Operations Internship

About Us
At SimplyGood (www.simplygood.sg) we're passionate about helping consumers take easy actions at home which have a real and positive impact on the planet. Our eco-friendly home cleaning and personal care products are designed to help eliminate single use plastic in the home and reduce home carbon footprint. Our proprietary dissolvable tablets are 300 times lighter and 200 times smaller than traditional supermarket liquid cleaners. All SimplyGood products are made from 100% plant-based natural ingredients to keep families and pets safe, and our packaging is compostable too.

Job Description

This is a full time internship during the semester term (June 2025 to Dec 2025), with possibility of extension. Start dates can be further discussed.

As SimplyGood's Operations Intern, you will be expected to work closely with the executive team to manage inventory, procurement, and order fulfilment related matters, with the guidance of our Operations and Supply Chain Manager. Having the opportunity to dabble in both functions allows you to understand how the different aspects of a startup come together. Interested in learning more about how an FMCG startup works? Start today!

Work Responsibilities

1. Procurement and supplier management

• Research and identify potential suppliers for both finished goods and raw materials.
• Negotiate directly, and secure favorable pricing, terms, and delivery schedules.
• Planning supply chain and inventory procurement
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product & marketing team for new product launches, supply chain, manufacturing & procurement
• Streamlining company's cost of goods sold (COGS) & manufacturing cost

2. Inventory Management

• Focus primarily on demand planning and stock re-odering
• Assist in analyzing historical sales data to forecast future product demand.
• Develop demand forecasts that inform production and inventory decisions.
• Monitor stock levels, and reorder to prevent stockouts or overstocking.
• Optimize reorder points and quantities for efficient inventory turnover.

3. Warehouse Management

• Support warehouse operations, ensuring proper storage, organization, and handling of inventory.
• maintaining accurate records of incoming and outgoing shipments.
• Recruit and manage your own in-house fulfilment team
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of customer orders
• Identify and troubleshoot potential bottlenecks in the order fulfillment process
• Ensure fulfilment of all customer orders and company operations (Ecommerce & Corporate orders) by coordinating packing & fulfilment
• Streamline company's operational cost (ecommerce cost, processing fees, supply chain, logistics, warehousing, distribution, ...)
• Managing customer service & feedback

4. Other Ad Hoc Duties:

• Assist in planning and manning the booth for physical events & sales
• Implement online campaigns across multiple eCommerce marketplaces (Lazada, Shopee, Amazon...)
• Responsible for building appropriate external and internal client-facing materials
• Perform ad hoc duties as required

Requirements

• Startup background/experience or Entrepreneurial/Self starter
• Enjoys the zero-to-one phase, including customer discovery, customer journey, and product development/launch and team building
• Self-motivated, independent and ability to execute
• Ability to work successfully within small, unstructured teams