Target Executive Internship Week Eight

This week, all the interns were invited to the Target distribution center in Albany, Oregon. This was an awesome experience. I was able to see the processes before the product actually gets to the retail store. The distribution center is essentially this huge warehouse with product and more than 600 workers! Corporate sends this product to 26 distribution centers. The team members work 10 and 12 hour shifts. This differs from the retail stores in which team members don't work as many hours at a time. The distribution center in Albany also services 68 stores in the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Throughout the tour, it was awesome to see where they received their product and the whole process of where they receive to where they ship out. There were so many trucks where the team members must fill all the trucks with the products. Every truck is about 2000 pieces! You can see how much work and heavy lifting goes into working in the distribution center compared to the retail store. The distribution center is very clean and organized considering how much product there is. I thought this was a very educational experience and a good perspective to see compared to a store perspective. It allowed me to see how every part of Target affects another. There are so many different parts to Target, from corporate to the distribution center to the retail stores.

Again, it was also nice to see the other Target interns again and catch up with them and see how their internships are going. The District Team Leaders and business partners were also there again to share the experience with us. I really love how they really care and invest so much in the internship. At any other company, I dont believe we would have gotten the same time and respect from such higher levels of management.