Strategy Realization Graduate Summer Intern
A career with MilliporeSigma is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 57,000 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in healthcare, life science and performance materials. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. MilliporeSigma is a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.
About the Program:
The Life Science Graduate Internship program is a 10-week experience designed to identify the next generation of talent at MilliporeSigma. This program provides a unique opportunity within one of our business units or capabilities (Research Solutions, Applied Solutions, Process Solutions, or Strategy and Business Development) to focus on a key, strategic business area within our Life Science sector.
For those selected, you will own a high impact project(s) and benefit from the support of an executive mentor and the MilliporeSigma Talent and Development organization. You will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities throughout the program to promote teamwork, social responsibility and the development of both technical and interpersonal skills.
Start Date: June 7, 2020 through August 13, 2020
Location: For the 2021 summer, this program will be fully virtual. If circumstances allow, the team will bring the intern cohort onsite the week of our poster symposium.
Your Role:
The Life Science Strategy Realization Team (SRT) enables the execution of highly cross-functional key strategic initiatives on operational effectiveness and strategic growth and helps to capture the full business value.
Reporting into the Head of SRT, you will support and/or co-lead different phases of key strategic initiatives across multiple business areas. Working with us, you’ll join a dynamic, versatile and highly collaborative team that enjoys making strategy happen. Responsibilities include:
- The SRT drives and/or supports a broad variety of initiatives of different duration depending on strategic imperatives, hence the final initiative(s) supported by the grad intern will be identified and shaped at a later stage
- As an example, we are currently working on: commercial plan for key strategic market; business case & financial monitoring for global operational effectiveness initiative; process improvement for global organic growth / CAPEX management; PMO for global digital transformation; monitoring & reporting of project execution & financial KPIs
- You will help the SRT on key project stages: business case development, project planning, current-state assessment, future-state design, gap analysis, implementation, monitoring
- You will interact with multiple teams (business units, functions, regions), using your communication and stakeholder management skills to gather relevant data and information, and present project outcomes
- You will leverage our internal capabilities (eg. data, analytics platforms, subject-matter experts) and external resources to develop best-in-class recommendations
Who you are:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Pursuing a Master’s degree in business (MBA or similar), or science / engineering with business curriculum/concentration
Preferred Qualifications:
- Passion, entrepreneurial spirit, curiosity
- Ability to absorb, understand, and structure large amounts of new information quickly
- Understanding of / interest in life science, pharma/biotech, high-tech/digital industries
- Previous experience in consulting, finance, product management, business analytics, or supply chain
- Training and/or certification in PMP or Agile
- Highly motivated graduate student with a proven track record of academic excellence and a desire to work in the Life Science industry.
What we offer: With us, there are always opportunities to break new ground. We empower you to fulfil your ambitions, and our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons. We trust you with responsibility early on and support you to draw your own career map that is responsive to your aspirations and priorities in life. Join us and bring your curiosity to life!
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