Procurement Placement

Consultants are staffed across industries early on, then specialise after a few years. Headquartered in London, the firm is employee-owned. Founded in 1941, we now have 6,700 employees.

The program

Lindenstead is hiring a Procurement Placement for Jun 2027. Good fit for students in supply chain, operations, industrial engineering or commerce who are comfortable in Excel. Our headquarters is in London, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. Remote internship with a team based in London. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Working hours overlap with UK business hours. You will write a lot of updates, so clear written English is important.

What you'll do

• Build a simple dashboard for fill rate, on-time delivery and freight cost.
• Prepare weekly inventory reports with stock on hand, days of cover and reorder points.
• Draft purchase orders in Zoho Inventory, Odoo or SAP under supervision.
• Monitor shipments with courier and freight partners and update the tracking sheet.
• Collect and compare quotations from 3 or more vendors for new purchases.
• Forecast demand for top SKUs using past sales data in Excel.
• Analyse delivery delays and return reasons to find recurring problems.

Who you are

• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Basic understanding of procurement, inventory and logistics from coursework.
• Laptop and stable internet.
• Clear written English for vendor emails.
• Comfortable working with large datasets and repetitive checks.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of Incoterms and import or export documentation.

What you'll learn

• Vendor negotiation and coordination basics.
• How procurement, inventory and logistics fit together in a product business.
• Demand forecasting and reorder planning with real sales data.

Program dates: Jun 2027, 3 months.

Intern pay: R18,000-R24,500 a month

Benefits for interns

• Letter of recommendation.
• Internet allowance.
• Paid public holidays.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jun 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Lindenstead.