Sourcing Intern

This Sourcing Intern role within the Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) Team at Cadence involves collaborating with Sourcing managers to implement strategies for best value. Responsibilities include managing project streams, monitoring supplier performance, maintaining accurate supplier data, reconciling invoices, and assisting with competitive bidding processes. The intern will support various Procurement and Contracts projects, gaining experience in a global technology company focused on electronic systems design.

Must Have

• Collaborate with Sourcing managers to meet company objectives
• Manage and prioritize project streams
• Manage and monitor supplier performance
• Verify and maintain accurate supplier data
• Reconcile outstanding invoices and resolve discrepancies
• Assist competitive bidding using RFx
• Support Procurement / Contracts Projects
• Interest in Procurement and Supplier Chain activities
• Customer-focused mindset
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Excellent decision-making and leadership capabilities
• Conflict resolution experience
• Adaptability
• Thrive and create a collaborative work environment
• Detail oriented and well organized
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Currently enrolled in a BS/MS in Procurement/Business Administration or equivalent
• General understanding of procurement, supplier chain, and supplier management
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Facilitation skills
• Good teamwork and influencing skills
• Commitment from January to May 2026
• Ability to relocate to the Bay Area, California

Good to Have

• Experience with eProcurement technologies (i.e., Coupa, Ariba, Oracle)

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

About Cadence

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic systems design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design™ strategy to deliver software, hardware, and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence® customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to complete systems for the most dynamic market applications, including hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, mobile, aerospace, consumer, industrial and healthcare. Fortune magazine has named Cadence one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For for eleven years in a row.

About the Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) organization

We are about People. Partnership. Performance. We provide strategic value in Cadence’s procurement process that includes spend visibility, sourcing, contract management, operations, and supplier management. Procurement proactively delivers a simplified and efficient solution that improves our customers' experience while ensuring compliance/risk mitigation and identifying cost savings opportunities.

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to impact the world of technology.

Job Overview:

This role will operate within the Global Strategic Sourcing (GSS) Team under Sourcing and Contract Management and partner closely with key stakeholders to support projects, as necessary.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Sourcing managers to meet company objectives as you produce, implement, and support sourcing strategies that ensure best value
• Manage and prioritize the project stream, working with internal stakeholders to determine project definition and business requirements
• Manage and monitor supplier performance using meaningful and objective KPI measurements and periodic business reviews
• Verify and maintain accurate supplier data, including tax and bank information, quotations, and legal agreements
• Reconcile outstanding invoices and resolve discrepancies through proactive customer/stakeholder engagement
• Assist competitive bidding using a multi-step sourcing process and utilization of RFx.
• Support Procurement / Contracts Projects as required.

Job Qualifications:

• An interest in Procurement and Supplier Chain activities working within a team with a focus on building knowledge and experience in a global technology company
• Customer-focused mindset
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Excellent decision-making and leadership capabilities
• Conflict resolution experience
• Adaptability
• Thrive and create a collaborative work environment
• Detail oriented and well organized
• Good verbal and written communication skills (with team, stakeholders, and management)

Education and Experience:

• Currently enrolled in a BS/MS in Procurement/Business Administration or equivalent
• General understanding of procurement, supplier chain, and supplier management
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with eProcurement technologies a plus (i.e., Coupa, Ariba, Oracle)
• Facilitation skills to collaborate with stakeholders and within Global Strategic Sourcing
• Good teamwork and influencing skills
• Can commit from January to May 2026
• Ability to relocate to the Bay Area, California, for the duration of the internship

Additional Information:

Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization. We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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About Us

Cadence plays a critical role in creating the technologies that modern life depends on. We are a global electronic design automation company, providing software, hardware, and intellectual property to design advanced semiconductor chips that enable our customers create revolutionary products and experiences.

Thanks to the outstanding caliber of the Cadence team and the empowering culture that we have cultivated for over 25 years, Cadence continues to be recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Our shared passion for solving the world’s toughest technical challenges, our dedication to pushing the limits of the industry, and our drive to do meaningful work differentiates the people of Cadence.

Cadence is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other protected class.