Procurement and Contracting Intern

Abstract

This report reflects the work done by me in my summer internship as a Procurement and Contracting Intern with Reliance Retail. The internship started on 03rd May, 2021 and continued for two months till 12thJune, 2021. My work in the organization was primarily based on the identification, procurement and subsequent contracting of warehouse spaces Pan-India. I entered at the near beginning stages of the largest warehouse and supply chain expansion project ever conducted in India. This report starts with information about the sector in which the organization belongs that is the E-Commerce B2B & O2O Retail Industry. It then talks about the organization of Reliance Retail and then the model itself – detailing the primary ideology of the organizations entering this space as well as the model in which Reliance Retail intends to operate. Apart from that project, I was constantly at search for sources of learning – which Reliance Retail had an ample repository of. Coordination and ensuring the project proceeded smoothly as the deadlines set for stages are met was my primary responsibility within the organization. These projects helped me to understand the process of formulating a strategy and also helped me to improve my interpersonal skills, my ability to organize and compartmentalize information as I managed and coordinated dozens of vendors to ensure they are the right fit for Reliance Retail they are prepared to start operations and the viability of the operation suits Reliance’s needs and longer term vision for their growth and development as the vendors can ensure the optimum delivery towards their SLAs and KPIs.