Inventory Specialist Intern

Rocket Lab Corp.; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Auckland invites an Inventory Specialist Intern to help analyze and optimise storage across multiple warehouse locations, improving item-to-location ratios.

You will collect data, build visualisations, identify bottlenecks, and propose actionable changes to layouts and processes, supporting rocket production operations.

This internship offers hands-on experience in logistics within a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience collecting and analysing data.
• Ability to create visualisations to highlight issues.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyse data related to storage efficiency across warehouses.
• Create visualisations to highlight bottlenecks and saturation areas.
• Propose actionable recommendations to improve layouts and part-to-location ratios.
• Support warehouse organisation improvements to reduce retrieval times.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Visualization

Job description

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity's reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

Rocket Lab is a global leader in launch and space systems.We'reopening access to space to improve life on Earth through our Electron rocket and Neutron launch vehicleprogrammes, alongside our space systems business. From pioneering carbon composite rocket technology to delivering reliable and rapid launch services,we'repushing the boundaries ofwhat'spossible in aerospace.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We'relooking for a motivated intern to join our Supply Chain team at our Auckland Production Complex. As an Inventory Specialist Intern, you will play a key role inanalysingandoptimisingthe storage efficiency of our multiple warehouse locations by calculating and measuring the ratio of parts to locations.

This ratio will helpidentifyareas of saturation where parts are densely stored, making it difficult for team members tolocateitems quickly and efficiently. Byidentifyingthese bottlenecks, you will enable us to implement systematic and physical improvements to our warehouseorganisation,ultimately improvingoperational efficiency and reducing retrieval times.

During your internship, you will collect andanalysedata, createvisualisationsto highlight problem areas, and propose actionable recommendations for improving storage layouts and part-to-location ratios. This project offers you the opportunity to apply your analytical and problem-solving skills in a real-worldlogisticsand operations environment supporting rocket production.

This is an opportunity to work on real