Supply Chain Process & Systems Intern (Summer 2025)
The intern position will support the Supply Chain Process & Systems group by developing and deploying targeted systematic and analytical solutions designed to make processes more understandable and efficient and empower end-users to solve problems with advanced operational data analyses.
Domain Areas and Key Responsibilities – The intern will collaborate and support in the development and rollout of various business solutions within the following areas:
- Demand & Material Planning – Support our enhancement and optimization of our MRP system inputs/outputs/engine-logic and integration into all ERP modules, develop analytics/dashboards to support Mat. Planning shortage handling and supplier risk, aid the configuration team with BOM errors and SC master data requirements, support the Program team with right-to-left planning and supply chain milestone checkoff procedures.
- Procurement – Optimize our RFQ system and upstream data flows into the Supply Chain landscape. Develop tools to support multi-tier quoting, advanced sourcing, enhanced Supplier Collaboration and Interaction. Build Sourcing & Cost Trajectory analyses and insight tools.
- Purchasing – Support the Buying team with specific Purchasing SOPs and training material, troubleshoot Part/BOM issues, develop part availability tracking dashboards and ad-hoc analytics, enhance the deployed Purchase Request process to better automate Purchasing workflows and traceability, etc.
- Logistics, Warehouse & Supplier Quality – Optimize WMS/QMS systems and associated integrated processes to enhance inventory accuracy and build readiness. Support Supplier Compliance drives and training. Work with System teams with Inventory analytics for period-end/ad-hoc requests.
- Operational Scale & Supply Chain Health – Document Supply Chain processes (both for internal SMEs and external Supplier collaborators) and develop Doc change control and rollout procedures, support in developing a comprehensive Supplier Scorecard and integrate it into the Supplier Portal system landscape, develop a risk assessment supplier profile and health-check mechanism to enable scale and risk mitigation, aid the development of Compliance Requirements related to Federal and/or Industry-specific regulations and guidelines. Develop and Manage Supply Chain Onboarding material and checklists.
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Miscellaneous/Collaborative –
- Liaise between Business and IT groups to gather and clarify requirements, support sprint planning and end-user testing and training.
- Perform end-user application/system/process testing and report out.
- Support the effort to develop a global and comprehensive Supply Chain digital ecosystem pipeline and capability roadmap.
- Collaborate with Data team with data flow triage and issue-resolution intended to enable streamlined and accurate analytics.
- Develop a strong familiarity with the Supply Chain end-user base and their data and system usage and feedback to gather enhancement requirements for ad-hoc problem solving and building into the overall roadmap.
Background/Education
- In pursuit of a Bachlors Degree (or in pursuit of a Master’s Degree) in Supply Chain Management, Business Analytics, Information Technology & Systems Architecture, Software Engineering/CS, or related field
- Must be a rising senior at the time of their internship and returning to school at the end of their internship to continue their academic studies for at least one quarter/semester.
- U.S. Persons status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
Preferred (not required) Software Languages, tools and experience:
- C++, Python, JavaScript (React & Angular), Microsoft Excel, Spark, PySpark, SQL (T-SQL Postgres).
Preferred (not required) System & Process Familiarity and Experience
- Oracle Fusion ERP/WMS, Atlassian Suite, BOM/CAD Systems, Enterprise workflows (Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Plan to Produce, Forecast to Stock, etc.), Sourcing/RFQ Tools, Business Intelligence Platforms (Tableau, Power-BI, Palantir Foundry, etc.)