Planning / Demand Management Intern

Bio-Techne • Minneapolis, MN

3d • $17 - $23

About The Position

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. All internship positions are designed to give college students an opportunity to apply techniques learned in an academic setting while obtaining new skills. This is a paid internship offering full-time hours during the summer months. All interns are required to conclude the program by giving a formal presentation on their work. Please note that no relocation assistance or sponsorship is provided for the internship program at this time. Position Summary: The Planning Intern will join the Planning team to support continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen how we forecast, schedule, execute MRP, and manage replenishment. In this internship, you will help planners improve process discipline, data quality, system-driven planning maturity, and team operating rhythm as the business scales. You will work closely with planners, IT, and cross-functional partners to analyze gaps, document standard work, support KPI reporting, and help implement practical improvements in planning tools, parameters, and workflows.

Requirements

• Must be a currently enrolled student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to the internship
• Must have completed (at minimum) the sophomore year of college
• Must be able to work full-time during the duration of the internship program
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field (preferably with coursework or focus in planning, forecasting, inventory management, or S&OP).
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills; demonstrated ability to work with data to identify trends, exceptions, and improvement opportunities.
• Experience with Power BI (building or updating dashboards, Exposure to ERP/MRP concepts (e.g., planning parameters, lead times, lot sizing, safety stock, MRP exception messages) through coursework, projects, or prior internships.
• Familiarity with forecasting methods and demand planning concepts.
• Curious and improvement-minded; Comfortable with ambiguity and learning new systems/processes quickly.

Responsibilities

• Support initiatives that improve forecasting, scheduling, MRP execution, and replenishment strategy by gathering inputs and analyzing gaps.
• Help ensure planning processes are scalable and resilient by updating standard work, process maps, and training materials.
• Monitor and report key planning performance indicators by collecting data, refreshing dashboards/scorecards, and summarizing trends and exceptions for the team.
• Support metric definitions and data validation to ensure KPI reporting is consistent and actionable.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts that increase system-driven decision making and reduce reliance on ad hoc manual tools.

Benefits

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees