Supply Chain Operations Intern

Operations Intern

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

As an Operations Intern at Cencora, you'll be provided the opportunity to leverage your academic understanding in a real-world, business driven environment. Ultimately, we aim to develop the future supply chain leaders necessary to enable our growth within an accelerated period of time. During our 10-week summer program, you will work closely with a mentor while gaining experience leading teams and learning different business areas and functions within our distribution centers. At the end of the summer, our interns report out to their Leadership Team on key accomplishments and learnings from their internship experience. Interns are expected to be onsite at one of our distribution centers in Lebanon, IN, and Whitestown, IN.

Start Date : June 8, 2026

End Date : August 14, 2026

Below are some of the activities in which you can expect to participate.

Responsibilities :

• Gain understanding of various supply chain functions and disciplines
• Receive opportunities to build affiliation with hourly team members, associate peers and interact with senior leadership
• Assist in the analysis and development of supply chain metrics and business processes
• Report findings to other team members and management as required
• Experience setting and planning department(s) daily / weekly workload to support business priorities and managing a team to deliver goals
• Work on projects and manage time and effort without need for constant supervision
• Organize and facilitate work team meetings (examples : pre-shift, roundtables, etc.)
• Be flexible to understand our 24 / 7 operations, you may at times need to work various schedules : including early mornings, evenings and / or weekends
• Actively participate in internship program training activities, developmental opportunities, and events
• Develop interpersonal and communication skills to successfully lead a frontline workgroup
• Demonstrate willingness to learn and take risks; step out of comfort zone and take on new assignments
• Gain understanding of all business areas to develop business acumen
• Foster an inclusive, diverse, safe, and secure culture
• Carry out duties and responsibilities by department through internship rotations as trained
• All other duties based on business needs

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What Cencora Offers :

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com . We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned.