The Coca-Cola’s Summer Internship program is a 9–10-week experience at our headquarters in Atlanta, GA. As The Coca-Cola Company’s ambition to provide Beverages for Life and our North America’s portfolio continues to become more complex to keep up with changing consumer taste, our supply chain and operations must be able to keep up with building new capabilities and evolve, while sustaining our base business. The Company’s focus on both the topline growth (Net Revenue) and bottom-line growth (Operating Income) emphasizes the importance of planning, optimizing our supply chain, and constantly evolving to become as effective and efficient as possible.
The Supply Chain Strategy team focuses on strategic supply chain related questions (e.g., infrastructure/network design, production partnership strategy, and transformational capability enhancement) in North America (US, Canada, and Mexican exports to US). The team consists of a VP, 3 Senior Directors, 3 Director, and 3 Sr. Managers (along with partially dedicated internal support resources for various functions and external support resources as required). The team typically has 5-7 separate transformation projects/initiatives advancing in parallel, which are each led by a team member.
What You’ll Do for Us:
Vendor selection and evaluation:
Identifying potential suppliers for marketing campaigns, such as promotional items, creative ideation, shopper marketing, etc. Includes reviewing vendor capabilities and past performance.
Cost analysis:
Comparing quotes from different vendors to ensure cost-effectiveness and identify potential cost savings opportunities.
RFP development:
Assisting in creating Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for marketing campaigns, outlining requirements and specifications.
Data analysis:
Gathering and analyzing data on supplier performance, cost trends, and market availability.
Supply chain strategy project leadership/management – support major transformation initiatives from ideation through final decision alignment and handoff to execution team
Organizational alignment – support Sr. Directors in delivering cross functional team leadership (non-reporting relationship – managing through influence), harnessing expertise of various SMEs as needed while creating materials required to align senior leadership on key decisions
Supporting analysis – financial and operational analysis (Excel based); defining, interpreting, and utilizing analyses performed by other SMEs as required
Negotiation management - external deal negotiations involvement of large production contracts and M&A transactions may be required
Business Partnership – support the team in partnering with internal supply chain operations, technical, brand, commercial, customer, and bottler teams as required to develop solutions optimized for total system impact
The Ideal Candidate:
Is pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain or Business with a final graduation date no earlier than December 2025
Is interested in gaining exposure to a “consulting skillset” – ability to quickly learn opportunities/constraints/consideration factors and breakdown complex problems with pragmatic structures
Has solid financial/analytical acumen and a passion for solving complex problems
Is energized, curious and impatient to drive continuous improvement and simplification. Listens well and is not defensive to feedback
Needs to be able to interact with associates and leaders with effective verbal and written communication
Coursework / project work in supply chain, optimization, simulation, data analysis etc. is a plus
Technical Skills
Statistical Analysis
Project Management Skills
Optimization software
Presentation Skills (PPT and Oral)
PowerBI / Reporting
Optimization and Supply chain concepts
Ability to work in complex environment, with multiple decision makers
Design Thinking – solving problems by prioritizing the consumer's needs above all else
Monthly Salary: $4,506
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Skills:
Data Analysis; Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting; Optimization Software; Supply Chain; Microsoft PowerPoint; Supply Chain Strategies; Presenting to Groups; Project Management; Project Management Basics; Design Thinking; Statistical Analysis; Teamwork
