Job Description:

Summer 2025 Internship - Purchasing

Application Deadline: November 15, 2024

We encourage you to submit your application as soon as you can as internship applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Internship Dates: June 9, 2025 - August 15, 2025 (You must be available to work during this period)

About our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

About the Role:

Dow Jones is looking for an organized individual for a Purchasing internship. You will report to the Manager, Purchasing and have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of Purchasing while working with a team of experienced professionals. You will participate in project work, including a purchase order review/clean-up project. You will also assist in the day-to-day operations involved in purchasing.

This role is a hybrid, based in our Princeton, NJ office.  

You Will:

• Review purchase requisitions in SAP for accuracy and release for business and finance approval 

• Help with project related work around closing out expired purchase orders

• Facilitate three way match process via invoice workbench exceptions

• Work with designated business groups and Finance to get necessary information to complete work accurately and in a standard process

• Work with business users and Finance groups to research and resolve tax, sourcing, invoice, or budget issues

• Collaborate with team members on management of shared email boxes and internal ticketing system

• Assist employees with P2P end to end process queries 

You Have:

• At least one year of school completed, working toward a Bachelor's degree 

• A GPA of 3.0 or higher

• Previous relevant internship or part-time work experience

• An analytical approach to solving problems

• Excellent communication, organizational skills, and follow-up skills with strong attention to detail

• Competency with the MS Office Suite, particularly Excel

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Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Finance

Job Category:

Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $25.00 - $25.00

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..