Operational Excellence Internship

Abbott is a global health care company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies in health care. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 160 countries and employs approximately 110,000 people.

During an internship at Abbott, you will learn about all details of our businesses. Abbott offers an all including internship with a diverse choice of training and personal coaching during your internship. Furthermore, you become part of a successful and valued organization which is a key player in the future of healthcare.

Divided over the Dutch Abbott locations in Heerlen, Zwolle, Olst, Weesp, Breda, Hoofddorp and Veenendaal, Abbott offers a variety of internships.

Abbott Vascular Netherlands is located in Heerlen, The Netherlands. Together with the distribution center in the USA we are responsible for the for the worldwide distribution of Abbott’s vascular products. From our 10,000 m2 warehouse we ship an average of 1,700 deliveries per day (765,000 units per month) to hospitals, Abbott distributors and Abbott affiliates in Europe, Middle East, Africa and South America.

We do not only ship international on a global scale, also our 200 employees working in the warehouse and office departments come from all over the world. Making us a company of inclusion and diversity. Together as 1 team we make sure that we process customer orders, maintain a high service level to ensure that our customers receive the right products on time. Abbott Vascular Netherlands offers a complete and high standard Supply Chain solution, including an extensive range of value-add logistics activities such as labeling, relabeling and reworking of products to meet country specific needs.

Background

As an Operational Excellence Intern, the assignment you will work on will be focusing on warehouse processes and operational excellence. These departments are connected to almost all elements, making your assignment dynamic, interesting and meaningful. Our aim is to provide an real work experience to our students, where students can work on a project from start to actual implementation. You will be guided on content, stakeholder management, presentation and of course your own paper.

In return, you are going to lead a DMAIC on process efficiency of the team itself. We have guidelines on our efficiency and not reaching the desired state. By analyzing the current process in place, capturing inputs from the different stakeholders, review of the process, we want to optimize our workflow. Identify solutions to make the process more efficient are the main focus on this Internship. Next to that you will work closely with different Departments such as: Warehouse Operations Supervisors, Quality Department and Site Leadership members.

Problem Description

There are process inefficiencies that need to be resolved for our warehouse processes. These inefficiencies are visible by metrics and/ or our strategy to deliver life changing technologies to our Customers and be a Trusted Partner as Center of Excellence for Distribution. Inefficiencies can be considered in leadtime of processes, time spend on activities, variation within outcomes… and many more. During the conversation targeted problems will be shared as continuous improvement is key within our Distribution Center.

Objectives

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• You will spend 100% of your time leading an initiative based on the DMAIC structure about how the make make the team more effective within their workflows.

We are looking for a motivated student at the level of university and/or Applied Sciences (HBO or WO) to join our business for this assignment, including but not limited to the following field of studies:

• People and Business management
• Business Studies (Business Management)
• International Business
• Technische Bedrijfskunde

If your study is not listed, but you still think you would be the right intern for Abbott Vascular Netherlands, do not hesitate to contact us for any questions or possibilities in Heerlen or perhaps one of the other Abbott sites in the Netherlands!]

Apply directly with your CV!

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.