What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Intern position at Puratos?
Do you have the appetite to Grow Your Magic?
Puratos is a global purpose-driven company focused on bringing people together through food innovation for good. We offer a full range of innovative food ingredients and services for the bakery, patisserie, and chocolate sectors, serving artisans, retailers, industrial and food service companies in over 100 countries around the world. Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit, and core values continue to propel our global ambitions. This coupled with our commitment to our communities is what makes working at Puratos so magical.
In the US, we are headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ, with a national footprint.
Come join the magic and help move the planet forward!
Internship Overview
The Production Operations intern will work alongside team members across different functions including Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Engineering to support critical initiatives. This role will assist and execute different projects within the plant environment that may include continuous improvement initiatives, people management and supervision. This role will be a contributing member of a dynamic and collaborative team and gain hands-on experience within the Operations function.
This is a paid full-time, 40 hour per week internship. This position will be located in our Pennsauken, NJ Headquarters.
Primary Responsibilities
As an ideal candidate for our program, you will possess:
Puratos is a global purpose-driven company focused on bringing people together through food innovation for good. We offer a full range of innovative food ingredients and services for the bakery, patisserie, and chocolate sectors, serving artisans, retailers, industrial and food service companies in over 100 countries around the world. Our passion for innovation, pioneering spirit, and core values continue to propel our global ambitions. This coupled with our commitment to our communities is what makes working at Puratos so magical.
In the US, we are headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ, with a national footprint.
Come join the magic and help move the planet forward!
Internship Overview
The Production Operations intern will work alongside team members across different functions including Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Engineering to support critical initiatives. This role will assist and execute different projects within the plant environment that may include continuous improvement initiatives, people management and supervision. This role will be a contributing member of a dynamic and collaborative team and gain hands-on experience within the Operations function.
This is a paid full-time, 40 hour per week internship. This position will be located in our Pennsauken, NJ Headquarters.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop technical expertise as needed for operations and production
- Support tracking, monitoring and driving of Production KPIs including OEE, downtime calculations, process loss, cost impact. Contribute to the continued improvement of production processes
- Digitization of all operational and quality compliance work processes
- Establish waste streams
- Test and validate supplier destinations
- Support revenue recovery initiatives
- Work with Maintenance and Operations team to support equipment setup and troubleshooting and safety initiatives
- Perform and accomplish additional tasks, activities and projects with guidance from the direct manager
As an ideal candidate for our program, you will possess:
- Junior or Senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree from an accredited program, preferably majoring in Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain/Logistics, or any Business field
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving and interpersonal skills
- Self-starter with a drive for collaboration, eagerness to learn and commitment to professional growth
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Passion for the Food industry, previous manufacturing experience is a plus
- Leadership roles in university clubs, volunteer clubs, or other organizations is a plus
- Must be at least 18 years old and live within commuting distance from our US Headquarters in Pennsauken, NJ
