Operations Intern

Jobs Purpose:

Provide reliable business operations support to the Operations team. This role exists to improve planning accuracy, reduce production delays, and enable on-time execution through timely updates, clear reporting, and cross-functional coordination. The intern will support day to-day transactional work and improvement projects that strengthen the Operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and validate inventory master data (item attributes, units of measure, locations) to support planning and reporting accuracy. 
• Support cycle count activities by preparing count sheets, reconciling variances, and documenting root-cause observations. 
• Prepare routine inventory and production planning reports (shortages, open orders, aging, WIP visibility) and highlight exceptions through the use of Master Planning in ERP. 
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Production, and Warehouse teams to resolve inventory discrepancies, substitutions, and material staging issues. 
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives (process mapping, basic time studies, data cleanup) to increase routing and inventory integrity. 
• Create standardized process for shipping costs based on historical costs and charges. 
• Analysis and evaluate sales strategies based on Customer relationship data. 
• All other tasks as assigned.