Replenishment Planning - 2025 Summer Internship (Full Time/Paid/Hybrid) - Ace Hardware Corporation

Compensation Details:

$22.00 Per Hour

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

Job Description:

2025 Summer Internship Program

The Ace Internship program allows you to apply skills and knowledge you're learning in college today, while contributing in a hands-on environment to fit your career objectives, complement your academic work and enhance your learning. Here’s what you will take away from your experience this summer:

• Real hands-on experience in your assigned department/function with day-to-day projects, responsibilities, accountabilities and deadlines.
• Opportunity to partner with other interns over the summer on a Capstone project, presenting your findings and recommendations to Ace’s Leadership
• Q & A with Ace’s CEO and Senior Leadership team
• Resume Workshop to help you prepare for future opportunities
• Opportunity to volunteer through the Ace Hardware Foundation
• Teambuilding activities and more.

Your internship experience at Ace will give you the knowledge and skills future employers will look for! Want to hear more? Please review our Glassdoor comments from former interns!

Your Responsibilities

The main function of the Replenishment Planning Intern is to achieve order fill rate objectives for a portfolio of vendors by ensuring that we have inventory in the right place at the right time to service our retailers. This is primarily done through the management of strategies within our state-of-the-art forecasting and replenishment tools, and the management of purchase orders with suppliers. The order fill objectives must be met while achieving targets for inventory turnover and bottom-line profitability. Balancing the fill rate and turn objectives is the key challenge of the position because fill rates are generally maximized by more inventory and turns are maximized by less inventory. The Replenishment Planning intern is also required to answer customer service related questions directly from retailers and from internal stakeholders such as the Retail Support Centers (RSC’s), the Help Desk, buyers, vendors, and management.

The ideal intern will possess the following:

• Working towards a Bachelor’s degree in the following areas: Supply Chain, Economics, Business Administration, Finance or related discipline
• Completing Senior year of college (Graduating December ’25 or May ‘26)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent time management, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Adaptability and ability to learn quickly in high-pressure environments
• Ambitious self-starter who has demonstrated the ability to contribute as an effective team member
• Demonstrated motivation and initiative to succeed
• Knowledge and interest in Ace Hardware Corporation
• Ability to work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday for 12 weeks in the summer (Mid-May through Mid-August 2025)
• Willingness and ability to give presentations to colleagues, managers and directors
   

Check out what our interns have to say about their experience:
2024 Interns Feedback and Experience
2024 Interns with Mentors

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When most people think of career opportunities with Ace Hardware, they often think of the helpful cashiers and sales associates at their local store. However, have you also considered the people behind the scenes who select, promote, ship and process the invoices for more than 75,000 products? Maybe you haven't, but we'd like you to. Because together we help our customers take care of their homes. Come find out why a career with the Ace Hardware Corporation is one of America's best kept secrets.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Ace Hardware Corporation is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other action covered by federal or applicable state/local laws.

Disclaimer

The pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but could be higher based on education and experience. Please note, compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each opening. We take into consideration the minimum requirements outlined in the job description, such as an individual’s education, training and experience, the position’s work location, required travel (if any), and external market conditions when determining the final salary for potential new hires.

Be aware that salary estimates published via alternate online job boards may not be a true representation of the actual pay range offered for this position. Please refer to the Ace position description for the accurate starting pay range information and feel free to discuss this with a Talent Acquisition professional if you are chosen to move forward with an interview.

This written “Position Description” is not intended to cover all aspects of the position listed. It is meant to cover the basic/general essential job functions of a particular position. Ace Hardware Corporation reserves the right to change job duties, including essential job functions, according to business necessity.

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