Logistics Intern, Summer 2027

About the role

Daikin offers a well-established 11-week summer internship program where students contribute to meaningful projects. We emphasize a culture of mentorship, training, and collaboration, encouraging interns to ask questions, challenge ideas, and think creatively. Interns gain valuable hands-on experience in a thriving industry with strong opportunities for growth and development. The Logistics intern analyzes the supply chain, transportation, and distribution network and develops recommendations for reducing freight costs, creating material efficiencies, and improving on-time delivery. Responsible for the development and maintenance of inventory levels throughout a multitiered distribution system with hundreds of locations and thousands of products enabling and supporting sales while minimizing lost opportunities. Manages deployment planning across multiple regions and divisions operating with autonomy to support both local needs, regulatory controls, product transitions and corporate targets.

Responsibilities

• Extract data and generate reporting to assist in performance tracking and decision-making.
• Review manufacturing and logistics processes to develop distribution and stocking plan for designated customers.
• Conduct research to support customer requests and data needs.
• Perform analysis to review potential pitfalls and gaps as identified by others.
• Support and enact solutions across customer service, inventory planning, warehouse operations, and product procurement focused on service improvements and cost reductions.
• Create reporting, analyses and dashboards based upon active needs of the organization.
• Maintain system data sets regarding product, customers, and processes to support ERP and Deployment Systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on various activities.
• Follow established processes, procedures and Company policies.

Requirements

• Must not require sponsorship now or in the future.
• Graduation Dates: December 2027 - May 2029.
• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally authorized for employment in the United States.
• Will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.

Schedule

11-week summer internship program.