Supply Chain Management Graduate Intern

Tasks

• Maintain databases of logistics information.

• Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.

• Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes.

• Prepare reports on logistics performance measures.

• Confer with logistics management teams to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost.

• Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers.

• Track product flow from origin to final delivery.

• Recommend improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.

• Enter logistics-related data into databases.

• Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting.

• Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost.

• Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.

• Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity.

• Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis.

• Maintain logistics records in accordance with corporate policies.

• Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfillment rates, or inventory turns.

• Write or revise standard operating procedures for logistics processes.

• Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning or execution.

• Identify opportunities for inventory reductions.

• Develop or maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments.

• Develop or maintain freight rate databases for use by supply chain departments to determine the most economical modes of transportation.

• Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing.

• Communicate with or monitor service providers, such as ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, global consolidators, customs brokers, or trucking companies.

• Reorganize shipping schedules to consolidate loads, maximize vehicle usage, or limit the movement of empty vehicles or containers.

• Determine packaging requirements.

• Contact potential vendors to determine material availability.

• Route or reroute drivers in real time with remote route navigation software, satellite linkup systems, or global positioning systems (GPS) to improve operational efficiencies.

• Arrange for sale or lease of excess storage or transport capacity to minimize losses or inefficiencies associated with empty space.

• Contact carriers for rates or schedules.

• Compare locations or environmental policies of carriers or suppliers to make transportation decisions with lower environmental impact.

• Enter carbon-output or environmental-impact data into spreadsheets or environmental management or auditing software programs.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Knowledge

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

• Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.