What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operational Excellence Engineering Intern position at YellaWood?
Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc., makers of YellaWood brand pressure-treated pine, is seeking an Operational Excellence Intern for the 2025 Summer Internship Program. This program is an opportunity to experience the lumber industry and workforce like never before. From networking opportunities and real-world projects to community service events, Great Southern provides the incredible opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience.
Responsibilities may include :
- Actively engage with customers, external networks, and internal colleagues to identify challenges, market gaps, and problems.
- Assist in the ideation, collaboration, research and development, and screening of newly proposed solutions.
- Participate in the collaboration and refinement process of an idea - done internally and externally to the company.
- Assist in the ideation process of a new concept through its launch.
- Create a compelling story and deliver the value proposition to multiple audiences.
- Problem-solve with differing perspectives, confidently and effectively communicate new ideas and be fully committed to the successful launch of new ideas.
- Seek solutions in a transparent manner with external colleagues / customers, internal project teams, and senior executive management.
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About Great Southern Wood Preserving :
Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc. is the industry's leading producer of pressure-treated lumber products for D-I-Y retail home centers, pro-dealers, and other retail building-related segments. Our YellaWood brand pressure-treated pine is widely known to consumers throughout the South who use it for various outdoor building projects. Great Southern also distributes a large volume of products from many of the best-known brands in the industry. Thanks to 15 full-service treating plants and several production facilities, Great Southern Wood is strategically located to provide prompt and efficient service to lumber yards and building supply stores throughout the South, Midwest, and Northeast.
