Who We Are
McMaster-Carr is a trusted e-commerce company that has kept industry in motion for over 120 years. Every day, hundreds of thousands of customers turn to our website, app, or catalog to find the parts they need and get them fast. Our work supports customers in solving problems, avoiding downtime, and keeping critical operations running smoothly.
We serve industries that touch nearly every part of daily life: aerospace, agriculture, entertainment, marine, medical, automotive, food and beverage, and more. Our work may happen behind the scenes, but its impact is everywhere.
Our customers don’t just rely on us to maintain what matters today, they also look to us to help them imagine what’s next. Through tools like 3D CAD models, intuitive search, and a constantly evolving product offering, we help customers discover new solutions, iterate on ideas, and improve the way they work.
Accelerate Your Career at McMaster-Carr
From day one, you’ll take ownership of meaningful work that moves our business forward. The Management Track is not a traditional rotational development program. Here your success is not time-bound, instead it is driven by your impact and self-driven growth. This is a hands-on, immersive, impactful opportunity.We welcome 2026 undergraduate and master’s graduates from any major. What matters most is how you make thoughtful decisions to advance work forward, collaborate with others, and drive your own development.
What You’ll Do
As part of our management team, you will do work that matters. From day one, your work will influence advancing all areas of our business from customer service to distribution operations to our product development and publishing information. Over time, you’ll grow into a leader who brings out the best in others and drives results across the company. Your work might include:
- Leading cross-functional initiatives
Collaborate with teams in tech, customer service, and distribution. You’ll help define the problem, align people around a solution, and make sure the changes stick. - Using AI to improve how we work
Apply large language models to automate routine tasks, uncover insights in customer feedback, or build tools that help our writers create better product descriptions more quickly. - Making ordering easier for customers
Streamline the order-to-payment process to eliminate barriers, reduce manual steps, and make doing business with us more seamless. - Improving distribution through automation
Design and implement automation that helps our warehouses operate more efficiently and deliver products to customers faster and more accurately. - Fixing operational pain points
Identify recurring issues—like damaged products or order delays—and lead projects to solve the underlying problems. - Owning and growing a product category
Decide what we sell, how we present it, and how we grow it. Use customer insights, data, and industry trends to shape our offering and drive growth. - Strengthening supplier relationships
Evaluate suppliers to ensure great quality, pricing, and delivery. Help improve product availability and reduce risk for customers and for us. - Launching new digital features
Work with our tech teams to design and test features that help customers search, navigate, and buy more effectively.
Who You Are
You are curious, driven, and eager to make an impact. You ask thoughtful questions, enjoy solving tough problems, and bring out the best in the people around you. You know that strong collaboration isn’t just about communication or teamwork, it’s about creating the conditions for others to contribute fully, challenge ideas constructively, and move the work forward together. We hire undergrads and advanced degrees from all majors—English, Engineering, Philosophy, Business, and more—because we know that diversity of thought makes us better. If you’re excited to take on meaningful challenges, build new skills by doing impactful work, and help a team succeed, we’d love to meet you.
Cash Compensation
- Starting base pay is $133,000.
- Total cash compensation is generally around $165,000 to $180,000 and includes profit sharing based on company profitability.
- Includes a signing bonus and relocation stipend.
Benefits
Growth & Learning
- 100% tuition reimbursement (including MBAs)
- Informal and formal mentorship
- Employee resource groups
Health & Wellbeing
- Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums
- Inclusive, all-gender benefits
Time Off
- Paid time off for vacation and personal time
Family & Future
- Paid parental leave for all new parents
- Adoption and surrogacy assistance
- First-time home buyer assistance
- Industry leading company-funded retirement accounts
Equal Opportunity Employer
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected group.
This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr.
Data We Collect
We may collect professional, education and employment-related data, and any assessments made throughout the recruiting process, to evaluate candidacy for employment. To communicate with job applicants, we may collect applicant names, contact information, and other personal identifiers, including those outlined in the California customer records statute. Through voluntary disclosure, we may also collect protected classifications under federal or California law (e.g., race, gender, etc.). For additional details about the personal information we collect and its uses, please click here.
