Operations Intern

As an Operations Intern at Cencora, you’ll be provided the opportunity to leverage your academic understanding in a real-world, business driven environment. Ultimately, we aim to develop the future supply chain leaders necessary to enable our growth within an accelerated period of time. During our 10-week summer program, you will work closely with a mentor while gaining experience leading teams and learning different business areas and functions within our distribution centers. At the end of the summer, our interns report out to their Leadership Team on key accomplishments and learnings from their internship experience. Interns are expected to be onsite at one of our distribution centers listed below.

Start Date: June 8, 2026

End Date: August 14, 2026

Locations: Orlando, FL

Below are some of the activities in which you can expect to participate.

Responsibilities:

Gain understanding of various supply chain functions and disciplines

Receive opportunities to build affiliation with hourly team members, associate peers and interact with senior leadership

Assist in the analysis and development of supply chain metrics and business processes

Report findings to other team members and management as required

Experience setting and planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and managing a team to deliver goals

Work on projects and manage time and effort without need for constant supervision

Organize and facilitate work team meetings (examples: pre-shift, roundtables, etc.)

Be flexible – to understand our 24/7 operations, you may at times need to work various schedules: including early mornings, evenings and/or weekends

Actively participate in internship program training activities, developmental opportunities, and events

Develop interpersonal and communication skills to successfully lead a frontline workgroup

Demonstrate willingness to learn and take risks; step out of comfort zone and take on new assignments

Gain understanding of all business areas to develop business acumen

Foster an inclusive, diverse, safe, and secure culture

Carry out duties and responsibilities by department through internship rotations as trained

All other duties based on business needs

Additional Job Description

Qualifications:

Currently pursuing a degree in: Engineering, Operations/Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Organizational Leadership & Supervision, and Business Management (other related majors will be considered)

Graduate with bachelor’s degree within one (1) year of internship completion

Must not require sponsorship to work in the US now or in the future

Skills and Knowledge:

Highly motivated self-starter

Proven people/project leadership throughout your academic career (on- or off- campus)

Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly

Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Ability to give/receive constructive feedback

Flexibility for relocation will allow for greater advancement opportunities

Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

Good project management skills

Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills

Good analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions

Must be eager to learn, self-motivated, flexible, accountable and can effectively handle multiple tasks at one time

Excellent organizational and time-management skills

Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Microsoft Outlook