Company: TEALEAVES
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Term: Four or Eight-month, full-time co-op internship
Compensation: $4,100–$5,000 per month
Start Date: Based on the UBC co-op term
Build the Operating System Behind a Global Luxury Brand
TEALEAVES is seeking an analytically strong and intellectually curious UBC Sauder student to join our Operations team for a four or eight-month co-op internship.
Working directly with senior leadership, consultants, suppliers, global warehouses, and cross-functional teams, you will gain practical experience across supply-chain planning, ERP transformation, operational analytics, process design, international logistics, inventory management, and responsible business.
This is not a traditional internship built around observation or administrative support. You will be expected to analyze real business challenges, improve workflows, develop recommendations, and progressively take ownership of projects that influence how TEALEAVES operates across North America, Europe, and Asia.
For a student interested in operations, consulting, entrepreneurship, or strategy, this role offers an unusually broad view into an agile, design-centric organization with global influence.
About TEALEAVES
Established in Vancouver in 1994, TEALEAVES is the custom tea blender of choice for leading five-star hotels, luxury hospitality brands, and Michelin-starred chefs worldwide.
Every blend is crafted in-house by our Master Blenders, drawing upon tea’s cultural heritage while exploring the future of taste, hospitality, and guest experience.
TEALEAVES operates at the intersection of luxury, design, sustainability, technology, and social impact. Our work has included collaborations and dialogue with international organizations, universities, nonprofits, designers, scientists, cultural institutions, and global thought leaders.
Through initiatives such as the Biodiversity+ Design Toolkit, TEALEAVES explores how design thinking can contribute to positive outcomes for people and the planet.
Learn more:
www.tealeaves.com/pages/our-projects
www.biodiversitydesign.org
Why This Co-op Exists
TEALEAVES is undertaking an end-to-end transformation of its operational and technological infrastructure: transitioning its enterprise systems to Microsoft Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics Sales while redesigning the workflows that connect forecasting, inventory, procurement, production, logistics, customer service, and global fulfillment.
You will help strengthen these systems, improve the visibility of operational data, and identify practical applications for AI and automation.
You may help test system functionality, improve demand and inventory planning, build dashboards, map workflows, document operating procedures, and support global logistics activities.
This is an opportunity to help co-design and collaborate on how a global company works.
What You Will Work On
Enterprise Systems and Operational Data
- Support order, inventory, production, and fulfillment activities within Microsoft Business Central.
- Support testing, optimizing, and creating standard operating procedures following the enterprise resource planning transition.
- Analyze forecasts, inventory levels and stock movements.
Global Logistics and Fulfillment
- Support the movement of parcels, pallets, containers, and drayage shipments.
- Communicate with carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, suppliers, and warehouse partners.
- Monitor fulfillment timelines and help resolve shipping or inventory issues.
Collaboration with Accounting
- The Co-op Intern will also work closely with Accounting - including supporting inventory reconciliations, pricing reviews, and the investigation of discrepancies between operational and financial records. The experience will provide practical insight into how supply-chain decisions flow through the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and overall profitability of the business.
Process Design, AI, and Continuous Improvement
- Create SOPs, process maps, and dashboards.
- Apply structured problem-solving and continuous-improvement methods to logistics problems.
What You Could Accomplish During the Term
A successful Co-op Intern could:
- Build an inventory, demand, or replenishment report used by management.
- Redesign a logistics or inventory workflow using automation or AI-supported tools.
- Improve visibility into order accuracy, stock levels, fulfillment timelines, or landed costs.
- Leave behind a measurable improvement that continues after the co-op term ends.
The scope of project ownership will reflect the length of the placement. An eight-month Co-op Intern may have the opportunity to take a larger project from analysis through implementation, while a four-month Co-op Intern will have a more focused workstream.
Who Will Thrive in This Role
You may be a strong fit if you are intrigued with higher-level problem solving, take ownership of deadlines, and enjoy improving SOPs and Workflows. You should be able to communicate clearly, work accurately with data, and convert analysis into insights and then finally into actionable Next Steps.
Experience with Excel, Power BI, ERP systems, process mapping, AI tools, logistics, or accounting is helpful but not required.
Strong ethics and personal integrity, plus courtesy and professionalism are a must in all of our positions.
Interview Process
Applications and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis in coordination with the UBC Sauder Co-op Program.
Design Your Positive Impact
At TEALEAVES, operational excellence is not separate from creativity, hospitality, or positive impact. It is what makes ambitious ideas possible.
During your co-op, you will have the opportunity to help build the systems behind a global luxury brand while developing the analytical judgment, technological fluency, and professional confidence required for the next stage of your career.
Bring your curiosity, rigour, and ambition.
Join the cause. Have a spot of tea.
TEALEAVES is committed to equity and to fostering an inclusive workplace culture. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
