Intern (m|f|d) - Global Value Management - Cost-Optimized Product Design

Your tasks

• You will support product development and technical purchasing in cross-functional projects aimed at reducing product costs.
• Become familiar with value analysis methods for cost-optimized product design and apply them in global projects with national and international teams.
• You will analyze cost structures, identify cost drivers of in-house manufactured products as well as supplier products, and develop measures for cost reduction.
• Together with project management, you will prepare workshops and participate in them as an active team member.
• You will translate measures into constructive and technical solutions.

Your profile

• You are an enrolled university student in mechanical engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, or a comparable field and have already completed your basic studies.
• You are interested in technical interrelationships and their impact on product costs.
• Very good German and English language skills, both written and spoken, are an advantage.
• You are confident in using MS Office applications.
• A proactive and analytical working style distinguishes you.
• Your profile is complemented by an independent working style and a performance-oriented mindset.

What you can expect

• With a mentor and a team at your side who will support you at the start and throughout your time at Voith and provide regular feedback, you will benefit from both professional and personal development.
• Varied work and independent projects from the very beginning provide insight into an internationally operating company.
• As an intern at Voith, you will benefit from flexible working hours and attractive remuneration due to Voith’s participation in the Fair Company Initiative; therefore, enrollment at a university is required.
• You will have access to a network of national and international interns at the headquarters in Heidenheim who meet regularly at a intern get-together.