidentiality, data protection, responsible AI use, and approved technology platforms when handling contracts, pricing, supplier information, personal data, or other business-sensitive content.

Education & Experience

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Analytics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• No prior professional experience required.
• Previous internships, university projects, research, hackathons, analytics projects, or AI-related coursework are a plus.
• Demonstrated interest in applying technology, analytics, and AI to solve real-world business problems is highly desirable.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Ability to break down ambiguous business problems into actionable components.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn new technologies and business processes.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across business and technical teams.
• Strong attention to detail when working with financial, commercial, contractual, or supplier information.
• Strong time-management skills and ability to deliver against defined project milestones.
• Experience or coursework in one or more of the following is beneficial:
• Generative AI and large language models.
• Prompt engineering and AI workflow design.
• Retrieval-augmented generation, semantic search, document chunking, or embeddings.
• Python, SQL, Power Query, or similar analytical tools.
• Microsoft Power BI or other data-visualization platforms.
• Microsoft Power Platform, Copilot Studio, or similar low-code/no-code development tools.
• APIs, data integration, or basic application development.
• Structured and unstructured data analysis.
• Extracting and analyzing information from PDF, Word, and Excel files.

Impact/Scope

University students actively enrolled in an accredited college, university, or academic institution and pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant technical, analytical, business, or supply-chain discipline. The intern contributes to project-based initiatives that improve how Strategic Sourcing professionals access information, identify opportunities and risks, prepare for negotiations, and make commercial decisions.

Depending on the assigned project, the work may help sourcing teams

• Reduce manual effort required to prepare for supplier negotiations.
• Surface historical pricing, commitments, and concessions more efficiently.
• Identify emerging supplier and supply-chain risks earlier.
• Locate and understand important contractual and commercial provisions faster.
• Transform fragmented information into actionable sourcing intelligence.
• Develop reusable AI-enabled approaches that can potentially be applied across additional commodities and sourcing workflows.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

What We Can Offer You: Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

• We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness.
• We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here.
• We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.
• We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

• United States of America: Hourly Salary USD 26.00 - 30.00 in Texas

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered."