Lean/Continuous Improvement Intern

About the role

This internship offers hands-on experience supporting materials management and continuous improvement through participation in Lean Kaizen activities and follow-up initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Analyze inventory, MRP parameters, lead times, and planning data to help improve raw, semi-finished, and finished goods performance across manufacturing and distribution operations.
• Reduce excess and obsolete materials, improve inventory health, address product expiry and scrap, and support solution implementation, performance tracking, and final presentations of results.
• Support 1-2 Irvine operations in their improvements to inventory $, inbound freight cost, and 'net scrap' (i.e., expiry) Kaizen preparation:
• Baseline Data collection and analysis, understanding MRP (impact of planning/buying, impact of key master data (safety stock, lead time, lot size, etc), and how these factors impact inventory dollars, inventory turns and product expiry.
• Post kaizen sustainment (of improvements) daily management, process indicators, standard work, and plant MORs.
• Participation in a minimum of 1 Global Lean Kaizen.
• Implementation of local KPIs (Plant inventory dashboard) for each work area.
• Calculate financial impact of the kaizen teams supported.

Requirements

Education: Major in Operations Management, Material management, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

Work Experience: Previous summer internships or work experience in laboratories, manufacturing environments working with electromechanical, chemical and/or mechanical devices. Laboratory experience working with electrical/electromechanical devices and equipment is a plus.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills: Must work well/interact well with people of all levels of education, work experience and different functions/departments.
• Problem solver: Natural curiosity, inquisiveness and a seek-to-understand mentality.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

We're proud to offer a variety of options, including competitive medical plans for you and your family, free HSA funds, a new fertility offering with stipend, group life and disability, paid parental leave, 401k plus profit sharing, an employee stock purchase program, a new upgraded and streamlined mental health platform, extensive learning and development opportunities, education benefits, student debt relief program, pet insurance, wellness challenges and support, paid time off, Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s), and more!

Pay

The hourly range for this position is $25 at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be provided in writing at the time of offer, if applicable, and is based on several factors we believe fairly and accurately impact compensation, including geographic location, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other job permitted factors.

Schedule

This position must be based in Irvine, California and requires the employee to be located within commuting distance of the office.