Supply Chain Summer Student
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Ag & Trading enterprise, where we connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution. We also offer a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.
Job Purpose and Impact
As a Supply Chain Summer Student you will support day-to-day supply chain execution for crop input product lines within a defined geographic area. You’ll help move product from suppliers to retail, support warehousing and freight management, and work on process improvement projects — including automation and data-driven simplification of routine tasks.
Location: Winnipeg, MB
Job Type: Full time
Shift Available: Day
New, easy-to-apply options are available for this role: chat with our recruiting assistant Ana at careers.cargill.com or text CargillJobs to 60196.
Key Accountabilities
- Support daily supply chain operations for seed and crop production products (order processing, shipment tracking, documentation).
- Assist customer service by confirming orders, updating customers/retailers, and resolving routine issues.
- Help monitor warehousing and freight targets (inventory levels, turnaround times, accuracy).
- Process high-volume transactions accurately using company systems and Excel.
- Identify repetitive tasks and build or propose automation/efficiency solutions (macros, Power Automate flows, scripts, or AI-assisted tools).
- Prepare simple analyses, dashboards or reports to inform planners and operations teams.
- Complete one or more project(s) over the summer focused on workflow simplification, automation, or data cleanup.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada
- Cargill requires that employees be a minimum of 18 years old
- Ability to understand and communicate in English (verbal/written)
- Currently enrolled in university (2nd–4th year undergraduate) or a master’s program.
Preferred Qualifications
- Coursework or interest in Supply Chain, Logistics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Business, or related fields.
- Experience with or enthusiasm for automation tools (Power Automate, Power Query, VBA/macros, Python, R) or generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Copilot) to streamline tasks.
- Proven ability to build simple automations, macros, or data workflows and to document those solutions.
- Previous exposure to the agriculture industry or distribution environments (co-op, summer work, volunteer).
- Ability to stay focused under pressure and adapt to shifting priorities.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize in a high-volume transaction environment.
- Effective problem-solving, attention to detail, and teamwork skills.
- Solid computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment (Excel required).
Considered candidates will receive a phone call from a (204) area code. Please note that this position does not include relocation reimbursement.
Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.
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