Summer 2025-Supply Chain-KTC Transportation Optimization Intern-Nashville, TN - Military Veterans
at Kroger
The Kroger Spring Internship Program is an immersive experience that offers students an opportunity to grow their careers through a variety of focused internship assignments.
Our program offers competitive pay, hands-on learning experiences, company exposure to senior leaders, and professional development opportunities. Spend your summer leading projects, refining your professional skills, working alongside industry leaders, and connecting with other students from across the country.
Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing interns have the opportunity to work within the Corporate Supply Chain team, as well as within the operational departments that comprise Kroger's supply chain such as Human Resources, Operations, QA, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Transportation, Maintenance, Safety, Inventory, Information Technology and Store Operations. Our interns will role model and demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kroger Co (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage multiple supply chain projects while adhering to timelines
- Communicate status and any potential risks/issues to the appropriate teams
- Assist with the documentation of supply chain processes and best practices
- Assist in the creation of process improvement projects
- Conduct supply chain analysis
- Actively seek and recommend new supply chain project opportunities
- Assist with project risk, develop plans and escalate unresolved issues
- Partner with appropriate teams to elicit, analyze, document and deliver supply chain solutions
- Complete cumulative project (summary of internship accomplishments) and present to executive team or appropriate manager(s)
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum
- Open to all majors, must be actively pursuing a degree at an accredited college or university
- Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kroger Co (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status)
- Highly motivated student with the desire to take initiative on their own work
- Highly motivated with strong leadership skills and the ability to work in groups or independently
- Accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to preserve confidentiality of information
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to present information to various levels of the organization
- Managing multiple priorities between school, work or extra-curricular activities
- Responds to change as a positive challenge
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
- Significant level of multi-tasking
- Ability to analyze and interpret information and apply to business needs
- Commitment to providing customer service
- Involvement in leadership and community activities
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Must be a team player and a team builder
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Effective time management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software programs
- Demonstrates accountability for his/her decisions
- Major in Supply Chain, Logistics, Purchasing, Transportation, Retail Management or Operations Management
Nashville, TN
From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we’ve grown into what today is the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America’s grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit.
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