Supply Chain Planning Intern

Description

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At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy. 

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis American Group, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Supply Chain Planning Intern based in Buffalo, NY.

This is a paid internship. The intern reports to the Director of Supply Chain Planning and performs a variety of duties in support of the Supply Chain operations. Will work across multiple functions of the Supply Chain department (Logistics, Production Planning, Forecasting, Milk Procurement and Customer Service), to execute ideas, solutions and recommendations into systems and processes supporting the focus of the department and company. The intern will work 25-40 hours/week for duration of one year at the Corporate Offices.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

 Key responsibilities for this position include: 

• Will provide support to Supply Chain Financial analyst as needed.
• Precise, timely, and professional communication with personnel in various departments.
• Develop and coordinate cross-functional project plans and critical paths by utilizing various planning tools (Stratum, Prism, Excel, and attend periodic team meetings) in order to ensure timely implementation of Supply Chain initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure solutions meet business needs
• Develop communication protocol using input from stakeholders, Senior management, and project teams in order to ensure clear understanding of project scope, objectives, performance, and changes.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within and among project teams. Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crisis, and devise contingency plans.
• Will understand and document process improvements and coordinate implementation throughout LAG.
• This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education 

• The candidate should be currently enrolled or a recent college graduate with a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Agricultural Business Management, Economics, or a related field.

Specialized Knowledge

• Candidate needs to have extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications in order to integrate activities into various systems.

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to read, to analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals and/or governmental regulations. Must have ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Must have the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to calculate figures and analyze data
• Experience working effectively within and without formal lines of authority to accomplish goals.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, Access, and Project.
• Strong communication and influence attributes, and skills with economic cost/benefit analysis. 

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.

**This internship is expected to start in September**