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Through a variety of animal healthcare products, to food safety solutions for dangerous bacteria, allergens, toxins, drug residues and much more, Neogen is there - and you can be too.\nRaw Material Planning Analytics & Process Improvement Intern\nLocation: Lansing, MI\nType: Onsite\nThis is more than just an internship. It’s an opportunity to turn data into decisions and ideas into real-world impact.\nAt Neogen, we believe in developing the next generation of innovative thinkers, problem-solvers, and industry leaders. Our internship program offers meaningful, hands-on experience where you'll have the opportunity to apply your classroom knowledge, collaborate with experienced professionals, and contribute to projects that support our global operations.\nThe Opportunity\nAs a Raw Material Planning Analytics & Process Improvement Intern, you'll gain valuable, real-world experience in supply chain planning, inventory management, data analytics, and continuous improvement while working alongside Neogen's Raw Material Planning team.\nThis is an exciting opportunity to discover how data drives critical business decisions and helps keep manufacturing operations running efficiently. You'll play an active role in analyzing inventory trends, identifying supply risks, developing performance dashboards, and recommending improvements that strengthen planning processes and operational performance.\nFrom exploring SAP and developing interactive reports to identifying opportunities for inventory optimization, your contributions will help improve material visibility, support supply continuity, and drive smarter, more efficient decision-making.\nWhat You'll Do\nTurn Data into Actionable Insights: Analyze raw material inventory levels, shortages, supply risks, and planning trends to identify opportunities for improved efficiency and performance.\n Build Meaningful Dashboards: Develop, maintain, and enhance key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards that provide visibility into inventory health, supplier performance, material availability, and planning effectiveness.\nSupport Supply Chain Planning: Assist with daily, weekly, and monthly reporting activities that help the planning team make informed inventory and purchasing decisions.\nMonitor Inventory and Supply Risks: Generate and analyze reports related to open purchase orders, material coverage, excess inventory, expired materials, and potential supply disruptions.\nDrive Process Improvements: Identify opportunities to streamline reporting, improve data accuracy, and automate repetitive tasks using Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SAP, and other available tools.\nExplore Inventory Optimization: Support special projects focused on safety stock analysis, inventory risk assessments, excess material reduction, and improved material availability.\n Strengthen Standard Work: Help document and improve standard operating procedures (SOPs), reporting practices, and material planning processes to support consistency and efficiency.\nCollaborate Across Teams: Partner with professionals in Procurement, Production, Operations, and Supply Chain to better understand how material planning decisions impact the broader business.\nMeasure and Communicate Results: Track project progress, summarize key findings, and share data-driven recommendations with planning leadership.\nWhat You'll Gain\nAt Neogen, we believe the best learning happens through experience. Throughout your internship, you'll have the opportunity to:\nGain hands-on exposure to SAP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and learn how enterprise systems support manufacturing and supply chain operations.\nDevelop practical experience in inventory management, material planning, and supply risk analysis.\nStrengthen your analytical and reporting skills by working with real-world supply chain data.\nLearn to build and enhance dashboards using Microsoft Excel and Power BI to support business decision-making.\nExplore purchasing, procurement, and supplier management processes and understand their role in maintaining material availability.\nGain exposure to Lean principles, continuous improvement methodologies, and process optimization.\nUnderstand how inventory strategies, safety stock, and material coverage influence production efficiency and cost management.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams and develop a broader understanding of manufacturing and supply chain operations.\nBuild confidence in problem-solving, presenting recommendations, and communicating analytical findings to business leaders.\nYour Final Project: At the conclusion of your internship, you'll have the opportunity to present your accomplishments to the leadership team, highlighting the dashboards, inventory analyses, and process improvements you've developed, along with measurable results and recommendations for future opportunities.\nWhat We're Looking For\nEducation\nCurrently pursuing a degree in one of the following fields or a related discipline:\nSupply Chain Mangement\nOperations Management\nLogistics Management\nBusiness Administration\nIndustrial Engineering\nManufacturing Engineering\nData Analytics\nRelevant coursework in Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, Production Planning and Control, Operations Management, Procurement, Purchasing, or Logistics and Distribution is preferred.\nTechnical Skills\nProficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving abilities with an interest in interpreting data and identifying trends.\nFoundational understanding of supply chain, inventory management, production planning, or procurement concepts.\nInterest in developing dashboards and performance reports that support business decisions.\nFamiliarity with Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization and reporting tools is a plus.\nExposure to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, particularly SAP, is preferred but not required.\nStrong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate, reliable data.\nSkills That Will Help You Succeed\nA curious, analytical mindset and enthusiasm for learning how supply chains operate.\nStrong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.\nA proactive, self-motivated approach with a willingness to take ownership of projects.\nNatural curiosity and a passion for solving problems and improving processes.\nConfidence working with large data sets and identifying meaningful patterns.\nEffective communication and collaboration skills.\nAdaptability and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.\nA continuous improvement mindset and a desire to make a measurable difference.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nBy the end of your internship, you'll have contributed to improving visibility, efficiency, and data quality within Neogen's Raw Material Planning function while developing valuable skills that will support your future career in supply chain, operations, or analytics.\nSuccess will be demonstrated through:\nImproved Planning Visibility: Development or enhancement of KPI dashboards that provide meaningful insights into inventory health, shortages, supplier performance, and planning effectiveness.\nActionable Inventory Insights: Completion of inventory risk assessments, excess inventory evaluations, and expired material reviews that identify opportunities for improvement.\nMore Efficient Processes: Identification and implementation, where feasible, of reporting improvements, automation opportunities, or streamlined planning workflows.\nReliable Data and Documentation: Creation or improvement of standard operating procedures and planning documentation that support accuracy, consistency, and knowledge sharing.\nMeasurable Business Contributions: Recommendations and project outcomes that support inventory optimization, supply continuity, operational efficiency, or cost management.\nProfessional Growth: Demonstrated development in supply chain analytics, problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and communication of business insights.\nYour Final Presentation\nAt the conclusion of your internship, you'll showcase your work and the impact of your contributions through a presentation to Neogen's Planning and Supply Chain Leadership team.\nYour presentation will highlight:\nProject Overview: A review of the initial challenges, project objectives, and opportunities identified within Raw Material Planning.\nData-Driven Improvements: A demonstration of dashboards, inventory analyses, reporting enhancements, and process improvements developed throughout the internship.\nMeasurable Results: Key project metrics and outcomes related to inventory visibility, material risk, reporting efficiency, data accuracy, and operational improvements.\nBusiness Impact: An overview of how your contributions support supply continuity, inventory optimization, and more effective planning decisions.\nFuture Opportunities: Actionable recommendations for sustaining improvements, expanding reporting capabilities, and identifying additional opportunities for automation or process optimization.\nWhy Neogen?\nAt Neogen, our work is driven by a shared purpose: advancing human and animal well-being through science and technology to help protect the global food supply.\nBehind that mission is a complex global supply chain 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You'll have the opportunity to work with real business data, solve meaningful challenges, and help develop solutions that improve how our teams plan, communicate, and make decisions.\nYour work will support stronger inventory management, improved supply chain visibility, and more efficient operations while giving you practical experience that can help launch a successful career in supply chain, operations, or business analytics.\nBring your curiosity, your analytical mindset, and your passion for making things better. We'll provide the opportunity to turn those strengths into real-world experience.\nReady to build your future with Neogen? Apply today!\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nNeogen is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where individuals are valued and respected. 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