Internship - Capacity Planning, Singapore (July to December 2025)

Posted:
12/9/2024, 8:44:46 PM

Location(s):
Singapore, Singapore

Experience Level(s):
Internship

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

Help us get ahead of disease together with our Materials & Business Effectiveness team / Capacity Planning Internship, 2025: 

Education required: Undergraduate studying a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university, open to all disciplines including Engineering, Industrial System, Business Administration, Arts & Social Science (Economics)

Other requirements: Must be enrolled at a SG university for the duration of your internship and must be doing a full-time credit-bearing internship

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Internship period: July to December 2025

Application deadline: 31 January 2025

As applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, we recommend applying as soon as possible for your application to be considered. This vacancy will be closed once we have enough applications for consideration. 

Are you looking to gain valuable world work experience and help to positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for a GSK Internship today!

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact!  You’ll take on challenging, serious work on live projects or assignments.  You’ll also get to learn from us, develop your skills and gain valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.


What will you do?

The intern will perform capacity planning for the site’s storage facilities, which involves visualizing and analyzing data, as well as recommending solutions to circumvent anticipated storage challenges. They will also participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to reduce cost and ensure campaign readiness.

What will you learn?

Capacity Planning for Storage Facilities

  • Utilize forecasting tools (Power BI and Excel) to map out demand and supply of raw materials with reference to data on the site’s Production Plan, Bill of Materials, Current Inventory, and Open Purchase Orders

  • Understand and utilize the site Production Plan to develop a corresponding warehouse space utilization plan

  • Perform Impact Assessments on storage capacity when there are anticipated changes to the Production Plan

  • Analyze capacity forecasts to identify time periods where facilities are expected to experience a capacity shortage, identify solutions to manage such challenges, and evaluate their feasibility

Engineering Spares and Lab Chemicals Management

  • Manage the inventory of Engineering Spares using automated storage solutions (Rotomat and Lean Lift) that expedite the processes of Cycle Counting, Binning and Goods Issuance, at the touch of a button – with potential for future implementation of RFID technology

  • Perform data analysis on the consumption patterns, reorder points and lead times of Lab Chemicals, and migrate data into the SAP system

Improve Delivery Performance of Suppliers and Ensure Campaign Readiness of Raw Materials

  • Visualize delivery performance of suppliers providing goods to GSK.

  • Build a robust system to manage GSK contracts with suppliers.

  • Visualize campaign readiness based on availability of raw materials.

  • Develop a robust process to monitor and review stocking levels of raw materials to support campaigns.

What are we looking for?

  • A lively interest in supply chain operations, commercial processes, and the biopharma industry

  • A keen appetite to build strong relationships with key stakeholders and business partners.

  • Adaptability to change and ability to work under pressure

  • Excellent communication skills to influence and build cordial relationships with the team and key business partners

  • Strong problem-solving skills driven by curiosity

  • Confidence in making judgments and decisions

  • Excellent project management skills and ability to prioritize tasks according to deadlines

  • Experience in programming (VBA Macros, Python) and data visualization (Power BI) preferred, though not required

What do we offer you?

  • Understand and experience the GSK Culture

  • Work with a diversified team of professionals

  • Implement technical knowledge and skills that you have acquired at school

  • Apply and develop soft skills such as interpersonal, communications and negotiation skills

  • Transport to and from site to MRT stations in centralised locations all across Singapore (only for manufacturing sites)

Let’s do this!

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website.

Learn more about the application process: gsk.to/ETprocess

Hear more from our past interns here: What do our interns like about working at GSK?

Get some tips from our interns: Top Tips from Our Interns 

You can learn more about GSK and our careers here https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/

Apply now!

Need help with your application?

Please email us at [email protected] and let us know how we can help you.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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