Production Planning & Visibility Optimization Internship
Breda - Netherlands
Job Summary
Career Category
MaintenanceJob Description
Help us shape the future of production planning and build the skills that will shape yours.
At Amgen our mission is simple and powerful: to serve patients. Every improvement in how we plan schedule and operate our manufacturing processes helps us deliver medicines more efficiently safely and reliably across the world.
At Amgen Breda over 900 colleagues from more than 40 nationalities work every day to assemble package store and distribute lifechanging medicines. Now you have the chance to contribute to this purpose and gain real experience in a global biotech environment.
LIVE
This could be your everyday
Join our Clinical Packaging and Supply Chain / Manufacturing teams in a handson assignment focused on improving how production planning information is visualized managed and used on the shopfloor.
Today our planning & production teams rely on an internal tool to track production orders room allocation routing logic and operational exceptions. The tool works but it can be smarter clearer and more insightful.
And thats where you come in.
Your mission
You will help enhance an existing production planning and visibility dashboard by:
- Mapping current production & planning processes
- Identifying inefficiencies gaps and missing logic
- Supporting the integration of room allocation order routing and exception handling
- Analyzing production data to define improvement opportunities
- Translating operational insights into practical datadriven enhancements
- Working with Production Planning Supply Chain and Engineering stakeholders
This is a chance to blend data operations and problemsolving and make a visible impact in a real regulated manufacturing environment.
Deliverables
During your internship you will:
Map the current-state planning process
Analyze production & planning datasets
Identify gaps in logic visibility and usability
Propose and document improvement recommendations
Support enhancements to the planning dashboard
Present a final report & recommendations to stakeholders
Your work will directly contribute to a fully functioning and integrated production planning dashboard used by operational teams across the site.
WIN
What we expect of you
Were looking for a curious proactive student who likes to understand how things work and how to make them better.
Youll thrive if you bring:
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills
- Interest in manufacturing engineering or operations
- Affinity with data and willingness to dive into datasets
- Structured thinking and process-mapping ability
- Clear communication with stakeholders at different levels
- Basic experience with Power BI or programming (nice-to-have)
- Interest in Lean / continuous improvement concepts
Best fit:
Final-year HBO/WO student (afstudeer or meewerkstage) in Industrial Engineering Operations Management Mechanical/Process Engineering Supply Chain Business Engineering or related studies.
THRIVE
What we offer
As we create treatments that take care of others we ensure our teammates thrive personally and professionally.
Youll benefit from:
- A dynamic international environment at one of the Worlds Best Workplaces
- Supportive supervision and mentorship
- Professional development through the Amgen Internship Program
- Monthly Lunch & Learn sessions and a Final Poster Session
- On-site gym vitality programs & healthy cafeteria
- Hybrid working possibilities
- Internship allowance
- Opportunities to apply for temporary or permanent roles at Amgen
Eligibility
You must be currently enrolled at a Dutch HBO or WO university.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
About Company
Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses. As an organization dedicated to improving the ... View more