Production Planning Intern
About The Position
Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future. This is a full-time, 3-4 month internship, with an anticipated start date in May 2026. Nature of work: Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to);
Requirements
- Uses advanced analytical/technical problem solving to develop new solutions to existing problems/procedures
- Ability to gather and analyze large datasets, interpret, and take appropriate actions to improve business performance
- Ability to articulate thoughts, concepts, and ideas concisely in both formal and informal situations to all levels of the organization
- Experience with ERP systems and ERP planning modules, such as SAP Production Planning, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Kinaxis Maestro
- Exceptional organization, prioritization, and problem-solving skills to meet departmental needs, solve routine problems, make effective decisions, and perform various tasks with changing priorities and deadlines in a high volume, fast-paced environment
- Strong regard for product quality and safety standards
- Solid understanding of supply chain principles and tradeoffs. Able to articulate cause and effect of how various actions could influence metrics within supply chain scenarios
- This role is best suited for anyone currently enrolled in a Bachelor's in Supply Chain Management, a Bachelor's in Supply Chain and Operations Management or a Bachelor's in Logistics and Supply Chain Management program. Consideration will also be given to other supply chain programs and degrees.
- Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity
Responsibilities
- Continuously improve system-based planning processes and documentation
- Work closely with the manufacturing team and value stream leadership to determine how best to build a production plan that balances service, inventory, and cost to meet business targets
- Analyze demand requirements and leverage Maestro & SAP to plan raw material purchase requisitions as well as create production orders for semi-finished and finished goods to support the production in each site while taking into account lead-times and limits on material storage as well as managing inventory at a 3rd party warehouse
- Maintain Maestro & SAP as the real time source of truth for transactional and master data to ensure accurate delivery commitment dates for all customer and inter-company orders
- Responsible for ensuring and maintaining accurate master data required to support our planning systems with the goal of providing consistent and process driven management of all Supply Chain related data elements, including but not be limited to Material Masters, Bills of Materials and Routings
- Responsible for appropriate documentation and maintaining information in appropriate systems
- Contact person for status on all orders and serve as liaison, providing ERP support by interfacing with the various disciplines
- Knows, understands, reports on and improves key performance indicators for planning and manufacturing operations. This will require daily communication and participation in the tier process.
- Prepare capacity, supply plans and other supply-side data as part of the Sales and Operations Planning process
- Participate in weekly supply chain reviews, where you will give updates regarding KPIs (service, inventory, etc.) output vs forecast, production schedules, capacity and material constraints, backorder recovery timelines, successes and areas for improvement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
