2027 Strategic Partners Spend Management Team (SMT) Summer Analyst

Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.

3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds.

Further information is available at www.blackstone.com . Follow @blackstone on  LinkedIn ,  X (Twitter) , and  Instagram . 2027 Strategic Partners Spend Management Team (SMT) Summer Analyst Business Unit Strategic Partners Location Nashville, TN Strategic Partners Blackstone Strategic Partners is a global capital solutions provider, with $104 billion of investor capital under management.

We offer a range of liquidity opportunities to both limited and general partners, including secondaries, GP Stakes and co-investments across private markets.

Founded in 2000, we are one of the world’s largest and most established secondaries platforms. Program Description Blackstone's Summer Analyst Program is a 10 week in-person experience, offering participants extensive exposure across the firm.

This program provides Summer Analysts with valuable guidance through mentorship, continuous feedback, technical and soft skill training, networking opportunities with professionals across the firm, and the unique chance to fully immerse themselves in Blackstone's culture.

Job Description: The Spend Management Team (SMT) Summer Analyst supports the deployment of the Blackstone Purchasing Platform to portfolios of Blackstone affiliates.

The SMT Summer Analyst will support several activities including spend analytics, business reporting/presentations, project management, negotiations, and eSourcing.

The SMT Summer Analyst will interface daily with Blackstone GP Stakes PE affiliate portfolios, the GP Stakes Investment Team, the Portfolio Operations Group and vendor partners.

Throughout the 10-week program, the SMT Summer Analyst will be exposed to many different value creating initiatives across various industries and regions.

Additional responsibilities include: • Provide continuous support to specific portfolio companies including through bi-weekly project management calls with portfolio companies, PE affiliates and preferred vendors.

• Identify opportunities for engagement, manage vendor introductions and ensure project execution within portfolio companies to leverage the Purchasing Platform.

• Provide analysis of the key initiatives across the GP Stakes portfolio. • Extensively use Salesforce to help manage portfolio company data, track status of every procurement project, develop enhancements to the tool and maintain contacts across all PE affiliates and portfolio companies.

• Help drive the group purchasing initiative including working with the portfolio companies’ senior procurement/IT/HR/marketing/operations/finance and other functions during the execution stage resolving issues, expanding utilization interfacing with our group of 75+ purchasing vendor partners to ensure their performance.

• Support the team on data requests from PE affiliates, companies and BSCH the GP Stakes Investment team. Qualifications Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

The Spend Management team looks to hire candidates with strong analytical and quantitative skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, detailed project management, and general business knowledge including analyzing financial data and operating metrics.

The successful candidate must be: • A driven individual with a strong sense of professional integrity. • Highly motivated and resourceful; multi-tasks and focuses on delivering results.

• An enthusiastic team member who collaborates well with others and builds strong working relationships. • Open to feedback and focused on achieving excellence.

• Client-focused and committed to developing creative solutions. • Familiar with data visualization tools such as MS PowerPoint, Tableau, and Power BI To be considered for the 2027 Summer Analyst Program, applicants must meet the following criteria: • Currently enrolled as an undergraduate student.

• Anticipated graduation date: Fall 2027 – Spring 2028 • Resume must include expected graduation month/year and GPA. • Resume must be in PDF format. If you do not meet these criteria, please see Blackstone’s Careers website for other opportunities that may be available, including other entry level positions.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.

Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion. Expected annual base salary range: $110,000 - $110,000 Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location.

For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

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Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following: • Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions; • Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients; • Supervising or training securities licensed employees; • Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and • Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

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