Internship - Capacity Planning, Singapore (July to December 2025)

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

Jurong, Singapore
Posted on Dec 11, 2024

Help us get ahead of disease together with our Materials & Business Effectiveness team / Capacity Planning Internship, 2025:

Education required: Undergraduate studying a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university, open to all disciplines including Engineering, Industrial System, Business Administration, Arts & Social Science (Economics)

Other requirements: Must be enrolled at a SG university for the duration of your internship and must be doing a full-time credit-bearing internship

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Internship period: July to December 2025

Application deadline: 31 January 2025

As applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, we recommend applying as soon as possible for your application to be considered. This vacancy will be closed once we have enough applications for consideration.

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What will you do?

The intern will be responsible for capacity planning for the site’s storage facilities, focusing on visualizing and analyzing data to recommend solutions that address anticipated storage challenges. Key responsibilities include:

  • Data Automation: Streamlining data extraction and analysis using Python and VBA to improve efficiency and accuracy.

  • Dashboard Development: Designing and building interactive dashboards in Power BI to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency, including dashboards for warehouse capacity and solvent tank level monitoring.

  • Task Automation: Utilizing VBA and Python to automate repetitive tasks and processes, reducing manual effort and minimizing errors.

  • Data Visualization and Analysis: Leveraging tools like Power BI to visualize data trends and insights, supporting strategic planning.

  • Continuous Improvement: Contributing to initiatives aimed at reducing costs and ensuring campaign readiness by optimizing processes and workflows.

What will you learn?

Technical Skills Development

  • Automation with Python and VBA: Gain hands-on experience in automating data extraction, analysis, and reporting processes using Python and VBA in a real-world pharmaceutical context.

  • Dashboard Development: Learn to design and create interactive dashboards in Power BI to enhance operational efficiency.

  • Advanced Excel Skills: Develop expertise in Excel for data analysis, forecasting, and reporting.

Capacity Planning for Storage Facilities

  • Forecasting and Planning: Use tools like Power BI and Excel to forecast demand and supply for raw materials based on the site’s Production Plan, Bill of Materials (BOM), Current Inventory, and Open Purchase Orders.

  • Space Utilization Planning: Develop a warehouse space utilization plan aligned with the site’s Production Plan.

  • Impact Assessments: Perform impact assessments on storage capacity when changes to the Production Plan are anticipated.

  • Problem-Solving and Feasibility Analysis: Analyze capacity forecasts to identify potential shortages, propose solutions to manage these challenges, and evaluate their feasibility.

Management of Engineering Spares and Lab Chemicals

  • Automated Inventory Management: Work with automated storage solutions such as Rotomat and Lean Lift to streamline processes like Cycle Counting, Binning, and Goods Issuance, with potential exposure to RFID technology for future enhancements.

  • Forecasting with Python: Develop forecasting models for Engineering Spares using Python to predict usage patterns and ensure optimal inventory levels.

  • Visualization of Key Metrics: Visualize Goods Receipt and Sampling Plan adherence to monitor and improve operational performance and compliance.

Improving Supplier Delivery Performance and Campaign Readiness

  • Supplier Performance Analysis: Visualize and analyze supplier delivery performance to improve material availability for production.

  • Contract Management Systems: Contribute to building a robust system for managing supplier contracts.

  • Campaign Readiness: Visualize campaign readiness based on the availability of raw materials and develop processes to monitor and review raw material stocking levels to support production campaigns effectively.

What are we looking for?

  • A lively interest in supply chain operations, commercial processes, and the biopharma industry

  • A keen appetite to build strong relationships with key stakeholders and business partners.

  • Adaptability to change and ability to work under pressure

  • Excellent communication skills to influence and build cordial relationships with the team and key business partners

  • Strong problem-solving skills driven by curiosity

  • Confidence in making judgments and decisions

  • Excellent project management skills and ability to prioritize tasks according to deadlines

  • Experience in programming (VBA Macros, Python) and data visualization (Power BI) preferred, though not required

What do we offer you?

  • Understand and experience the GSK Culture

  • Work with a diversified team of professionals

  • Implement technical knowledge and skills that you have acquired at school

  • Apply and develop soft skills such as interpersonal, communications and negotiation skills

  • Transport to and from site to MRT stations in centralised locations all across Singapore (only for manufacturing sites)

Let’s do this!

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website.

Learn more about the application process: gsk.to/ETprocess

Hear more from our past interns here: What do our interns like about working at GSK?

Get some tips from our interns: Top Tips from Our Interns

You can learn more about GSK and our careers here https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent 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. 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’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.

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