MBA Intern - Supply Chain

Verkada
United States, California, San Mateo
406 East 3rd Avenue (Show on map)
Dec 10, 2024
Who We Are Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines - video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms - integrated with a single cloud-based software platform. Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies. Founded in 2016 with more than $460M in funding raised to date, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 28,000+ customers across 70+ countries. Overview As a member of our Hardware Operations team, you will have an integral role in driving projects that help build a world class supply chain that is responsive, customer focused and manages our cash. You will be joining our team as a high impact contributor focused on improving the operational efficiency of our Fulfilment team and will help steer the project ideation, recommendations and execution during your internship. Responsibilities Strategy & planning: Scope and execute an analytical special project with our Fulfilment team that helps us better understand our business and what drives operational efficiency. Apply these learnings to drive business decisions and operational changes. Partner with leadership to develop and operationalize strategic initiatives. Systems and operations: identifying and implementing improvements in current workflows and processes that can help improve efficiency and visibility - this might be in Netsuite, Front, Salesforce or other tools. You'll be working in many systems and Google Sheets / Excel on a daily basis, while also talking frequently with our stakeholders in sales, marketing, ops, product, finance, and more to help troubleshoot systems issues, review insights from our analyses, and build future-state processes and systems. Requirements Currently enrolled in a full-time MBA program graduating in 2026. Ability to work at Verkada HQ (San Mateo, CA) for Summer 2025. High-impact self-starter: you take initiative to move projects forward and can operate well with little guidance. You're excited by the possibility of leading cross-functional workstreams and generating buy-in among senior leadership. Raw smarts: we are looking for people who can look at complex problems and solve them start to finish. Strong analytical skills: you nerd out about data, can quickly structure analyses to answer key business questions to drive decision-making, and will also have perspectives on building the right data architecture. Excel skills are a must; SQL / Tableau / Looker experience a plus. Process and operational thinking: you can tackle a problem independently and quickly iterate to a solution, and then also document it in a way that's easy to understand for all audiences. Previous Salesforce experience is a plus. Communication and stakeholder management: you'll need to be able to connect with sales reps and hardware engineers alike to figure out how we build the right processes and workflows to drive efficiency while also giving us the data to measure how we're doing. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must. Flexibility and hustle: you manage change and ambiguity well, and have no problems juggling multiple priorities while executing in a fast-paced environment. You're comfortable pivoting quickly and often. 3+ years of professional experience with a passion for Supply Chain and Operations US Benefits Verkada is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all employees. Our benefits and perks programs for interns include but are not limited to: Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily Monthly housing stipend (in addition to hourly wage) Fully-covered flights to-and-from our San Mateo HQ office Intern events and mixers Pay Disclosure At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. This estimate can vary based on the factors described above, so the actual starting base pay may be above or below this range. Base pay is also just one component of Verkada's total rewards package. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Estimated Hourly Pay Range $62.50 — $86 USD Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. 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