Demand Planning Intern (Summer 2027)

What You Will Do

Support the Demand Planning team in developing and maintaining data-driven forecasts for assigned products, customers, or channels. Analyze historical demand, customer orders, point-of-sale, inventory, and forecast performance data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities. Create recurring reports and visualizations that highlight forecast accuracy, forecast attainment, forecast changes, and variance to plan. Assist with demand planning system and master-data activities, including data validation, history reviews, new-product setup, and product transitions. Contribute to process-improvement and automation projects that strengthen demand planning tools, reporting, and standard work. How You Will Do It Use Excel and business intelligence tools to clean, organize, analyze, and visualize large datasets. Work with demand planners and partners across Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Category Management, IT, and other functions to gather inputs and understand business drivers. Compare statistical forecasts with actual demand and business assumptions, document findings, and recommend data-supported adjustments. Monitor data quality and investigate exceptions, inconsistencies, or missing information with strong attention to detail. Communicate progress, assumptions, risks, and conclusions clearly through concise written updates and presentations. Take ownership of assigned deliverables, manage priorities, ask thoughtful questions, and contribute ideas that improve accuracy and efficiency. What We Look For Currently enrolled as a full-time student at an accredited U.S. college or university Pursuing an undergraduate degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related field. Ability to be in the greater Milwaukee area in the summer. Duration: Summer 2027. Up to 40 hours per week. Working Arrangements: Hybrid internship – must have a quiet workspace away from in