Equipment Purchasing Intern - Summer 2027
Part-timeWest Des Moines, IAPart-time / InternshipSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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The Equipment Purchasing Intern audits and tags store equipment at retail locations throughout the summer, traveling across Hy-Vee’s nine-state region, including overnight stays. The work is approximately 90% in retail locations and 10% in the office. The intern verifies equipment, updates asset listings, submits weekly change reports, researches equipment locations, processes changes, audits equipment at warehouses and other non-retail sites, and validates expenses daily.
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Corporate Office, Westown Pkwy., West Des Moines, IA
Part time
R259598
Additional Considerations (if any):
At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other.
Job Description:
Job Title: Equipment Purchasing Internship
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Department: Equipment Revision Date: 1/2025
Job Summary
Responsible for auditing and tagging store equipment at our retail locations throughout the summer months. Travel to and from stores including overnight stays in our nine-state region. Work will be about 90% in retail locations and 10% in office.
Reporting Relations
Accountable and Reports to: Equipment Purchasing Agent; Assistant Vice President, Equipment Purchasing
Positions that Report to you: None
Primary Duties
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Verify the equipment at each store
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Perform audit procedures on store equipment and make changes to each store’s equipment asset listing
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Complete and submit weekly equipment change report per location
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Assist the Equipment Department personnel in researching the location of equipment and processing the equipment changes
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Perform equipment audit for Hy-Vee owned equipment located at warehouses and other non-retail locations
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Validate expenses daily
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Reports to work when scheduled and on time
Secondary Duties
- Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.
Education and Experience
High school diploma and enrolled in a college or university. 1-2 years of Hy-Vee experience preferred, if not, at least 2 years of college completed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Computer with skills such as Outlook, Word, Excel
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Valid drivers’ license
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Good verbal and written communications skills
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Detail oriented, strong problem solving and analytical skills
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Self-starter
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An accounting major is helpful, but not required
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Must be minimum of 18 years of age
Physical Requirements
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Visual requirements include: ability to see detail at near and far range with or without correction
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Must be able to perform the following physical activities: stooping, kneeling, reaching, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Work Environment
The duties of this position are performed in a retail and office setting. There is significant pressure to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks in a day.
Equipment
Operation of car, computer, cell phone
Financial Responsibility
None
Contacts
Frequent contact with store and office employees
Are you ready to smile, apply today.
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen.
How this job compares
Set against the 927 open Purchasing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–101K/yr312 salary ranges
- US median$24–30/hr127 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 927 open Purchasing jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- Purchasing postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (644 postings).
- Education
- 240 of the 927 open Purchasing jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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