About the role#
As a Supply Chain Analytics Intern, you will join the Global Supply Management team in San Jose. You will manage the supplier ramp and sourcing readiness tools as we transition between prototype builds. Your work ensures the team has clear visibility into sourcing status, build costs, and supplier capacity. At the end of your term, you will lead the build kickoff readiness review.
What you'll do#
- Maintain the sourcing status tracker, updating it weekly to track awarded suppliers, quotes, and legal agreements for every part.
- Manage the tooling and non-recurring engineering tracker, monitoring purchase orders against milestones like first article inspections and payments.
- Build cost baselines by normalizing quotes and setting sub-assembly targets for future builds.
- Monitor supplier capacity against forecasts and flag potential shortages before production begins.
- Assist with new vendor onboarding by gathering required quality and legal documentation.
- Prepare supplier scorecard data for quarterly business reviews and create quote analysis packages for negotiations.
- Document your processes to ensure the team can maintain these tools after your departure.
What you'll need#
- You are a rising senior or recent graduate in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field, graduating within one year.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, including Power Query, lookups, and pivots.
- Experience using SQL or Python to pull and join data across systems.
- Knowledge of hardware supply chain fundamentals, such as bills of materials, purchase orders, and supplier quotes.
- Strong written communication skills for process documentation.
- Preferred: Prior internship experience in sourcing or procurement at a hardware company.
- Preferred: Familiarity with ERP systems like NetSuite or BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
- Preferred: Exposure to quote normalization or should-cost analysis.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, on-site internship based in San Jose, California.
- The term runs from January through April 2027.
About Figure
Figure builds autonomous humanoid robots for commercial use. The company operates in the machinery manufacturing sector. It was founded in 2022 and maintains its headquarters in San Jose, California. The organization employs between 201 and 500 people.
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