Supply Chain Network Planning Intern- Summer 2026

Meijer

  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Training
  • Full-time
  • 1 day ago
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!Meijer RewardsWeekly payScheduling flexibilityPaid parental leavePaid education assistanceTeam member discountDevelopment programs for advancement and career growthPlease review the job profile below and apply today!Meijer offers an 11-week internship program that challenges interns to deliver innovative solutions to real projects that impact the business. Throughout the course of the internship experience, we deliver diverse personal and professional development opportunities that further develop skillsets that can be implemented both during and after the program. The internship program will allow for interaction with other interns and Meijer senior leaders.The internship program includes:
  • Challenging and impactful projects
  • Final presentations delivered to senior executives
  • Executive speaker series
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Networking and community events
  • Events highlighting key areas of the business
  • Distribution onsite visits
What you will be doing as a Supply Chain Network and Planning Corporate Intern:The projects that will be given to the Supply Chain Network and Planning interns will be focused in key areas of Planning product flow through driving Network efficiencies. Prior internship projects have included optimizing product flow through our distribution centers, creating reporting (ex: Power BI) to predict product inventory levels, analysis of delivery frequency to stores for each commodity and cost analysis of vendor supply chain programs. This internship will be a well-rounded experience that will provide a cross functional experience across many areas of the business with the main focus on an end-to-end Supply Chain experience.The intern may also get exposure to other activities of the function, including:
  • Additional areas of exposure
  • Supply Chain Network and Planning
  • Manufacturing
  • Distribution
  • Logistics
  • Merchandising
  • Merchandising Services
  • Store Operations
  • Supply Chain Analytics & Design
  • Supply Chain IT
Previous Intern projects have included:
  • Review total Supply Chain costs for additional inventory and how it impacts the network
  • Frozen network review and product flow analysis
  • Optimizing KeHe product flow to increase on shelf availability
  • Improving process for re-slotting inventory through the network
  • Comprehensive analysis to optimize GM and Grocery shipping process.
  • Analyzing current state product flow of all active c-stop products through the network and identifying opportunities to improve processes and reduce costs.
Qualifications:
  • Progress toward a Bachelor's degree in (list preferred majors)
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics
  • Engineering
  • Statistics
  • Finance
  • Additional qualifications
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Analytics skills - familiar with data analytics processes and software such as Power BI, SQL.
  • Drive for results - has focus on the bottom line.
  • Customer focus - dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external customers.
  • Relationship Skills - can create positive working relationships with customers, team members, and leadership.
  • Communication Skills - conveys the right information in writing and verbally.
  • Problem Solving – Curiosity to research and look beyond the obvious to assemble and interpret data.
Possible career path opportunities:
  • Supply Chain Rotational Program
  • Manufacturing Analyst
  • Supply Chain Planner
  • Logistics Analyst
  • Engineering/Continuous improvement
  • Distribution/Distribution Leader

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