Operations Intern

As an Operations Intern at Cencora, you’ll be provided the opportunity to leverage your academic understanding in a real-world, business driven environment. Ultimately, we aim to develop the future supply chain leaders necessary to enable our growth within an accelerated period of time. During our 10-week summer program, you will work closely with a mentor while gaining experience leading teams and learning different business areas and functions within our distribution centers. At the end of the summer, our interns report out to their Leadership Team on key accomplishments and learnings from their internship experience. Interns are expected to be onsite at one of our distribution centers listed below. 

Start Date: June 7, 2027

End Date: August 13, 2027

Location: Our Amityville, NY Distribution Center

Shift: Must be flexible to work across all shifts

Below are some of the activities in which you can expect to participate. 

Responsibilities:  

• Gain understanding of various supply chain functions and disciplines 

• Receive opportunities to build affiliation with hourly team members, associate peers and interact with senior leadership 

• Assist in the analysis and development of supply chain metrics and business processes 

• Report findings to other team members and management as required 

• Experience setting and planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and managing a team to deliver goals 

• Work on projects and manage time and effort without need for constant supervision 

• Organize and facilitate work team meetings (examples: pre-shift, roundtables, etc.) 

• Be flexible – to understand our 24/7 operations, you may at times need to work various schedules: including early mornings, evenings and/or weekends 

• Actively participate in internship program training activities, developmental opportunities, and events 

• Develop interpersonal and communication skills to successfully lead a frontline workgroup 

• Demonstrate willingness to learn and take risks; step out of comfort zone and take on new assignments 

• Gain understanding of all business areas to develop business acumen 

• Foster an inclusive, diverse, safe, and secure culture 

• Carry out duties and responsibilities by department through internship rotations as trained 

• All other duties based on business needs 

Qualifications:  

• Currently pursuing a degree in: Engineering, Operations/Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Organizational Leadership & Supervision, and Business Management (other related majors will be considered) 

• Graduate with bachelor’s degree within one (1) year of internship completion 

• Must not require sponsorship to work in the US now or in the future 

Skills and Knowledge:  

• Highly motivated self-starter 

• Proven people/project leadership throughout your academic career (on- or off- campus) 

• Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly 

• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Ability to give/receive constructive feedback 

• Flexibility for relocation will allow for greater advancement opportunities 

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing 

• Good project management skills 

• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills 

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions 

• Must be eager to learn, self-motivated, flexible, accountable and can effectively handle multiple tasks at one time 

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills 

• Knowledge of computers to operative effectively with PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Microsoft Outlook 

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time$37,752 - 56,650

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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Affiliated Companies: AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation