2026 Summer Internship - Planning (Supply Chain)

Simtra BioPharma Solutions

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Posted 5 months ago

Internship

Bloomington, Indiana

In Person

Smart Summary

The Supply Chain Planning Intern will support the Planning team with forecasting, monitoring inventory levels, performing analysis, and corresponding with external clients. This role provides hands-on experience in understanding client forecasts and analyzing material inventory within a fast-paced pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Simtra BioPharma Solutions is seeking a highly motivated undergraduate or graduate student for a Supply Chain Planning internship. The ideal candidate will be pursuing a BS or MS degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related business field, and possess strong analytical, communication, and Microsoft Office skills.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Supply Chain

Logistics

Business-related field

BS degree

MS degree

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Data analysis

Reporting

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Pharmaceutical industry

Job Description

Simtra BioPharma Solutions (Simtra) is a world-class Contract Development Manufacturing Organization, partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to bring their sterile injectable products to market. With facilities in Bloomington, Indiana, US and Halle/Westfalen, Germany, we offer a wide range of delivery systems including pre-filled syringes, liquid/lyophilized vials, diluents for reconstitution, powder-filled vials and sterile crystallization.  

Our product types include biologics and small molecules, cytotoxics, highly potent compounds, diluents for reconstitution and vaccines – which are all directly injected into patients worldwide.  As such, there is a strong emphasis on quality and continuous improvement at Simtra.  We hold ourselves to the highest quality and regulatory standards.

While our primary focus is cGMP manufacturing, we offer many support services including formulation and development, lyophilization optimization, global regulatory support and secondary packaging.  Our teams are driven to help clients scale, innovate and bring life-changing medicines to patients worldwide.

Why join Team Simtra? Because we:

Make it HAPPEN – We bring a growth mindset to every opportunity, developing new skillsets and exceeding our expectations and those of our customers.

Make it TOGETHER – We work as one, respecting each voice and tapping into our unique strengths across teams—so we can solve problems in new ways.

Make it RIGHT – We hold ourselves to a high standard of excellence, fulfilling our commitments to the customer, their patients, and our team members.

Make it COUNT – We take pride in our day-to-day work, knowing the impact we make – taking on challenges big and small to improve patient health.


The Role:
Simtra is seeking highly motivated undergraduate and graduate students for our Summer Internship Program. We look for diverse students with inquisitive minds and the desire to challenge themselves. Our interns work closely with industry professionals and learn quickly how to problem solve on real-world projects that contribute to clinical research and manufacturing processes. In addition to on-the-job experience, we offer learning sessions with top leadership, site visits to local projects and social events.

The Opportunity:
The Supply Chain - Planning team plays a critical role in ensuring the seamless flow of materials, products, and information all manufacturing and logistics operations at Simtra. The team helps align customer demand with production capabilities while maintaining compliance, efficiency, and service excellence.

Responsibilities/Projects:
The Supply Chain Planning Intern will support the Planning team with forecasting, monitoring inventory levels, performing analysis and corresponding with external clients. This role provides hands-on experience in understanding client forecast, analyzing material inventory, and process improvement within a fast-paced pharmaceutical manufacturing environment

The intern will be assigned to a project dealing with creating a forecast process flow due to recent responsibilities changes of duties. Additional responsibilities include gap analysis of the process.

Required Qualifications:

  • Pursuing a BS or MS degree in Supply Chain, Logistics or Business related field
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) for data analysis and reporting
  • Excellent organizational, oral and written communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail including the ability to accomplish a task while demonstrating a thorough concern for all the areas involved
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with others in a proactive, positive and constructive manner
  • Highly motivated, self-driven individual with passion working within pharmaceutical industry

Onsite Campus Amenities:

  • Workout Facility
  • Cafeteria
  • Credit Union

Disclaimer

This job description is intended to provide the minimum knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the job.  It may not be inclusive of all the duties and responsibilities of the job.  Simtra reserves the right to make modifications based on business requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Simtra is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Simtra evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Simtra BioPharma Solutions

As a premier, independently owned CDMO with over 65 years of sterile injectable manufacturing experience, Simtra BioPharma Solutions offers world-class cGMP sterile fill/finish, technical expertise, quality service, and a uniquely collaborative approach. Pharmaceutical and biotech companies partner with us when they face formulation challenges, clinical supply hurdles, surges in demand due to market fluctuations, or risk mitigation concerns. Our teams are driven to offer our clients tailored and versatile solutions to help them bring their products to market so they can get to the patients who need them. (Simtra is a tradename of Baxter Oncology GmbH and Simtra US LLC)

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