Operational Excellence Intern

Founded in 1925, Festo Corporation is the leading worldwide supplier of automation technology and the performance leader in industrial training and education programs. For many years Festo has been providing impetus for factory automation and offers a wide product and service portfolio from individual components to complex customized solutions and system. As a family-owned company, we act from a holistic perspective.

We take responsibility for our actions globally and locally, we want to contribute to the quality of life and conservation of resources where we operate with new technologies, knowledge, and education.

For further growth of our businesses, we are looking for an Operational Excellence Intern for our Manisa facility.

Your job:

• Support Operational Excellence and Administrative Excellence (ADEX) activities across operational and administrative functions

• Contribute to the implementation of Synchronized Production System (SPS)

• Support continuous improvement, process optimization and standardization projects

• Participate in process observations, Gemba walks, workshops and structured problem-solving activities

• Assist in analyzing operational and administrative processes and identifying improvement opportunities

• Support SPS assessments, action tracking and the preparation of supporting documentation

• Contribute to digitalization and workflow automation initiatives

• Support KPI tracking, data analysis, performance reporting and dashboard development

• Assist in preparing presentations, training materials, reports and management communication content

• Collaborate with Production, Logistics, Engineering, Quality and other supporting functions

• Take ownership of assigned improvement tasks and follow up on their implementation

Your qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree student in Industrial Engineering, Management Engineering or a related field

• Previous internship or project experience in manufacturing, process improvement, data analysis or digitalization is an advantage

• Basic knowledge of or strong interest in Operational Excellence, Administrative Excellence, Lean Management, continuous improvement and process management

• Good command of written and spoken English

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

• Knowledge of Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate or other data visualization and digitalization tools is an advantage

• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving and organizational skills

• Proactive, curious and self-driven working approach

• Ability to work independently, take responsibility and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

• Availability to work at least three days per week for a minimum period of six months