Intern Supply Chain Specialist - SAP Materials Management & Sales and Distribution

IBM
IBM

Sales & Business Development, Operations

Baton Rouge, LA, USA · Delft, Netherlands

Posted on Aug 22, 2026
Introduction

As an IBM Consulting FutureNow Center Intern, you'll work alongside experienced professionals to help solve real business and technology challenges for clients around the world. You'll gain hands-on experience, build in-demand technical and professional skills, and contribute to meaningful projects while learning in a collaborative, team-based environment.

This internship is designed to provide meaningful, hands-on experience that prepares students for a potential full-time career with IBM Consulting upon graduation.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting FutureNow Centers, where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Intern Supply Chain Specialist at IBM, you'll gain hands-on experience applying supply chain and business concepts while developing exposure to SAP, one of the world's leading enterprise technology platforms. You'll work alongside experienced IBM professionals while learning how organizations manage procurement, materials, inventory, customer orders, fulfillment, logistics, and distribution through SAP-enabled business solutions.

As part of our SAP practice, you'll work alongside experienced consultants, SAP specialists, supply chain professionals, and technology experts while developing practical business, analytical, problem-solving, and consulting skills.

Depending on business needs, your skills, academic background, and career interests, you may gain experience in one of the following areas:

SAP Materials Management (MM) – focused on how organizations manage procurement, purchasing, materials, inventory, suppliers, and related supply chain processes.

SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) – focused on how organizations manage customer orders, sales processes, pricing, fulfillment, shipping, billing, and distribution.

You do not need prior SAP experience to get started. Many interns join IBM with a foundation in supply chain, business, operations, or analytics and begin developing SAP expertise through mentorship, structured learning, IBM SkillsBuild, hands-on projects, AI-enabled tools, and real client experiences.

No two projects are exactly alike, you may contribute to projects supporting clients across industries including manufacturing, consumer products, retail, healthcare, energy, automotive, industrial, public sector, and more.

Throughout your internship, you'll gain exposure to end-to-end supply chain processes while learning how SAP and other enterprise technologies help organizations improve operational performance. You'll see how business requirements are translated into technology-enabled solutions and how data, automation, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence are transforming modern supply chains.

During your internship, you may have opportunities to:

  • Support business and technology teams in understanding supply chain requirements, processes, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Assist with SAP solutions supporting procurement, materials management, inventory, sales, order management, fulfillment, logistics, distribution, and other supply chain processes.
  • Help analyze business requirements and learn how they are translated into SAP-enabled process and technology solutions.
  • Assist experienced team members with SAP configuration, testing, data validation, documentation, issue resolution, and solution implementation activities.
  • Analyze supply chain and operational data to identify trends, support decision-making, and help develop recommendations.
  • Contribute to process improvement and transformation initiatives designed to improve efficiency, visibility, service, and business performance.
  • Collaborate with SAP consultants, supply chain professionals, technology specialists, and client teams while developing communication, teamwork, analytical, and consulting skills.
  • Gain exposure to how Artificial Intelligence, automation, analytics, cloud technologies, and enterprise platforms are transforming supply chain operations.

We're not looking for SAP experts, we're looking for students with potential, curiosity, problem-solving ability, and a passion for learning. Your internship is an opportunity to build your understanding of supply chain while beginning to develop specialized expertise in SAP and enterprise technology.

High-performing interns may be considered for full-time Associate opportunities following graduation, based on business needs and individual performance.

To give yourself the best opportunity for success, we advise applying only to roles that align with your skills and experience, rather than applying broadly across all entry-level positions. You’ll receive a status update email for each application, so be sure to check your IBM Careers account regularly — it’s the best way to get a centralized view of which roles you have active applications against.

Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
High School Diploma/GED
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration with a concentration in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Logistics, Management Information Systems, Business Analytics, or a related business field.
  • Interest in supply chain management, procurement, purchasing, inventory, logistics, order management, fulfillment, distribution, or business operations.
  • Basic understanding of supply chain and business process concepts gained through coursework, academic projects, internships, student organizations, or other learning experiences.
  • Ability to analyze information, identify trends or problems, and approach business challenges using structured problem-solving.
  • Exposure to supply chain, operations, data analysis, enterprise technology, process improvement, or business problem-solving through coursework, academic projects, internships, case competitions, student organizations, IBM SkillsBuild, certifications, volunteer experiences, or other practical learning opportunities.
  • Interest in learning SAP, enterprise applications, supply chain technology, analytics, automation, and digital transformation.
  • Awareness of how technology, data, Artificial Intelligence, and automation are changing supply chain operations and business decision-making.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with teammates and communicate ideas in academic, professional, or team-based environments.

You don't need prior SAP experience to get started. We're looking for students with a strong foundation, a growth mindset, and a desire to learn at the intersection of supply chain, technology, and consulting.

Bring your curiosity. Grow your skills. Build what's next — like an IBMer.

Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Exposure to supply chain management, procurement, purchasing, inventory management, logistics, sales operations, order management, or process improvement through coursework, academic projects, internships, IBM SkillsBuild, certifications, or other practical learning experiences.
  • Familiarity with ERP systems, SAP, business analytics, spreadsheets, data visualization, process mapping, or enterprise technologies.
  • Interest in SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SD), supply chain transformation, Artificial Intelligence, automation, and consulting.
  • Interest in developing both business-process knowledge and enterprise technology skills while working in a collaborative environment.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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