Supply Chain & Inventory Intern: Optimize, Analyze, Impact

Medline; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Medline Industries, LP is offering a 10-week Inventory Management Supply Chain Intern program in the Chicagoland area. Interns will work directly with senior managers on process improvement and business system projects across all aspects of the supply chain, with a focus on demand planning, inventory deployment, and cost reduction.

The intern will extract data, report, and convert data into information to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Engineering (Industrial preferred).
• Junior standing with 3.0 minimum GPA preferred.
• Strong leadership abilities and analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent organization, communication, data analysis and follow up skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing/Continuous Improvement principles is a plus (Six Sigma, PMP, CPIM).
• Knowledge of data and visualization applications (Tableau, Alteryx, SQL, TDV, KNIME, SAP, Business Objects) is a plus.
• Unrestricted permanent US work authorization.

Responsibilities

• Analysis on impact of expanding or contracting warehouse network for certain product categories.
• Automation of vendor lead time review and maintenance procedures.
• Build a forecast and production schedule for the different products or components.
• Simulation of different stocking strategies and running different scenarios to minimize total cost.
• Root cause analysis of backordered or surplus products to recommend process improvements.
• Optimization of inventory deployment and balancing processes to achieve better outcomes with less manual effort.
• Develop reports to detect outliers and potential issues before they impact the system.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Organization

Communication

Data analysis

Follow up

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

PMP

CPIM

Tableau

Alteryx

SQL

KNIME

SAP

Business Objects

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Medline Industries, LP is offering a 10-week Inventory Management Supply Chain Intern program in the Chicagoland area. Interns will work directly with senior managers on process improvement and business system projects across all aspects of the supply chain, with a focus on demand planning, inventory deployment, and cost reduction.

The intern will extract data, report, and convert data into information to inform decisions.