What are the responsibilities and job description for the Process Improvement Intern February 2025 – August 2025 position at FBL Financial Group, Inc.?
Process Improvement Intern February 2025 – August 2025
If you are looking for an internship opportunity that is fun, challenging and provides you with real-world experience, look no further! Do you have an interest in process improvement and working towards a degree in Data Analytics or Supply Chain Management? If so, this internship opportunity could be a great opportunity for you!
What You'll Do: As our Process Improvement Intern, you will work closely with our Lean Six Sigma Program Manager and VP on various process improvement projects. You will grow familiar with the Lean Six Sigma classes and tools/processes in this area. You will also help create a newsletter, move projects and information to their new software, assist in creating report dashboards or reporting, and more. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience of what our Lean Six Sigma program does and how it adds value to Farm Bureau by delivering our highest priority strategic initiatives.
Our internship program holds an 80/10/10 approach, meaning that 80% of your work time will involve performing tasks or working on projects within your hired work area. Another 10% of the time, you will be exposed to learning in other areas within your assigned division to get more corporate experience. Then, the final 10% will be spent in shared experiences across the organization, where you will get to really learn about our culture and work environment.
What it Takes to Join our Team:
- Be a current college student (Junior or Senior preferred) who has experience and/or interest in process improvement.
- Be able to work part time (15 – 20 hours/week) February – May 2025 and Full time (37.75 hours/week) June – August 2025
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work from our office in West Des Moines, Iowa.
If you're interested in getting your career started on the right track, joining a company that appreciates employees and provides growth and development opportunities, we invite you to apply today. Farm Bureau.... where the grass really IS greener!
Work Authorization/Sponsorship: At this time, we are not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future, such as additional or permanent work authorization. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis. We are not able to sponsor now or in the future, or take over sponsorship of, an employment visa or work authorization for this role. For example, we are not considering candidates with OPT status.