Jr. Supply Chain Associate

Job Description

Jr. Supply Chain Associate | L’Oréal

The Tone:
This is a full-time internship at L’Oréal, located in Walton, KY. For over a century, L’Oréal has focused its energy, innovation, and scientific excellence exclusively on the beauty business. The company’s goal is to provide the best of beauty globally, ensuring quality, efficacy, safety, sincerity, and responsibility to meet diverse beauty needs and desires. This role is crucial in providing real-world supply chain experience for co-ops, offering an opportunity to evaluate future career paths by developing hands-on skills and applying creative ideas in a distribution center setting.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Walton, KY, United States
• Team: Physical Flows team, reports to Manager – Physical Flows
• Mission: To offer comprehensive real-world experience within L’Oréal’s supply chain operations, enabling co-ops to develop hands-on skills, contribute to specific projects, and evaluate potential career paths within the company.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Excel Macros, VBA, business intelligence, programming

What You’ll Actually Do
• Develop specific projects aimed at improving efficiency and functionality within the distribution center.
• Implement these assigned projects throughout the duration of the internship to achieve tangible outcomes.
• Gain valuable knowledge and skills in both the technical and managerial aspects of distribution center operations.
• Apply this developing knowledge to address practical supply chain challenges in real-world scenarios.
• Develop practical, hands-on operational skills through the direct use of the latest industry technologies.
• Translate creative ideas and theoretical concepts into practical applications and functional solutions within the distribution center.
• Effectively manage multiple ongoing projects, navigating different stages of development and diverse requirements concurrently.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, or a business-related field. This role is an entry-level internship/co-op position.
• Experience: Previous internship or co-op experience, ideally within a Supply Chain environment.
• Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); strong written and oral communication skills; ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively within a team; demonstrated leadership through academic or extracurricular activities; ability to manage multiple projects at different stages with varying requirements; knowledge in business intelligence, programming, Excel Macros, and VBA; working knowledge of 5S/Lean principles.
• Bonus: