Supply Chain Summer Hire - Summer 2025
Supply Chain Summer Hire - Summer 2025
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
As a familyowned and operated company we feel a special obligation to the employees who comprise our Taco family. We are committed to offering employees access to the tools necessary to live long and productive lives. We strive to instill in all of our employees:
- A positive mental attitude that helps us to be a leader in the industry
- A commitment to building strong relationships both inside and outside the organization
- A desire to learn grow and contribute to moving our strategy forward
- A need to create and to innovate
Employment Type: Temporary
Shift: 1st Shift
Work Status:Onsite
Position Summary
The Supply Chain Summer Hire applies their educational experience in a real world setting with Tacos Supply Chain team. They work closely with purchasing planning and operations. They communicate with suppliers regarding various topics from updating purchase order information to gathering requests for quotes and updating the companys enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience within supply chain and operations.
Measures of success:
- Update purchase order information in a timely and accurate manner
- Successfully use Epicor ERP for selected tasks in order to update information
- Accurate presentation for management decision making on new sources of supply
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Communicates with suppliers via email telephone or SourceDay system to receive and send information regarding purchase order updates for quantities ship dates due dates etc.
- Updates various fields in the Epicor ERP system to ensure dates settings etc. are accurate and maintained on a continuous basis.
- Researches suppliers via the web representative contacts internal contacts etc. in an effort to find dual source suppliers and / or identify new suppliers.
- Gathers request for quote (RFQ) packages (i.e. prints usage data etc. and sends to global suppliers as well as presents information via PowerPoint / Excel as received back.
- Sends RFQ packages including but not limited to nondisclosure agreement (NDA) supplier profile supplier handbook prints usage data etc. to various global suppliers.
- Develops analytical models regarding purchasing and planning using Excel.
- Works with purchasing planning and operations to better optimize the ERP system including areas of improvement around internal kanbans planning horizon signals and purchasing horizon templates.
- Presents to the operations leadership team regarding lessons learned.
Qualifications
Required:
- Junior or Senior enrolled in a bachelors program in Supply Chain or Operations
- Experience with using Microsoft Excel advanced proficiency a plus
- Familiarity with Power BI or equivalent program
- A team player with enthusiasm positive outlook and professional demeanor who takes initiative and direction
- Solid organizational skills and strong attention to detail
- Interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships
- Excellent verbal and oral communication skills
Work Environment:
This position works in both an office environment using computers and technology as well as the production floor where large equipment and noise are prevalent. Verbal and auditory capability are required and safety gear is required in production areas.
This is an onsite position that will require reporting into the building every day.
Management:
This position has no direct reports.
Benefits
With nearly 1000 people working at Taco worldwide each with their own story you will discover a sense of community and diverse intelligent colleagues who help us innovate create and explore.
Taco employees benefit from a company that:
- Provides competitive salaries and benefits
- Offers tuition reimbursement career development and onsite training programs in our learning center
- Believes in sharing profits with its employees
- Is mindful about family health and wellbeing
- Fosters conditions that allow people and communities to reach their full potential
- Embraces and celebrates diversity
#TacoComfortSolutions
Employment Type
Temp
