Kohler Intern - Operations and Supply Chain
Work Mode: Onsite
Location: Onsite, 4 days, Kohler, WI
Term: May 2027 through August 2027
Early Talent at Kohler
Kohler’s Early Talent internship programs are designed to provide meaningful, hands‑on experience that drives real business impact. Over the course of a 10–12 week internship, interns are immersed in the business—contributing to real projects, building practical skills, and gaining valuable exposure to our teams. They are supported through intentional learning, mentorship, and a strong sense of community. These experiences are designed to build a strong pipeline of talent for future full-time opportunities, including Leadership Development Programs and direct hire roles.
Program Overview
Kohler’s Operations & Supply Chain experience is an exciting launchpad for students ready to build real-world capability, explore meaningful career paths, and make an immediate impact in a global manufacturing environment. As an intern, you will contribute to high-priority projects across areas such as logistics, strategic sourcing, planning, process engineering, quality, continuous improvement, and new product integration while gaining exposure to the same functions that shape Kohler’s Operations & Supply Chain Leadership Development Program. Through hands-on assignments, networking, leadership engagement, job shadowing, stewardship opportunities, and connection with Kohler’s broader early talent community, you will develop a stronger understanding of how end-to-end operations drive business results—and how your curiosity, initiative, and ideas can help shape the future of gracious, healthy, and sustainable living.
What You’ll Do
- Distribution Network/Warehouse Design — Analyze warehouse layout, material flow, or storage utilization and recommend improvements to improve efficiency, safety, or space optimization.
- Domestic/International Transportation — Evaluate freight routes, carrier performance, shipment data, or transportation costs to identify opportunities for improved service, reliability, or cost savings.
- New Product Integration — Support cross-functional readiness for a new product launch by tracking supply chain and operations milestones, coordinating materials, and identifying risks to timing or execution.
- Sales & Operations Planning — Assist with demand and supply reviews by preparing data, analyzing trends, and helping teams align production, inventory, and customer needs.
- Supply Chain Continuous Improvement and Total Delivered Cost — Use data to identify process waste, cost drivers, or service gaps and support improvement projects that reduce total delivered cost.
- Strategic Sourcing — Research suppliers, compare cost and capability options, support sourcing events, or help build supplier scorecards for key categories.
- Demand & Supply Planning — Review forecast accuracy, inventory levels, and supply constraints to help planners improve availability and reduce excess or obsolete inventory.
- Process Engineering — Observe manufacturing or operational processes, collect time studies or workflow data, and recommend changes to improve productivity, quality, or ergonomics.
- Supplier and Plant Quality — Analyze quality data, support root cause investigations, document corrective actions, or help improve supplier/plant performance metrics.
Skills/Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Must be actively enrolled in an accredited institution with a focus in Engineering, Operations, or Supply Chain
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on an on-going basis without company sponsorship
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior internship, co-op, project, or campus leadership experience related to manufacturing, operations, supply chain, logistics, continuous improvement, data analysis, or engineering.
- Demonstrated communication, collaboration, problem-solving, adaptability, curiosity, and initiative, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
The hourly range for this position is $32.35 - $40.43. The specific hourly rate offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s education and work location.
Why Choose Kohler?
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.
About Us
It is Kohler’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected]. Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
