Summer Intern - OMAX Procurement

Location: Kent, Washington, United States; onsite

Salary: $0.00–$0.00 hourly

Company

hirify.global designs and builds industrial cutting solutions and operates as a 100% associate-owned company with a global presence in 26 countries.

What you will do

• Support the Waterjet business through project-based work in inventory optimization, replenishment planning, and supply-chain risk analysis.
• Analyze usage, costs, supplier lead times, order quantities, demand variability, supply risk, and existing inventory to recommend purchasing policies.
• Build repeatable Excel or Power BI tools, inventory segmentation models, replenishment recommendations, and working-capital opportunity estimates.
• Develop and test a Commodity Intelligence Agent and a Supply Chain Risk Assessment Agent covering market indicators, supplier risks, source traceability, and confidence levels.
• Define approved data sources, prompts, templates, evaluation criteria, human-review requirements, escalation points, and governance documentation.
• Present findings and implementation recommendations to Supply Chain and Waterjet leadership; optionally support supplier compliance and CSR activities.

Requirements

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, Analytics, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Entering the third or fourth year of undergraduate study or currently pursuing graduate study.
• Experience analyzing data and translating findings into recommendations.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, filtering, and basic data visualization.
• Interest in procurement, inventory management, commodity markets, supplier management, artificial intelligence, or business-process improvement.
• Strong research, critical-thinking, source-validation, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to organize ambiguous information, distinguish evidence from assumptions, collaborate across functions, and handle business-confidential information appropriately.
• Curiosity about technical products and industrial manufacturing.

Nice to have

• Experience with Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Power Platform, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or another analytical or AI tool.
• Coursework or experience in inventory management, sourcing, commodity economics, operations research, statistics, cost analysis, or responsible AI.
• Familiarity with ERP or MRP systems such as Oracle or SAP.
• Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, root-cause analysis, or project-management methods.
• Experience presenting analytical findings to a business or academic audience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time summer internship in an inclusive, diverse, flexible, and collaborative environment.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Procurement, Planning, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Work involves confidential business information and practical manufacturing, procurement, and Waterjet applications.
• Final deliverables include executive summaries, analytical tools, tested AI prototypes, documentation, and a 6–8 slide presentation.
• hirify.global is an Equal Opportunity Employer and evaluates applicants without regard to protected characteristics.

Hiring process

• Current associates or temporary associates must apply through their internal Workday career account.
• Applicants who do not meet every requirement are still encouraged to apply; application materials may be considered for alternative roles.