Breakout Session 606

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College Internships in Corporate Procurement and
Contracts
Breakout Session 606 Steve Grumbach, Director,
Procurement Battelle Memorial Institute April
15, 2008 320 420 pm
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Agenda

• Internships Defined
• Benefits
• To the Company
• To the Staff
• To the Intern
• How does it work?
• Lessons learned
• Information sources
• QA

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Internships

• Preparing for success through experiential
  learning
• Also referred to as co-op terminology varies
• Full-time (40 hours/week) also part-time during
  school
• Paid position, pre-professional
• 86 of surveyed schools reported paid positions
• Typically 3 to 6 months
• Best if run longer
• One or more sequential Quarters
• Semester plus Summer
• Interns return for more than one term
• 2002 Cooperative Education Internship
  Association Survey

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Benefits to the Employer

• Pipeline of energetic, developing talent
• Cost effective means for recruiting
• 46 of students accepted a full-time position
• Energize your established workforce with
  enthusiastic and talented young people eager to
  learn and apply.
• Frees current employees to take on special
  projects get that neat idea off the back
  burner
• Identify and develop your future managers
• 2002 CEIA survey

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Benefits to the Staff

• Develop your leaders
• Workload balance
• Off-load repetitive/low level complex tasks
• Gets validation/input on process with
  unvarnished eyes

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Benefits to the Intern

• Develop professional skills
• Adapt to the workplace environment
• Meet valuable contacts
• Validate (or explore) alternative career choices
• Bring work experience back to the classroom
• Prepare to effectively compete for choice jobs

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What We Look For

• Juniors and Early Seniors
• Supply Chain Management (Production and
  Procurement)
• Finance (or General Business) Majors
• Maintain 3.0 GPA
• Prior pre-professional experience a plus

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What We Are Looking For

• Self starter
• Aptitude
• Attitude
• Flexible
• Confident
• Demonstrated willingness to work effectively with
  others
• Maturity and skill builds with experience

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Co-op Cycle
Orientation
Reflection
Activity / Tasking
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Orientation

• High structure (to start)
• New employee orientation
• Company and function overview
• Work rules and hours
• Dress code and conduct
• Facility and work space
• Systems and tools
• Procedures and Practices
• Co-worker and Management introductions
• Other related functions

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Tasking

• Obtain quotes
• Analyze prices
• Place simple orders and modifications
• Prepare correspondence
• Gather information on Supplier performance or
  qualification
• Contract close-out
• Ad hoc reports (and analysis)

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Reflection

• Assess what they have learned
• Academic subject area
• Industry or job category
• About themselves
• Understand how the job fit into their course of
  study
• Assess their choice of professional and academic
  goals
• Develop an after graduation game plan
• Provide feedback to the employer about the job
  experience
• Feedback may be formal or informal (written
  report, presentation, 1-on-1 meeting, etc.)

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What Works Well

• Provide position information to the School
• Have position information available in the
  interview, What will I do?
• Structured (and repetitive) tasks to start
• Guidance and mentorship with a technical lead
• Tasking and complexity that can be expanded
  commensurate with experience
• Individual tasking and accountability
• Frequent feed-back
• Repetitive terms (5 to 7 month duration)
• More than one Intern at a time

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Lessons Learned

• Maintain an on-going relationship with both
  Career Services and Faculty
• Interview in person
• Get there early
• Follow-up quickly with offers
• Provide feedback to the School on your candidates
  and selections
• Mentor the intern
• Monitor the leads
• Development is often fast-paced. Recognize when
  the Intern is capable of more.
• Maturity often occurs quickly

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Schools to Consider

• Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,
  Ohio
• Michigan State University, East Lansing,
  Michigan
• Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
• University of San Diego,San Diego, California

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Sources of Information

• Cooperative Education Internship Association
  http//www.ceiainc.org/
• National Commission for Cooperative Education
  http//www.co-op.edu/
• Northeastern University www.northeastern.edu

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Questions
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Contact Steve Grumbach Director,
Procurement Battelle Columbus, Ohio GrumbachRS_at_Bat
telle.org Office 614-424-4977