2023 Supply Chain Management (AI/ML and Automation) Intern

Job Description

The Future Talent Program features internships that last up to 12 weeks and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Manufacturing & Supply Divisions can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.

The position is for a three-month intern opportunity within the Supply Chain organization. Candidates will participate in process improvement projects, which will strengthen the candidates’ skills in teamwork, collaboration, and leadership in the following areas:

l Demand planning and fulfillment

• Warehouse management
• Distribution and logistics
• Launch planning
• Advanced analytics and machine learning
• Automation and robotic process automation (RPA)
• Lean Six Sigma
• Global improvement initiatives

Required Education & Experience:

Candidates must be currently enrolled in a BS, MS , or PhD program in one of the following:

• Supply Chain/Logistics
• Data Analytics/Data Science
• Bio Engineering/ Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology
• Chemical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Material Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

The successful candidates:

• Candidates must have possess superior communication and interpersonal skills, be a problem solver, and a team player with the ability to work independently
• Candidates must be motivated to cultivate their leadership skills along with their technical, business and commercial skills by applying their knowledge within manufacturing and supply chain areas of expertise
• Candidates must have experience and skills in the areas of data science, machine learning, and automation (or a strong desire and aptitude to acquire related skills)
• Candidates must be committed to both their own career development as well as bringing their best to our Company
• Candidates must be comfortable with influencing others
• Candidates must be able to adapt to new roles, responsibilities, and situations
• Candidates must be comfortable working independently, working in teams, and leading teams
• Candidates must be interested in participating in a broad range of work experiences across the supply chain organizations

Preferred Experience & Skills:

• Candidates should have experience with or desire to attain core data analytics and data science skills (SQL, R, python, applied machine learning, statistics)
• Candidates should have familiarity of Agile principles and methodologies and Agile, product development

Our Manufacturing & Supply Division is dedicated to being the most trusted supplier of bio-pharmaceuticals worldwide. Our facilities, along with our external contractors, suppliers, and partners, create a reliable global manufacturing network that’s devoted to delivering a high quality, reliable supply to customers and patients on time, every time.

Who we are…

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for…

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

FTP2023

MMD2023

For positions located in the United States and Puerto Rico – Subject to applicable law, all new hires (including internal transfers) must demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or that they qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement. New hires (including internal transfers) to a position that, as determined by the Company, requires routine collaboration with external stakeholders (such as roles in health services or customer-facing commercial or research-based roles) (“Customer-Facing Role”) who are not vaccinated must qualify for a medical or religious exemption and be in a position that the Company determines can accommodate unvaccinated employees without causing an undue burden to business operations. If, following dialog with the candidate as appropriate, it is determined that the candidate either a) does not qualify for a religious or medical exemption or, b) for candidates applying for Customer-Facing roles, it is determined that allowing the candidate to work without vaccination would cause an undue burden to the Company, the candidate will be ineligible for hire or transfer, or any offer of employment or transfer (if applicable) will be revoked. Please note that notwithstanding the approval of any reasonable accommodation, the Company reserves the right to monitor, modify, or revoke any such accommodation if it is determined, following dialog with the employee, that the accommodation is no longer effective or results in an undue burden to the Company.

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Requisition ID:R221681