Global Sourcing Intern (Fall 2025)
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Great opportunity for students to gain practical experience in global sourcing. Internship format promotes hands-on learning but may lack long-term stability.
- Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in sourcing
- Mentorship from experienced teams and networking potential
- Dynamic role within a leading tech firm
Pros
- Hands-on experience in a key operational function
- Opportunity to network within a fast-growing company
- Supportive atmosphere with mentorship from experienced professionals
Cons
- Internship offers temporary position without long-term commitment
- Limited exposure to high-stake decisions compared to full-time roles
- Variable work hours, potentially impacting work-life balance
Who it's for
Internship / Student • Onsite
Good fit
- Students in related disciplines looking for internships
- Candidates interested in supply chain management
- Individuals eager for practical learning experiences
Not recommended for
- Experienced professionals looking for full-time positions
- Individuals averse to temporary roles
- Candidates preferring remote work environments
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
At Formlabs, we’re building the tools that make it possible for anyone to bring their ideas to life. Internships at Formlabs give students the opportunity to create, build, solve, and discover in every area of our business. Come build your career and build the future of 3D printing. Internship perks include social events, networking opportunities, access to our fully-stocked kitchens and onsite lunches, and unlimited 3D printing!
The success of our products rely on components sourced from all over the world. We are continuously optimizing our supply chain strategy to balance cost and diversification while ensuring high performance, reliability, and abundant supply. You’ll work with our team of engineers and other business functions to build relationships with suppliers. You will help expand Formlabs’ ability to introduce new and improve existing products. This internship offers hands-on experience in supply chain management, strategic sourcing, procurement processes, and the successful introduction of new products into the market. If you are focused and inspired with a passion for streamlining and optimization, we want you as a Global Sourcing Intern on our Global Operations Team.
Internship Term: Fall 2025
Commitment: Full-time
Location: Onsite in Somerville, MA
The Job:
- Work directly with current and potential suppliers to keep our material pipeline flowing. Support supply chain risk assessments and contingency planning.
- Develop strategies to better optimize our suppliers for cost, quality, and supply resilience.
- Conduct market analysis to provide deep and meaningful sourcing insights
- Support the team in managing purchase orders, invoices, and supplier communications.
- Supplier sourcing, qualification, and negotiation processes.
- Assist in coordinating logistics and ensuring smooth transition of products from development to mass production.
You:
- Have a technical, engineering, or sourcing background
- Excited to source, contact, and evaluate potential suppliers for quality, reliability, cost and capacity
- Able to work with a variety of teams, communicating effectively in-person and remotely.
- Organized and focused, able to handle concurrent conversations and projects, documenting progress along the way
- Eagerness to learn and adapt to new challenges.
- Leadership experience and exposure to project management
Bonus Skills (Optional):
- Manufacturing and procurement experience
- Advanced use of Microsoft Excel - Google Suite
- Product development experience
- Familiarity with part inspection and corrective action, i.e. Quality Control
- Experience with the manufacturing technologies used to make our printer parts: injection molding, machining, sheet metal stamping, bending, and forming, SMT etc.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of 3D printing.
