Transportation Intern (Summer 2025)

Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Intern

Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota

Position Type: Intern

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 24764

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit ~~~ and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands offers a robust summer immersive & transformative internship experience that will present you with a meaningful business problem to ideate and collaborate cross-functionally that will lead to you presenting recommended solutions to improve the business. Post Consumer Brands is unique as our core values & mission is at the forefront of our efforts. Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey. Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities Looking to pursue a career in Supply Chain? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in a growing, mission-driven, consumer-centric organization? Post Consumer Brands is looking for a Transportation Intern for a 12-week summer 2025 immersive & transformative internship experience. At Post Consumer Brands, our values are at the forefront of our efforts. Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey. To fully realize the value of diversity of talent, experience, strengths, and backgrounds each of us brings to Post Consumer Brands, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on these behaviors: Be open to innovative ideas Listen attentively as a partner Model collaboration Be accountable Respect all viewpoints JOB FUNCTION This position's purpose is to observe, learn, gather data, conduct analysis and fact-finding to bring forward ideas for improvement. This position will also support the Supply Chain Planning and Operations teams to increase the capacity of the service and execution team. MAJOR JOB ACTIVITIES / DUTIES The Transportation Intern may assist in several projects and/or operations support roles in the Supply Chain department. Assignments may include work such as: Manage the process of securing transportation for freight moving from plants to distribution centers and to customers. Load by load, optimize delivery time, freight mode, and trailer utilization to improve overall monthly cost and service performance. Identify opportunities to manage transportation of inbound packaging materials and finished goods to realize freight savings over current delivered pricing. Specific project and operational roles will be identified about 60 days prior to the start of the internship, based on business needs and intern interests. Qualifications Candidates must be pursuing a four-year undergraduate or graduate degree or at an institution with an accredited program in Business Management, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Transportation graduating December 2025 or May 2026. Proven leadership, problem-solving and interpersonal skills Ability to work independently and in teams Strong written and oral communication skills The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes initiative to identify areas of opportunity and actions An elevated level of competence in computer applications and the ability to use technology as a decision-support tool Ability to identify and evaluate tactical methods to achieve objectives, identify deviations from the plan, and facilitate resolution Ability to handle confidential information and use discretion within and outside of the organization Previous internship or work experience (strongly preferred) Interest in the consumer-packaged goods / manufacturing industry with the desire to start a career with Post Consumer Brands after graduation (strongly preferred) We are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future Additional Program Information & Perks Offering competitive compensation Access to a dynamic internship event program including development, networking, & social activities Eligible for subsidized housing & $2,500 relocation stipend Cereal galore - enjoy a variety of cereal and oatmeal options in our break room, for free. Free milk, coffee, and conversation included as well. We promise you will not be disappointed.

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