Supply Chain Transportation Intern - Summer 2027

Genuine Parts Company • Atlanta, GA

19h • Onsite

About The Position

Genuine Parts Company (GPC) offers a 10-week, in-person summer internship in Atlanta as a Transportation Solutions Intern. The program is designed as a cohort experience, bringing interns from across the organization together for learning, professional development, leadership exposure, networking, and collaborative experiences. Interns contribute to business priorities and present their impact to senior leaders.

The intern works with resources across multiple departments to identify opportunity requirements, capture data, and recommend countermeasures to increase performance or reduce variation in operational processes. The role includes using Google Big Query and other Google Cloud products to gather data, visiting nearby distribution centers and stores to connect data with on-the-ground operations, optimizing processes with support from business owners, creating key performance indicators, and building Power BI dashboards.

The internship is based in a professional office environment in Atlanta. The posting gives a May 24–July 30, 2027 program range in the summary and May 24–July 20, 2027 in the working-environment section. The work week is 40 hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break.

Requirements

• Currently be a rising junior or senior pursuing an undergraduate degree in industrial, mechanical, electronic, or another related engineering field.
• Basic skills with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical aptitude.

Nice To Haves

• A GPA of 3.25 or above is preferred.
• Leadership skills.
• Embody the values of serve, perform, influence, respect, innovate, and team.
• Communicate effectively by motivating and inspiring others through clear, proactive communication.
• Deliver results and drive customer success by focusing on outcomes and centering decisions on the customer.
• Make balanced decisions and think strategically as a forward thinker.

Responsibilities

• Use Google Big Query and other Google Cloud products to harvest data.
• Visit nearby distribution centers and stores to correlate data with real-world operations.
• Optimize processes using relevant course studies and mentoring from business owners.
• Create key performance indicators (KPIs) to control the new process.
• Build Power BI dashboards to visualize results.
• Work with resources across multiple departments to identify opportunity requirements, capture data, and recommend solutions to improve performance or reduce operational variation.
• Present project impact to senior leaders.

Benefits

• Professional development experiences designed to build skills, confidence, and understanding of the workplace.
• Opportunities to hear from and connect with leaders across the organization, including senior executives.
• Networking, social events, and collaborative experiences with fellow interns and employees.
• Meaningful project work supporting business priorities, with an opportunity to present impact to senior leaders.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern