Logistics Analyst Intern

Summary

Otis Elevator Co. is a global elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. The Logistics Analyst Summer Intern will support global transportation and warehousing strategies through data analysis, procurement event support, scenario modeling, AI-enabled reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and facilitation of transportation and warehousing RFPs across global regions
• Assist regional teams in validating inputs to and outputs from procurement events, including lane data, volume assumptions, service requirements, rate structures, and award recommendations
• Manage data and requirements templates that ensure alignment across regional stakeholders, procurement teams, logistics leaders, and operating teams
• Pressure test and verify procurement event results to confirm accuracy, completeness, and alignment with business requirements
• Develop tools and reporting approaches to quantify value after implementation, including cost savings, service impacts, and compliance to awarded strategies
• Support regional teams in quantifying the impact of off-cycle changes across all modes of transportation and warehousing
• Analyze cost, service, capacity, supplier, and operational impacts associated with changes to logistics networks, carrier selections, warehousing models, or transportation requirements
• Develop alternative scenarios to minimize unfavorable impacts while maintaining business continuity and service expectations
• Document required process, supplier, stakeholder, or system changes needed to implement alternative scenarios effectively
• Create AI-enabled tools and reports that leverage available data across regions to assess opportunities to optimize carrier selection across transportation modes
• Compile, cleanse, and analyze data from regional logistics, procurement, payables, finance, and operations sources to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities
• Build dashboards, templates, or analytical models that improve visibility to logistics spend, carrier performance, implementation progress, and value capture
• Leverage site visits across regions to understand logistics process flows, stakeholder pain points, and opportunities to reduce cost or improve service
• Collaborate with field, supply chain, operations, procurement, finance, and logistics stakeholders to identify opportunities that add value across end-to-end material flows
• Support the development and implementation of programs to track the value of procurement savings and productivity initiatives across regions
• Use available payables data to connect initiative value to measurable P&L impact
• Prepare concise summaries, recommendations, and progress updates for leadership reviews and regional working sessions

Skills

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in supply chain management, logistics, operations, business analytics, industrial engineering, data analytics, finance, or a related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with large data sets and draw actionable conclusions
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, Power Query, Python, SQL, or other analytics tools is preferred
• Interest in artificial intelligence, automation, digital tools, and their application to supply chain and logistics decision-making
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and regional stakeholders
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with multiple priorities and evolving business needs
• Demonstrated curiosity, ownership, attention to detail, and willingness to learn from both data and direct site engagement
• Experience with Power BI, Power Query, Python, SQL, or other analytics tools

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in supply chain management, logistics, operations, business analytics, industrial engineering, data analytics, finance, or a related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with large data sets and draw actionable conclusions
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, Power Query, Python, SQL, or other analytics tools is preferred
• Interest in artificial intelligence, automation, digital tools, and their application to supply chain and logistics decision-making
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and regional stakeholders
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with multiple priorities and evolving business needs
• Demonstrated curiosity, ownership, attention to detail, and willingness to learn from both data and direct site engagement

Nice to Haves

• experience with Power BI, Power Query, Python, SQL, or other analytics tools

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement
• Opportunities, training, and resources that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects
• Employee Scholar Program through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs
• Hands-on exposure to global logistics strategy, transportation sourcing, warehousing operations, and supplier management
• Practical experience supporting RFP events, procurement analytics, value tracking, and logistics impact assessments
• Experience using data and emerging AI tools to solve real business problems and improve decision-making
• Opportunities to collaborate across regions and functions while building executive-ready communication and presentation skills