When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.
This program is designed to foster a beneficial relationship and provide growth opportunities for Vizient, our employees, and collegiate students. Since 2000, our summer intern program has provided college undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students with practical experience that exposes them to multiple aspects of a career field and the healthcare industry. This full-time, paid intern program offers an opportunity to accelerate academic learning, apply classroom knowledge, and introduce students to a professional setting. Interns are assigned a supervisor to mentor/develop their business skills, as well as monitor their work experiences. Interns are integral members of the company’s team, setting goals, working toward deadlines, and actively participating in community service projects.
The program requires the intern to commit to 10 weeks of participation in all formal training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, and opportunities to interact with senior leaders.
Vizient’s Corporate Procurement team is seeking a summer undergraduate intern to evaluate and improve the processes used to contract for third-party labor which represents approximately 20% of Vizient’s contracted spend. Current processes present opportunities to reduce costs, improve efficiency, strengthen contract management, and mitigate contractual risk.
The intern will assess existing contracting practices, analyze active agreements and related data, identify process and policy gaps, and develop practical recommendations for sustainable improvement. This role will provide hands-on exposure to procurement, contract lifecycle management, process improvement, risk analysis, data management, and strategic sourcing.
Corporate Procurement’s charter is to minimize risk and cost for Vizient while meeting the needs of departments for third-party products and services. This internship will contribute to an initiative with meaningful business impact by helping create more efficient, effective, and sustainable processes for contracting third-party labor.
The intern will have opportunities to present project findings and recommendations to experienced Procurement professionals and business leaders.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, provides solutions and services to more than two-thirds of the nation’s acute care providers and more than one-third of ambulatory providers. Vizient offers proprietary data and analytics to deliver unique clinical and operational insights and a contract portfolio representing $156 billion in annual purchasing volume enabling the delivery of cost-effective care. With its acquisition of Kaufman Hall in 2024, Vizient expanded its advisory services to help providers achieve financial, clinical and operational excellence. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at www.vizientinc.com.
