Internship - Livestock Procurement

Indiana Packers Corporation•Delphi, IN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Indiana Packers Corporation (IPC), a dynamic pork processor based in Delphi, Indiana, is seeking a motivated Animal Science, Agra-Business student for a procurement internship. This intern will report to V.P. Livestock Procurement. This position will allow the candidate to observe and participate in procurement activities. Those areas of focus are Livestock Procurement (plant/hog buying), Oracle Pork (Live Production) and OP-Nutrition, LLC (Feed Mill operations).

Requirements

Full-time college student, major in an agricultural related field at a regionally accredited university
Candidates must have a strong work ethic
Able to lift 50#
Detail oriented and have excellent organizational skills
Must be able to meet established timelines
Must demonstrate leadership, professionalism, confidentiality
Good communicator, both verbal and in writing, enjoy people.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valued conclusions.
Provide critical thinking to process for improvements.
PC Skills including spread sheets and document software usage.
Understanding of the requirement of IPC operations.
Animal Welfare Certified (PQA-Plus).
Transport Quality Assurance Certified (TQA).

Nice To Haves

Will provide an opportunity to visit IPC processing companies in Kentucky and Michigan.
Exit Interview: Provide a presentation of the three divisions, tasks learned, important skills executed, accomplishments and suggestions for improvement.
Insight into integrated production process and how you the candidate would be a nice fit in the department.
Upon completion the candidate will have a good understanding of plant procurement operations and functions as well as live production system flows and health.
Nutrition and milling operations and benefits of mill costs and performance.
Industry exposure to veterinarians, animal health and nutrition companies.
This will be a very broad experience consisting of approximately 1 month in each division.

Responsibilities

Live Procurement at Indiana Packers Corp., Delphi, IN.
Understand company policies and procedures as they relate to business units
Assist in scheduling of animals to the IPC plant
Participate in the movement of hogs in plant and learn tasks required for traceability
Oracle Pork in Delphi, IN. (Travel surrounding areas)
Meet growers and gain understanding of their responsibilities for performance
Receive wean pigs, grade, mark, sort, and load market hogs
Review records at farm for accuracy for closeout
Travel with veterinarians, post pigs, collect samples of submission and review diagnostic reports
Good Production Practices and biosecurity are followed at farm level
OP-Nutrition, LLC. In Peru, IN.
Gain understanding ingredient receiving, batching, mixing, pellet process
Ingredient and feed ordering process
Understand mill operating system
General Responsible for upholding IPC image and promoting it inside and outside the organization.
Responsible for submitting all records and reports to the appropriate destination in a prompt and timely basis.