North America Supply Chain Planning Intern

At FMC, our employees are guided by our purpose: Innovation for Agriculture, Solutions for the Planet. We provide farmers innovative solutions that increase the productivity and resilience of their land. From our industry-leading pipeline to novel biologicals and precision technologies, we are passionate about the power of science to solve agriculture’s biggest challenges.

For more than a century, FMC has successfully delivered some of the of the industry's most advanced, innovative solutions that protect farmers’ crops from destructive pests and disease, while also protecting the environment. We are committed to fulfilling our mission of discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet.

Position Summary

This position is an excellent opportunity for a data driven individual to get hands on experience in supply chain. Based in the FMC Center City Philadelphia headquarters, the North America Supply Chain Planning Intern will work alongside many supply chain functions gathering data, improving tools and building processes to enhance the team’s end-to-end efficiencies.  This role will also take on planning responsibilities for a portion of the North America portfolio.

The Role

• Develop tools and processes that can be generated regularly to review new slices of data and drive better metrics (Weekly Supply Shortage root cause, IBP (Integrated Business Planning) production, Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, open orders past due)
• Master data analysis for plants, tollers and warehouses
• Review and troubleshoot IBP planned production events
• Analysis of planned materials throughout the network
• Hands-on master scheduling of a tolling location

The Candidate

• Excellent communication skills to create effective interactions with multiple functional groups and levels of the organization, including the ability to present and sell ideas, plans and recommendations through strong personal influence building skills that lead to consensus decisions and plans.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and task completion dates, strong time management
• Result driven and self-starter, ability to work independently with strong follow-up, organization and interpersonal skills to deal with all levels of employees
• Detail, deadline and customer service oriented, with the ability to integrate information to accurately understand and apply to an overall procedure and/or process
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to initiate process improvements

Required Education:

• Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or master’s program in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field.