Summer 2025 MBA Internship: Leadership, Strategy & Operations-Cleveland

Posted 6 Days Ago
Cleveland, OH
200K-320K Annually
Internship
eCommerce • Hardware • Logistics • Mobile • Software
McMaster-Carr is a one-stop shop for the materials that keep plants running
The Role
As an MBA intern, you will gain hands-on experience in leadership and operations by managing teams, improving order accuracy with technology, and enhancing customer service processes. This internship provides a pathway to a full-time management role.
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Who We Are
McMaster-Carr is a market-leading e-commerce company helping customers build anything because we offer everything. We've thrived for over 120 years thanks to our relentless focus on the customer experience, adaptability, and world-class operations. Our curious, exceptional people are always at the center of our evolution, turning new challenges and disruptive technologies into opportunities to learn new skills and get important work done that makes our customers' lives better.
We take pride in developing our business capabilities in-house, offering our teams unparalleled opportunities to solve problems across technology, product merchandising, publishing, distribution, and customer service. Our dynamic teams, enriched by diverse perspectives, collaborate in person to achieve the best outcomes for our customers.
What You'll Do
As an MBA intern on our Cleveland management team, you'll get hands-on experience solving problems across various business contexts and exposure to cultivating high-performing teams and leading world-class operations. Each day is different and driven by our customers' evolving needs. As a result, you might find yourself doing any of the following:

  • Leading a 30-person packing department to ship thousands of daily orders.
  • Design and intentionally implement LLM-based review of order documents to improve accuracy and expedite order entry process.
  • Challenge customer service staffing and skillset models to resolve more customer inquiries on the first touch.


This MBA internship is your gateway to a full-time role on our Cleveland management team, with a clear path to senior leadership. Your growth will be fueled by the impact of your work, not rigid timelines or predetermined milestones.
Compensation & Benefits

  • 10-week paid program
  • Senior leadership exposure and mentoring
  • Summer housing stipend


Opportunity to earn a full-time offer to join the Cleveland leadership team, providing access to a range of world-class benefits, including:

  • Total cash compensation around $200,000-$320,000 and includes profit sharing based on company profitability
  • Relocation stipend and signing bonus
  • 100% tuition reimbursement
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums
  • Industry-leading, company-funded retirement accounts
  • Informal and formal mentorship opportunities
  • Employee resource groups
  • Inclusive, all-gender benefits
  • First-time homebuyer assistance
  • Paid parental leave for all new parents
  • Adoption and surrogacy assistance

  • Who You Are
    We're on the lookout for bright, curious, and ambitious people eager to make an impact and become leaders at McMaster-Carr. We value diverse experiences-from consultants to investment bankers to engineers and more-because we know that fresh perspectives fuel innovation. If you thrive on asking "what if" and "why," tackling new challenges, and collaborating with others, McMaster-Carr is the place for you.
    Location: Cleveland, OH
    EOE/M/F/VET/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity
    This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr.

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    The Company
    HQ: Elmhurst, IL
    0 Employees
    On-site Workplace
    Year Founded: 1901

    What We Do

    McMaster-Carr is an e-commerce company offering more than half a million products used to keep business in motion. With more than 300,000 daily visits to our website, customers from a variety of industries turn to us when they need to build, design, repair or maintain just about anything because we are the complete, one-stop source for industrial supplies.

    Technology teams play a vital role in McMaster-Carr’s success. The software that drives our business is developed in-house by a growing team of versatile engineers. Whether the project is automating distribution operations, improving browsing features on our app or integrating a new data center to serve five national facilities, people flourish when they love to learn and pursue ambitious goals.

    McMaster-Carr’s diverse business creates the opportunity to explore new technologies and develop expertise that is both broad and deep. Growth is supported by an inclusive culture of development seen in mentorship, reading groups, guilds and town halls that create community. They pursue career growth through learning and advancement in technical and project leadership.

    Why Work With Us

    Curious people thrive at McMaster-Carr. Engineers build technical knowledge through learning groups, book clubs, and one-on-one mentoring. Diverse projects offer experience with a wide range of technologies to encourage career-long learning. Great work is celebrated in an inclusive workplace dedicated to equity, growth and employee well-being.

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    McMaster-Carr Offices

    OnSite Workspace

    Engineers benefit from collaboration onsite with teams.

    Typical time on-site: None
    HQElmhurst, IL
    McMaster-Carr is in a thriving suburb with easy access to city living via public transportation and highways. The local community offers a vibrant downtown full of restaurants and pubs, parks, historic homes, art museums and a university.

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