Consumer Planning Intern

Job Purpose:

Operational, Import, NPI & Tactical Planning Consumer teams are part of Logistics & Supply Chain Planning department, being responsible for the Master production plan of Bridgestone EU consumer plants on Operational & Tactical horizon (up to 18 months), for Import Planning and New Product Introduction processes. The team is looking for a new intern to support different activities.

Main Responsibilities: 

•    Collecting data & issuing some of key reports shared with top management and other stakeholders.
•    Supporting teams in some projects (i.e. reporting transfer to Power BI).
•    Supporting teams in running simulations with OMP in order to spot constraints in the short/mid-term.
•    Calculate monthly Import order purchase from other sources and prepare mid-term forecast.
•    Collaborating with Centre of Excellence to identify OMP tool potential areas of improvement.
•    Supporting OPP & Tactical leaders in data analysis & monthly Power Point presentations to plants & top management.

Consumer Planning Intern he/she will interact mainly with OPP & Tactical teams, but also with other stakeholders (plants, COE, tactical planning, distribution planning, demand planning, Sales and Suppliers from other Bridgestone entities).

Bridgestone LEADERSHIP ESSENCE:

Qualified candidates for this position will need to demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others:  Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellene.
• Promotes and enhances company culture:  Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs.
• Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity.
• BOSS focused - serves the customers having the end users in mind:  Makes BOSS (end users) and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive relationships with BOSS; leverages BOSS intimacy in the development of new products, services and competitive advantage.
• Intellectually curious in support of learning agility:  Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.

Competences to be acquired

• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of people with different personalities and backgrounds, Strong communication skills, both oral and written: 
• Ability to translate numbers into insights and present them to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand manner.

Competences to be acquired

• Experience in using data analysis tools. e.g. Excel, Microsoft Business Intelligence, other Experience in using data analysis tools. e.g. Excel, Microsoft Business Intelligence, other relevant business information software
• Planned and organized approach in completing tasks.
• Ability to collaborate with a diverse range of people with different personalities and backgrounds, Strong communication skills, both oral and written:
• Ability to translate numbers into insights and present them to stakeholders in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented and accurate.
• Ability to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Ability to efficiently collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Experience:

• Degree level expected: Bachelor or master’s degree in Supply Chain/ Operations/Engineering.
• Advanced level in MS Excel & Power Point, experience with OMP/MS Access/VBA/PowerBI is a plus.
• Fluent in English, any other European language is a plus.