What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Internship position at Airstream?
Function:
- Support projects, initiatives, process development and enhancement of the supply chain operations.
- Projects are to be scoped for completion during the internship period and/or must be intuitively capable of being handed to an alternate owner for completion.
- Supply Chain functions: Purchasing, procurement, material handling, procurement engineering, data stewardship and or analyst work.
Reporting:
- VP, Supply Chain
- Director, Supply Chain
- Production Control Manager
- Material Handling Supervisor
Job Description:
Responsible for understanding complete scope of project(s) and associated daily/weekly/monthly tasks required for completion. Internship is designed for the growth and development of each Intern, further enhancing their skill set to add future value to the organization which they select for full time employment.
Scope of Work/Tasks or related projects:
- May coordinate or assist with purchasing open order report development and process enhancement.
- May coordinate or assist with development of master data, including PFEP (plan for every part).
- May coordinate or assist with development and or enhancing our first article process for supplied goods.
- May coordinate or assist with enhancing Supply Chain metric reporting and or dashboard projects.
- May assist in syncing drawing revisions with purchase orders.
- May coordinate or assist with enhancing scrap processes and data collection/reporting.
- May coordinate or assist with salvage scrap processing and reporting for material sent to salvage companies.
- May coordinate or assist with the development of our Supply Chain Handbook.
- May coordinate or assist with Airstream owned tooling which resides at each applicable supplier.
- May coordinate or assist with subcontract processes for purchased parts.
- May coordinate or assist with return goods to suppliers.
- May coordinate or assist with material review process for inactive parts disposition.
- May coordinate or assist with inactive ticket processing in ERP system.
- May coordinate or assist with cycle counts.
- May coordinate or assist with Kanban processes.
- May coordinate or assist with purchased goods market and lineside organization.
- Each Intern will regularly report on progress of each selected project and be expected to present to Sr Leadership.
Requirements:
- Prior Intern experience highly preferred
- Working knowledge of ERP systems
- Working knowledge of manufacturing
- Supply Chain or Business related studies are highly preferred
- Excellent organizational skills
- Great communication and interpersonal abilities
- Keen eye for detail
- Basic understanding of lean processes
- Familiarity with supply chain and inventory management systems
- Proficient in MS Office, especially Microsoft Excel
- Lifting 25 lbs.
Processes, Tools, and Methodologies Utilized:
- Harris Lean System Green/Red book philosophies
- PFEP database philosophies
- 5 Why Root Cause Identification Methodology
- PDCA/A3 philosophies