Industrial Electric Wire - New Berlin, WI
posted 4 days ago
- Intern
New Berlin, WI
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
About the position
Looking for a summer internship in Supply Chain? Join our team! As a Supply Chain Intern, you will directly support our Materials Management team to support purchasing and inventory management practices, while improving on current processes. You will have the opportunity to directly impact the business by executing on purchase orders, reviewing expectation messages and expediting as needed. You will have the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally with a variety of teams to include: Logistics, Sales, and Sourcing.
Responsibilities
- Aligning procurement strategies and setting inventory levels based on changes in demand and/or market trends.
- Maintaining materials planning parameters (safety stock, reorder point quantities, lot sizes, lead times, etc.) such as the finished-goods availability levels and working capital objectives.
- Planning and executing purchase order creation and confirmation of materials.
- Reviewing and resolving SAP exception messages.
- Developing, delivering and participating in a presentation on what was learned in the internship and providing feedback on overall internship experiences.
Requirements
- Junior or Senior academic standing pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, Operations Management, Purchasing or Logistics.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical and business information and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to work in MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
Nice-to-haves
- A major that includes a background in economics is a plus.
- Exposure to an ERP system is a plus.
