Job Description
Job Description About Us Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.
Americold Internship Experience The Americold Summer Internship Experience is a 12-week, full time, paid internship that takes place over the summer term in various locations throughout the country. The internship opportunity will afford our interns to better understand of the supply chain industry, work on challenging and industry-specific projects, plus the ability to collaborate with organizational leaders, colleagues, and peers.
As an Americold Intern, the experience you will gain here will not only be essential to your personal and professional growth and development, but your contributions can make a vital difference for our company. What You'll Do: - Utilize financial models to drive analytical decision support
- Leverage various systems (Salesforce.com, Oracle, pricing optimization software) to gather data and support commercial proposals
- Apply creative thinking in development of commercial proposals
- Establish relationships cross functionally that enable business learning and acumen development
- Ensure appropriate stage gates in internal processes are adhered to by stakeholders
- Prepare, host and lead presentations of analysis ensuring alignment by commercial finance leadership.
- Foster collaboration across functional groups to enhance integrity of projects
What Experience You Need: - Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, Mathematics or Business Administration
- Ability to work independently and take on ownership of projects
- Ability to think critically and apply learnings to assigned projects in an ad-hoc environment
What could set you apart: - Desire to learn the fundamental understanding of supply chain elements, particularly warehousing, associated costs, and and pricing.
- Possess problem solving skills and ability to think creatively and strategically
- Willingness to create, communicate and present project proposals in a persuasive and consultative manner
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment of positively changing expectations and culture
- Must demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Physical Requirements - May be required to tolerate working environment with inside controlled temperatures of -15 degrees Fahrenheit and outside ambient temperatures (including heat, cold and precipitation)
- Must tolerate heights up to 35 ft. and be able to access elevated platforms and catwalks
- Must be able to climb ladders and stairs
- Frequently required to stand; walk; push; pull; reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel; and crouch
- Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Must be able to use hand and power tools
- Must be able to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, and/or manipulate parts & tools
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception. Either naturally or with the aid of eye glasses
- Able to work nights and weekends • Able to pass a physical and respiratory exam
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The Company makes reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.
What We Offer: Our associates know the answer to the question What's in it for me? We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.
About Us Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.
Job Tags
Full time, Summer work, Summer internship, Local area, Night shift, Weekend work,