Supply Chain Early Career Program (ECP) Associate

Job description

About the role

Avery Dennison’s North America Supply Chain Early Careers Program (SC ECP) has a single business focus to build talent for our rapidly growing organization. With a concentrated blend of experiential on-the-job learning and classroom and virtual training, the SCECP serves as the talent pipeline for leadership roles throughout the organization. For our next Supply Chain Associate, we are searching for individuals who are interested in applying their analytical and tactical skill set to help solve problems that have a direct, minute by minute impact to the business.

Supply Chain Early Career Program Associates receive in-depth exposure to both geographical and functional parts of the organization by experiencing through two different assignments that blend manufacturing, operations planning and logistics over the course of 24 -30 months. Our program is flexible and passionate about the development needs of our associates alongside the needs of the business, supported by a training curriculum that is rooted in our Avery Dennison values to guide you on your career path.

We are considering individuals who are excited about working in any of the following states post college graduation: OH, IN, PA, and GA.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply continuous improvement methodologies to advance performance and achieve business objectives (Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, etc.)
• Provide effective linkages to sales, customer service, purchasing, marketing, supply chain and operations
• Develop and manage supplier relationships and monitor supplier performance
• Monitor service and inventory performance, anticipate and respond to problems effectively
• Ensure compliance with all Sarbanes Oxley requirements relevant to materials processes

Qualifications

What you will need to bring to the program Avery Dennison has a long history of being an industry leader. Your history is important to us.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Materials Management, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Systems Engineering, or related field required. Expected graduation date should be December (to start in January) or May (to start in June)

Preferred Experience

Previous internship/co-op experience required or relevant work experience in manufacturing Experience via student organizations such as, Supply Chain Management Association, Society of Women Engineers, National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers etc. Volunteerism or similar activities Travel Ability to travel 10 - 20 percent of the time

• Must have reliable transportation to and from work
• Sponsorship is not available now or in the future