Supply Chain Intern - Greensboro, NC
About Parker Hannifin:
The company's products are vital to virtually everything that moves or requires control, including the manufacture and processing of raw materials, durable goods, infrastructure development and all forms of transport. Key technology areas are aerospace, climate control, electromechanical, filtration, fluid and gas handling, hydraulics, pneumatics, process control, sealing and shielding and human motion. Traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PH," Parker is strategically diversified, value-driven and well positioned for global growth as the industry consolidator and supplier of choice.
Parker Hose Products Division is the leading manufacturer of rigid and flexible hoses, assemblies, fittings and crimping technology for both the industrial and hydraulic hose markets. Our division provides precision-engineered-solutions for products, materials and processes, with state-of-the-art development, testing and performance technology.
With annual sales of $15 billion in fiscal year 2020, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company has operations in 50 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 63 consecutive fiscal years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index.
The Supply Chain Intern will assist with analysis and procurement of common raw material and component requirements for production from engineering and production specifications. This role will ensures accurate item master schedules and bill of materials and review the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided as needed and report findings. The Supply Chain Intern may confirm materials supply is available to meet demand and may prepare work orders or purchase requests for the production or purchase of components or parts to support master production schedule, shop load, and inventory requirements.
Responsibilities
• Assists with coordination of material movements between internal work and storage areas and/or outside processing or suppliers to ensure materials are available when needed.
• Schedules and expedites the movement of parts by means of move orders, kan-ban tickets, and/or stock transfers to meet customer-shipping dates.
• Projects hardware availability for machining/assembly build schedule updates and development of monthly production objectives. Assures spikes in customer orders are planned and managed.
• Analyzes inventory usage, scrap, and waste, and identifies and quantifies potential problems and causes that may affect the ability to achieve inventory level and shipping objectives.
• Advises and assists management in resolving problems concerning over shipments, shortages, engineering changes, and cancellation of orders.
• Monitors component shortage status. May prepare detailed layouts of component shortage requirements on assigned programs over three-month horizon.
• Maintains configuration control on all open orders and appropriate data files as required by division policies and procedures.
• Recommends changes to improve product or process efficiency and/or reduce cost using continuous improvement principles.
• Complies with federal, state, and industry regulations; ensures adherence to requirements and advises management on needed actions.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• May due cycle counting and auditing.
• Make recommendations on MTO planning process improvements.
• Create visual inventory planning system (tied with scheduling/planning).
• Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
• Major in Business, Management, Operations, Engineering, or Supply Chain.
• Completed at least second year, entering “Junior year” status preferred.
• United States Citizen or US Permanent Residency (Green Card).
Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. U.S. Citizenship/Permanent Resident is required for most positions. (“Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/VEVRAA Federal Contractor”) If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf and http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_gina_supplement.pdf
Drug-Free Workplace In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.