Corporate Strategy & Inside Sales Interns - Summer 2025

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Program Overview

McKesson’s Intern program is 10 weeks long, based in Richmond, Virginia, and is designed to provide:

• A real-life working environment

• A solid foundation of experience as a McKesson employee and hopeful offer of full time employment

• A cohort experience with other interns

• Weekly senior leadership exposure and learning experiences

We are looking for candidates who exhibit the following behaviors:

• Willingness to learn, develop, and contribute in a fun, demanding, fast-paced environment

• Self-starter that brings both interpersonal skills and a superior ability to identify a problem then solve it

• Passion and enthusiasm for healthcare and our customers’ success

While specific requirements for each role may vary, here are our general requirements:

• Enrolled as a full-time student at the time of the internship, at the Undergraduate or Graduate level

• Must have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours by the start of the internship

• 18 Years of age

• Authorized to work in the United States

• 3.0 GPA

• Major in a technical, business, technology, or analytics discipline

• Superior collaboration and communication skills

• Strong communication, writing and team collaboration skills

• Ability to manage priorities effectively

• Ability to analyze and aggregate data

There are a number of opportunities available in the following areas:

Inside Sales

The Inside Sales Intern(s) will be responsible for engaging and prospecting decision-makers to reestablish dormant relationships while driving key sales initiatives.  This is a great opportunity for rising seniors to learn about the healthcare industry, learn about products, and engage with customers. 

• Conduct research on prospective clients

• Executing customer contact campaigns focused on targeted initiatives and/or reactivating dormant accounts

• Partnering with inside sales reps and manager on special projects

• Working in Salesforce.com and executing marketing and sales campaigns

• Learn the basic competencies of a medical sales representative and aid in the sales process

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Assist in budget preparations, forecasting processes and preparing monthly financial reports

• Support the development and implementation of new tools and processes that increase use of financial analytics

• Provide proactive support and business analytics considering the business and data availability

• Help develop impact analysis for risks and opportunities related to profitability

Product Management

• Responsible for the development and execution of reimbursement tools and communication to support customer decision making for various products

• Serve as the SME for internal partners

• Analyze data and maintain recent knowledge of market trends and dynamics 

• Develop communication plans of updated information to support Sales in discussing with customers

• Collaborate within other business units to improve knowledge-sharing

• Build and leverage relationships with external suppliers

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Inventory Analytics

• Partner with Sales teams and Inventory Planning teams in root cause analysis and resolution.

• Analyze demand trends through strategic inventory placement and forecast modifications.

• Identify and manage potential at-risk inventory investments resulting from usage adjustments.

• Execute on-demand purchasing for unscheduled critical inventory replenishment.

• Facilitate new business on-boarding

• Provide readiness reporting and demand comparison reporting. 

• Act as a key contact and inventory expert in cross-functional discussions.

• Communicate critical supply chain issues to key stakeholders

Strategy & Planning

• Support Strategy and Planning teams in delivery of key initiatives related to our growth strategy

• Learn the key components of delivery for supporting various business units

• Acting with direction, develop insights and reports related to the progress of major programs and management of day to day plans

• Interact with other teams to gather and collate information related to the status of our Daily Operations programs such as Distribution, Analytics, Strategy, Technology and Category Management

Business Intelligence

• Provide support to Sr. Analysts medical surgical market analytics.  

• Provide analytical support across various segment marketing department.

• Be an excellent critical thinker and demonstrate problem solving skills.

• Have strong understanding of data manipulation, data relationships, spreadsheets, queries, and business intelligence tools such as (Google Analytics, SQL, Oracle BI).

Operations/Supply Chain

• Responsible for supporting the development/implementation of supply chain projects and programs involving cross functional teams providing a single point of contact for the projects

• Support in identifying, developing and implementing projects that mitigate unnecessary expense found in the supply chain

• Be actively engaged in the implementation & testing of various integrated systems in the new generation DC (Distribution Center) prior to go-live

• Complete, assigned projects and tasks, support calls, troubleshooting problems, end user engagement, vendor engagement, virtual and face-to-face meetings, status updates and individual development.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$20/hr

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

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