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Help us get ahead of disease together with our GSK Jurong Change Over Process Flow Improvement Internship, 2025:Education required: Undergraduate studying a Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Chemical EngineeringOther requirements: Must be enrolled at a SG university for the duration of your internship and doing a credit-bearing internshipLanguage requirement: Written and spoken fluency in EnglishInternship period: January to June 2025Application deadline: 30 August 2024We recommend you apply as soon as possible. We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.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 \xe2\x80\x93 to take on a real role with genuine impact! You\xe2\x80\x99ll take on challenging, serious work on live projects or assignments. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also get to learn from us, develop your skills and gain valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.What will you do?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 Jurong site, Singapore. Jurong is a key New Product Introduction site for GSK.At the end of the internship, you would expect to have experienced and accomplished the following:Understanding of various plant activities in a live manufacturing environment for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, with focus on manufacturing plant change over processesActively 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- Application of lean principles and tools such as 5S, standard work, DMAIC and Continuous Improvement @ Gemba to surface out wastes in the workflow- Advocating continuous improvement mindset and culture through engagement with various departments (e.g. Value Streams, Quality Laboratory, Engineering etc.) for identification of improvement opportunitiesContributed to the site\xe2\x80\x99s overall continuous improvement culture by providing support to the manufacturing Change Over team through the use of the GPS (GSK Production System) FrameworkAssisted in the coordination and facilitation of:- "Kaizen" (Improvement) Workshops- Improvements to the KPI dashboards for manufacturing Change Over- Department events which provide valuable experience that comes with the immersion of oneself in the GSK culture- Many other ad-hoc events that serve as platforms for ample opportunities to build a network within the GSK communityWhat will you learn?Being part of the Manufacturing Change Over team, work closely with Quality, Engineering & Technical (MSAT) functions to develop strategies and ideas to improve process flowsSpend time in the plant to analyse processes and look for improvement opportunitiesOpportunities to be exposed to lean concepts on GPS as well as digitalisation and Smart Manufacturing platformsWhat are we looking for?Individual who is curious and hungry to learnFlexible; able to work both independently and as a teamStrong ability to analyse and present dataSociable, with excellent communication and organisational skillsKnowledge of PowerBI, advanced analytics in Excel is a bonusWhat do we offer you?Understand and experience the GSK CultureWork with a diversified team of professionalsImplement technical knowledge and skills that you have acquired at schoolApply and develop soft skills such as interpersonal, communications and negotiation skillsTransport to and from site to MRT stations in centralised locations across SingaporeLet\xe2\x80\x99s do this!You\xe2\x80\x99ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website.Learn more about the application process:Hear more from our past interns here:Get some tips from our interns:You can learn more about GSK and our careers hereApply now!Need help with your application?Please email us at and let us know how we can help you.Why GSK?Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 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\xe2\x80\x99s 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.Important notice to Employment businesses/ AgenciesGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK\'s commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

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