Supply Chain Intern - Summer 2027 at HD Supply in Atlanta, GA

Summary: HD Supply is a large industrial distributor serving maintenance, repair, operations, multifamily housing, hospitality, healthcare, and commercial facility customers through a national distribution network. The Supply Chain Intern will support analytics and operational improvement initiatives involving inventory, demand, logistics, network performance, reporting, dashboards, and cross-functional process improvement.

Responsibilities:
- Support supply chain analytics initiatives related to inventory, demand, logistics, and network performance
- Use SQL to query, validate, and analyze large datasets from enterprise systems
- Assist with data cleansing, reporting, and performance tracking
- Build basic dashboards and summaries to communicate insights to stakeholders
- Partner with supply chain, operations, and analytics teams on improvement projects
- Document findings, processes, and recommendations clearly and concisely
- Ability to work cross-functionally with distribution centers, 3rd Partly service providers, internal IT teams to engage process change and automation
- Prepares and delivers insights and recommendations based on analyses
- Produces findings and draws conclusions from analyses. Makes oral and written recommendations to management
- Executes tasks directly related to functional projects and/or process improvements
- Communicates issues and roadblocks related to areas of responsibility
- May assist in research or special projects in a variety of areas in order to fulfill business initiatives and meet business objectives
- Works in compliance with established procedures and/or protocols. Identifies and resolves readily identifiable, clearly defined problems. Demonstrates skill in data analysis and techniques by resolving missing/incomplete information and inconsistencies/anomalies in routine research/data
- Nature of work requires general supervision; exercises judgment. May be paired with a mentor. Work typically involves regular process checks or review of output by a coworker and/or supervisor
- May provide general guidance/direction to or train junior level support personnel

Required Qualifications:
- • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Analytics, or a related field
- • Graduation date between December 2027 and May 2028
- • Hands-on experience with SQL through coursework, projects, or internships
- • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- • Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, basic analysis)
- • Ability to work with data and communicate insights effectively
- • Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Certification may be required in some areas. Generally 0-2 years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 0-1 year of experience in a related field
- • Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:
- • Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, or similar)
- • Exposure to ERP or supply chain systems (SAP, Oracle, WMS, TMS)
- • Experience with building models to support decision making
- • Coursework or experience in inventory management, forecasting, or operations analytics, managerial and financial Accounting, statistical analysis for business, supply chain data analytics

Required Skills: SQL, Microsoft Excel, Supply Chain Analytics, Tableau, Power BI, SAP, Oracle, Inventory Management, Demand Forecasting, Statistical Analysis

Internship Start Date: Start in 2027 Summer

Graduation Date Requirement: Graduate in 2027 Winter

Benefits: May be paired with a mentor, Gain hands-on experience in areas such as marketing, human resources, information technology, sales, operations, finance, logistics, business development, merchandising, and/or other departments