Description

DiaMedical USA is a fast-growing medical equipment distributor looking to fill an Operations Intern position in our Farmington Hills, MI office. At DiaMedical USA, our mission is to improve quality healthcare by acting as a turnkey solution for healthcare facilities and educational institutions, allowing clinicians and instructors to prioritize patient care. As one of the largest healthcare and education equipment providers in the country, we achieve our mission by simplifying the purchasing process and operating as a single source supplier of over 1,500 healthcare and instructional manufacturers.

The Operations Intern is responsible for providing support to the Master Data Department with the completion of daily purchasing activities. This internship will provide an opportunity to work hands-on in Master Data while also interacting with the Supply Chain, Category Managers, Purchasing and Distribution Center teams.

The focus of this role is producing high quality, detailed work based on established standards and procedures. It is important to be self-motivated and regularly initiate and communicate viewpoints on problems and opportunities. This role will also allow for creativity in assisting with developing new ideas, processes, and systems, and analyzing and improving old ones.

Key Responsibilities and other duties as assigned:

• Provides support in monitoring inventory flow through the system, focusing on substituting and expediting for all non-stock new product.
• Assists in data clean-up and manipulation in order to develop and analyze assigned reports utilizing the ERP system and Microsoft Excel.
• Assists with conducting research on vendors and products to provide information to the Purchasing Manager.
• Supports areas within Master Data including researching and providing relevant product information and changes that may include images, descriptions, unit of measure, pricing.
• Participate in SKU Management and Analysis to assist Master Data in SKU Deactivation and Substitutes.
• Provide support to Sales Department assisting with new item creation within NetSuite

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in a Business or Supply Chain related program with a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA.
• Prefers a student with an expected graduation date between Spring 2025 and Spring 2026.
• Available for 40 hours/week, Monday through Friday, during summer internships.

Skills and Experience:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs – intermediate proficiency with Excel.
• Quality driven with attention to detail and hands-on experience working with detailed data.
• Ability to determine and communicate process improvements through the use of data.
• Able to adapt to changing work priorities and meeting deadlines and schedules.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on collaboration with various levels of the organization.
• Strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and analytical capabilities.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Competitive wages.

• Paid holidays

• Free parking.
• Company-wide cookouts, pot-lucks, and work day events.
• Opportunities for career enhancements through training and educational programs.
• The opportunity to make a difference in the ever-growing healthcare field.

Physical and Cognitive Demands:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis and may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear; and requires color and close vision. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop or kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. No employee is authorized to lift weight over 50 pounds without assistance.

This role requires the individual to be able to understand, remember, and communicate routine information and understand problems and collaborate on alternative solutions; organize and prioritize thoughts, ideas and own work schedule; apply common sense, analyze and make decisions which have moderate impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside immediate work unit; express written and spoken word for internal and external communications and compose materials such as routine reports, forms, letters, manuals, catalogs, publications, etc. and communicate information; and compute, analyze and interpret numerical data for reporting purposes.

DiaMedical is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Information is available here: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test and background check (including criminal record check).

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