Supply Chain Internship - June 2024 Through May 2025 - Full-Time In Summer And Part-Time During School Year

Supply Chain Internship

• June 2024 through May 2025 - Full-Time in Summer and Part-Time During School Year

Job Description

At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We're founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform-so what can you do with that?

There's no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark. Led by Purpose. Driven by You

SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYST INTERNSHIP

Work Type: Internship (40 hours during summer & 20 hours remote during school year)

Locations: Neenah, WI; Roswell, GA; Knoxville, TN

Dates: June 2024 through May 2025

Our internship will offer you a chance to explore the breadth of opportunities available in the supply chain while working on real projects such as process improvements in flow planning for finished products, raw materials & finishing supplies, space utilization & optimization analysis, or warehouse operations systems analysis. You will be provided meaningful work experiences that contribute to the overall strategic business goals of Kimberly-Clark.

You'll be treated & respected as a valuable contributor & given your own responsibilities & accountabilities. Your intern experience will include performance evaluations that provide you with valuable professional feedback to gauge your strengths & measure areas of improvement.

At Kimberly-Clark, Supply Chain co-op experiences are a valued part of our culture. Kimberly-Clark considers its pool of interns to be a great source of future full-time employees.

There may be no better place to launch or advance your supply chain career than at Kimberly-Clark. That's because we've structured our logistics organization in a way that enables you to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the supply chain & a rewarding work experience. Whether beginning your supply chain career or seeking a new challenge as an experienced professional, our team environment will allow you to contribute to your fullest potential.

Qualifications

• Students must have completed 2-3 years toward a four-year college degree; preferably in Supply Chain, Business, Logistics Management, Manufacturing Operations, Industrial Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum 3.0 out of 4.0 overall GPA is preferred (transcripts will be requested).

• Solid knowledge of Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• A high degree of analytical skill is required

• Strong communication & interpersonal skills

• Eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

• Experience with Power BI/Query, Tableau

• Advanced Excel skills

Functional Overviews - there are roles in each of the following functional areas.

Neenah, Wisconsin & Rogers, Arkansas

Customer Logistics Strategies & Services

• Provide efficient, cost-effective solutions for order management & aggressively work to improve supply chain performance. Build relationships with internal & external customers.
  
  Work proactively with customer & sales to reduce cost to serve. Communicate & resolve order issues with customers & sales. Key customers are retail customers, sales, transportation, distributors, & planning.

Logistics Capabilities

• Provide continuous improvement solutions for order management & distribution to improve supply chain performance & to reduce costs. Activities include communicating & resolving order issues, assisting with DC & inventory constraint management, & report generation. Key customers are deployment, distribution, & customer solutions.

Distribution Operations

• Team members manage the flow of product from the case packer through shipment loading at both mills & distribution centers. Drive performance of third party DC operations, problem solve across functional supply chain groups to deliver service to retail customer, support distribution initiatives (new DC start-ups, automation), & monitor supply chain cost. Key customers are business units, retail customers, mill operations, third party operators & transportation.

Distribution Process & Systems- Responsible for the Warehouse Management System that directs work activity within a DC related to unloading, storage, replenishment, case picking & outbound loading, as well as the standard processes & warehouse layouts that govern the network of DCs. Analysis of lift-truck operator productivity, industrial engineering of productivity standard, participation in expansion of e-commerce fulfillment processes, support of transformational order pick processes & opportunity to travel to mills & DCs for on-site engagement. Key customers are business units, retail customers, mill operations, third party operators & transportation.

Supply Chain Operating Office

• Develops analytical tools to increase data visibility & availability for improved decision-making & cost savings across Supply Chain. The role will enable end-to-end process efficiencies & insights across areas such as order management, distribution, deployment & transportation. Activities include creating/maintaining operational dashboards using PowerBI, Tableau, Excel & Celonis process-mining, key problem-solving initiatives to improve data analyses, data visualizations, expand technical datasets & automation capabilities.

Procurement

• Negotiates with suppliers on matters of quality, service price & other areas of value. Create & develop sourcing plans & conduct industry analysis.
  
  Participate on project teams & meet objectives by providing procurement expertise through acquiring assigned goods, equipment &/or services that provide the best total cost of ownership to the K-C. Creation & coordination of Procurement training, completion of supplier risk assessments & leadership of supplier relationship management activities. Key customers are global Procurement, business units, suppliers & product development.

Roswell, Georgia

Demand Planning

• Supports the creation of volume forecasts to be delivered to Operations, through statistical generation & analysis in collaboration with Marketing, Sales, & Finance. This position also manages the demand of new business, new product launch & promotional planning process to drive forecast consensus within the division & supports the monthly S&OP cycle, the weekly S&OE, & especially the Dem& Review. The role supports the process for portfolio complexity control, financial trend versus dem& plan reconciliation & offers support for service level protection through safety stock review in collaboration with Supply Planning.

Distribution Operations

• Team manages the flow of product from the case packer through shipment loading at both mills & distribution centers. Drive performance of third party DC operations, problem solve across functional supply chain groups to deliver service to retail customer, support distribution initiatives (new DC start-ups, automation), & monitor supply chain cost. Key customers are business units, retail customers, mill operations, third party operators & transportation.

Production Planner

• Responsible for scheduling production & managing material requirements to support that production. The scheduling process includes developing production plans given capacity, inventory, & demand to meet customer service requirements.
  
  The material requirement planning process consists of ensuring raw material & finishing supply availability to support production schedules. The production planner will collaborate with vendors & suppliers to align on the schedule in addition to the delivery dates for raw materials & finishing supplies.

Transformation Office

• Analyze & interpret supply chain initiatives/processes to influence & drive productivity savings recommendations. The role will enable end-to-end process improvements & insights throughout the Supply Chain through improved data accuracy, data availability, & improved data insights/users views through automation & visualization. Activities include development/enhancements of metric reporting tools, enhancing training materials, understanding, & implementing improvements to dashboard & analytical reports, & identifying cost savings recommendations across Supply Chain based on data analytics.

Material Flow Planning

• Provide support for our Extended Warehouse Management system by tracking requests & tracking issues giving the sector visibility to reoccurring system programs. Evaluate current store inventories & work with planning & logistics to form a recommendation for future storage that includes safety stock level, where material should be sourced from & a direct shipping process. Supporting key areas like inventory control & new user creation.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Transportation -- Collaboration with carriers for price, service, & equipment to achieve delivery of materials & product at minimum distribution costs. Analyze & perform mode/carrier selection, shipment tracking, & measurement of customer service & carrier performance. Key customers are distribution, retail customers & transportation providers.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.

When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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Primary Location

Knoxville Office

Additional Locations

Rogers Sales Office, Roswell Building 100

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Intern/Student

Time Type

Full time