Hybrid Operations Strategy Intern: Planning & Optimization

Pods Moving and Storage; Clearwater (FL); Hybrid; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

PODS Moving and Storage in Clearwater, FL, is seeking an Intern in Operations Planning & Optimization to join the hybrid team. You will analyze capacity, demand, and labor, and build repeatable views and dashboards across markets and storage centers to support planning decisions.

You’ll own a focused project from start to finish, learn Sales & Operations Planning concepts, and gain hands-on experience with SQL, Python, Snowflake, and AI-assisted analysis on live capacity data.

Qualifications

• Currently in the final years of a bachelor’s degree, or enrolled in a master’s or MBA program.
• Majoring in Supply Chain Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Analytics, or a related field, ideally with a data science, analytics, or AI focus.
• Coursework or hands-on experience with SQL and Python or R
• No full-time experience required
• Bonus points for: a prior internship, co‑op, or substantial project in planning, analytics, or operations; coursework or experience in supply chain, logistics, or another capacity‑constrained business

Responsibilities

• Own a focus project and build a repeatable view of how each Market and Storage Center performs against plan.
• Support S&OP by helping prepare weekly and monthly demand, capacity and labor inputs.
• Model scenarios with Excel and Python to show impacts on capacity and tradeoffs.
• Find optimization opportunities by allocating capacity and labor across Markets.
• Steward performance by refreshing KPI dashboards and reporting results.
• Code and automate by writing SQL and Python, replacing manual reports with automated ones.

Skills

Excel skills

SQL

Python

R

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in SCM/Business/Industrial Engineering/Analytics

Tools

Snowflake

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

PODS Moving and Storage in Clearwater, FL, is seeking an Intern in Operations Planning & Optimization to join the hybrid team. You will analyze capacity, demand, and labor, and build repeatable views and dashboards across markets and storage centers to support planning decisions.

You’ll own a focused project from start to finish, learn Sales & Operations Planning concepts, and gain hands-on experience with SQL, Python, Snowflake, and AI-assisted analysis on live capacity data.