Site Name:
Singapore - Jurong

Posted Date:
Jan 9 2023

Office Location:
Jurong

Hiring Manager:
Operational Excellence Manager

Number of internship positions: 1

Preferred Period of Internship Required:
May/June - Dec 2023

Preferred Course of Intern:
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering / Industrial & System Engineering.

Job Purpose
Manufacturing Supply Chain Process Flow Improvement - Plant Change Over Optimisation

Key Activities
Do you have a strong desire to learn about what it means to get your hands dirty in a live manufacturing pharmaceutical plant? Would you like to have a first-hand experience in improving process workflows in a multi-national organisation like GSK? Would you also like to build up your social and inter-personal skills?

If your answer is yes to all the above, the GSK Production System (GPS) Industrial Attachment / Internship programme is just the one for you

Based at the Jurong site in Pioneer Sector 1, you will actively participate and be involved in driving improvements to process flows across the GSK manufacturing supply chain, specifically for plant change over processes at the Jurong and Quality Road manufacturing sites in Singapore.

At the end of the internship, you would expect to have experienced and accomplished the following:1) Obtained hands-on experience with various plant activities in a live manufacturing environment for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, with focus on plant change over processes.

2) Actively led or participated in Kaizen sessions to develop strategies and ideas for plant change over process flow optimisation, through the use of:

• Analysis of plant change over performance data through data collection and mining.
• Advocating continuous improvement mindset and culture through engagement with various departments in the Value Streams for identification of improvement opportunities.

3) Contributed to the site's overall continuous improvement culture by providing support to GPS Experts and personnel from other functions through the use of the GPS Framework.

4) Assisted in the coordination and facilitation of:

• Site-wide GPS workshops,
• Improvements to the KPI dashboards on site,
• Site/departmentwide events which provide valuable experience that comes with the immersion of oneself in the GSK culture,
• Many other adhoc events that serve as platforms for ample opportunities to build a network within the GSK community.

Learning Outcomes:

• Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering & Technical functions to develop strategies and ideas to improve process flows.
• Spend time in the plant to analyse processes and look for improvement opportunities.
• Opportunities to be exposed to lean concepts with GPS to increase productivity across the endtoend supply chain.

GSK Ideal Fit:

• Hungry to learn
• Flexible; able to work both independently and as a team
• Strong ability to analyze and present data
• Sociable, with excellent communication and organisational skills.

Interested?

Why GSK:

Uniting science, talent, and technology 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.

Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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

#LI-GSK

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.

Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

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 includ

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