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Summer Series – Johnson and Johnson

Heeeeeeeelllllllllooooooo from Cincinnati! I’m currently spending my summer rocking out at Ethicon Endo-Surgery here in Ohio. The Johnson and Johnson EES business unit creates, markets, and sells medical devices for minimally evasive surgery. As a supply chain specialist, I’ve been working with suppliers, warehouse logistic managers, and transportation carriers in order to reduce the amount of product expedited (air freighted) from the suppliers to our warehousing facilities. Not only have I been plugging away at my project, but I’ve also met with Chief Procurement Officers, Vice Presidents, and Presidents of various departments in one-on-one meetings. Can you believe that they’ve already flown me to New Jersey for a three day trip? Seriously, how can you lose?

As a hardcore Steelers fan, I did have some initial doubts about moving into Bengals Country (not to mention the home of many Ohio State fans). However, I’ve already watched a Reds game from a luxury box, knocked the stuffing out a few softballs in our company softball league, spent more than a few evenings in Mount Adams (a social haven for young professionals), plan to tear it up on the golf course this Thursday, and hope to visit either the Zoo, Aquarium, or King’s Island Theme park before I leave. Woo Woo Woo.

Catch you on the flip side, my friends.

- Dave Hoover

VP of Recruitment, MBAA

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Summer Series – Chase Card Services

 

This blog is brought to you direct from Wilmington, Delaware. That’s right, Delaware – home of tax free shopping and Chase Card Services (among a few other things). Gonzalo and I are down in Wilmington working in the Marketing Division of Chase Card Services. I’m working in the High Net Worth BU with a focus on Branding, Advertising, and Media, and I’m having a great time seeing how things work in a large corporate setting.

 

So far I’ve helped design a micro-site, attended usability testing, shared a phone call with Dreamworks, met two division presidents, and my team even won an arcade night at Dave & Busters! Coming up I will attend a wine tasting, participate in a P&L Case Study, volunteer at a local charity, meet the CEO of Chase Cards, present my findings on Social Media and Branding, and attend a Blue Rocks Baseball game.

 

Remember to have fun during your summer internship everyone – use local events to network with people at your location! (I’m not attending a wine tasting by myself, ha!) Get some sun, relax, and I’ll see you entirely too soon again this fall.

 

- Christy Conley

VP of Communications, MBAA

 

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The Center for Supply Chain Research (CSCR) sponsored the annual Spring Career Fair held on Feb 5th and 6th. More than 70 companies participated in the event, which was open to both graduate and undergraduate students. Due to the overwhelming response of participant companies, this was the first time that the Career Fair was held for two days. Recruiters from the top Supply-Chain companies in retail, pharmaceuticals, energy, healthcare, technology, logistics, aerospace and virtually every other sector held on-campus interviews. Some of the shortlisted candidates were invited by the companies to either interview at Penn State the following day or to visit their facilities for on-site interviews. Many Penn State alumni were also present as representatives of the visiting companies and shared their industry experiences with the current students. The Supply Chain Career Fair was a tremendous success in offering new career opportunities for supply chain practitioners and has continued to grow over the years.

Rohit Gurtu

MBA Class of 2009

Prior to Smeal, Rohit has worked for more than 15 years in the automotive industry. He has undertaken various roles in manufacturing, purchasing, and procurement with Maruti Suzuki, Honda Siel Cars, Delphi Automotive Systems, and Saud Bahwan Automotive, LLC.

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