MBA Summer Internship: Leadership, Strategy, & Operations - Products & Publishing (MBA Class of 2028)

McMaster-Carr is a leading e-commerce company serving industrial customers through its product selection, digital experience, and service. The MBA intern will lead high-impact work on the Products and Publishing management team, including product ownership, supplier and cost management, website feature launches, and leadership of research and creative teams.

What you'll do:

• Own a product line. Take full ownership of a product group and make decisions that directly shape our business and improve customer outcomes. The insights you gather—from customer feedback to industry developments to patterns across our broader offering—will guide what we sell and how we curate it. Your choices will help customers find what they need faster, make better decisions, and get back to work with confidence, while driving growth for McMaster-Carr
• Strengthen our supplier base and cost discipline. Assess the health of our supplier network and recommend changes to ensure we’re sourcing from high-quality manufacturers with competitive pricing and reliable delivery. Develop cost management strategies that help us optimize how we purchase and manage inventory. Your work will improve product availability, reduce costs and risks, and support better outcomes for both the business and our customers
• Launch new website features. Collaborate with our tech teams to design, test, and scale features that improve how customers navigate and interact with our site. Whether you're streamlining search, enhancing navigation, or introducing new designs, your work on our digital publishing teams will help customers find the right products faster and with less effort
• Lead teams that explain industrial concepts for customers. Manage research and creative teams that make complex industrial ideas easy to understand. By delivering clear, useful curation of industrial concepts, you’ll help customers solve problems more effectively and choose the right products with confidence

What they're looking for:

• This MBA internship is your gateway to a full-time role on our Chicago management team, with a clear path to senior leadership
• You're energized by shaping direction and rolling up your sleeves to drive results
• You thrive in ambiguity, take ownership of meaningful outcomes, and bring others with you—building trust, sharing context, and solving problems through collaboration
• You may come from consulting, engineering, banking, or somewhere entirely different
• What matters most is how you think, how you learn, and how you lead
• If you're curious, driven, and eager to take on challenges that matter, McMaster-Carr offers the chance to make an impact and grow into a leader
• This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr

Benefits:

• 10-week paid program
• Senior leadership exposure and mentoring
• Signing bonus and summer stipend
• Opportunity to earn a full-time offer to join the Chicago leadership team, providing access to a range of world-class benefits
• Profit sharing based on company profitability for the full-time role
• Relocation stipend for the full-time role
• Informal and formal mentorship
• Employee resource groups
• 100% tuition reimbursement for future degrees effective 1 year into your career
• Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums