Early Career Supply Chain Role

HAVI is a global, privately owned company focused on innovating, optimizing and managing the supply chains of leading brands. Offering services in marketing analytics, packaging, supply chain management and logistics, HAVI partners with companies to address challenges big and small across the supply chain, from commodity to customer. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries. HAVI’s supply chain services are complemented by the customer engagement services offered by our affiliated company The Marketing Store.  For more information, please visit HAVI.com.

Are you looking to begin your career in Supply Chain?  Do you want to have an impact on the global food service supply chain?  Do you seek continuous development and improvement?  If your answer is yes to these questions, then HAVI might have the perfect opportunity for you.  HAVI is seeking a recent Supply Chain Graduate or early Supply Chain career individual to join our Global Supply Chain Planning and Analytics team in June 2026. 

As you begin your career, HAVI’s opportunity will provide a 10-week paid intensive onboarding experience covering our Supply Chain Planning business. Upon completion, you will be placed in a full-time role as a Supply Chain Planner where you will be able to apply your learnings and insights to make an impact on our business and our global food service customers.    

This is a hybrid opportunity.  We have a beautiful office in the Fulton Market District of Chicago that allows employees to come together to collaborate, socialize and work together in the office 2 – 3 days a week and spend the other days working from your home location. 

Highlights of the 10-week Onboarding: 

• Comprehensive overview of HAVI Global Supply Chain and its business functions
• Networking amongst various groups within Supply Chain business unit and leadership teams 
• Potential offsite visits to various supply chain partners (i.e. Distribution Centers, Logistic Partners, Suppliers)
• Program close presentation of key learnings throughout onboarding time presented to supply chain leadership teams 

Successful candidates meet the following requirements:   

• Have a degree in Supply Chain and 2 years or less of related work experience
• Demonstrated time management skills through course work and extracurricular activities
• MS Office experience (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of statistical, optimization, machine learning or other analytic methodologies is a plus
• Good written and verbal communication
• Collaborative/teamwork oriented 
• Demonstration of clear strong desire for continuous development 

Responsibilites of an Associate Supply Chain Planner (full-time placement upon completing 10-week Early Career Program): 

• Manage and monitor the daily, weekly, and promotion planning cycles of a product category
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external customers.  
• Participate in regular customer, supplier, and  DC-level communication meetings
• Present and consult on program supply status with collaborative reporting to drive system alignment and achievement of program objectives
• Respond to inquiries and requests incoming from internal and external customers
• Run reports and data-pulls as needed to perform analysis of inventory levels and metrics across the supply chain network
• Support larger team’s continuous improvement projects 

Starting Salary: $65,000 with a 5% targeted bonus.