Strategic Sourcing Internship - Summer 2027

COMPANY OVERVIEW HexArmor® is a leader in developing some of the most advanced PPE solutions for your eyes, hands, arms, and body. At HexArmor®, we believe safety is not a luxury – it’s a necessity. Since day one, we have worked hand-in-hand with our customers to design innovative, high performance PPE that helps ensure workers return home in the same condition they arrived. Our mission is to provide the protection that makes this possible, for every worker, everywhere. SUMMARY We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Strategic Sourcing Intern to join our Procurement team for the summer of 2027. The Strategic Sourcing Intern supports cost analysis, supplier sourcing, and process documentation across procurement, logistics, and product management. Work is performed through multiple system interfaces, including, but not limited to Excel, SAP Business One, and Tableau. The right candidate would develop the ability to clean and structure large data sets, break down supplier cost structures, benchmark pricing across a commodity, and turn a manual process into a written standard operating procedure. The Strategic Sourcing Intern would work closely with Category Managers, Product Managers, and Logistics Specialists daily, and would coordinate with the Finance, Product Development, and Planning teams. LOCATION Onsite at HexArmor Corporate Headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan (640 Leffingwell Ave. NE Grand Rapids, MI) SCHEDULE This is a 14-week, full-time internship beginning May 17, 2027. Interns will work 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, during our standard business hours of 8:30am to 5:00pm. JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Data cleansing and preparation of supplier, item, and pricing data for procurement and financial reviews XLOOKUP/ Index Matching Pivot tables Generating IF statements/formulas Reformatting of exports and importing into existing spreadsheets Identifying and correcting duplicate, incomplete, and inconsistent records Support commodity reviews by compiling spend, volume, and pricing history by material and supplier. Build cost breakdown reviews on purchased items, separating material, labor, overhead, tooling, and freight. Support indirect vendor sourcing, including building bid lists, issuing RFQs, and summarizing quotes into a side by side comparison. Assist with supplier scorecarding by tracking on-time delivery, quality, and responsiveness, and preparing the results for supplier reviews. Create and update standard operating procedures for recurring procurement, logistics, and product management processes. Support supplier communication on quotes, order confirmations, lead times, and documentation requests. Daily operating within SAP Business One for retrieving purchase history, pricing, and item data. Support inbound freight review, comparing shipping methods and carriers against cost and transit time. Partner with Product Management on item…