Intership (m/f) Supply Chain High Density Packaging Project, Compiègne

Welcome at Saint-Gobain!

Saint-Gobain designs, produces and distributes materials and solutions which can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications.

Change the world – not on your own, but in a team that just pursued this mission for over 350 years. In one of the eight top global employer, one of the 100 largest industrial companies, with 170,000 employees and more than 39 billion euros in sales in over 60 countries.

Position description

Phase 1: Lead International benchmark (6 weeks):

• Organize a Survey / Interviews on the field with all the Sekurit Plants in Europe to understand:

  • Specific and different kinds of SEKURIT ‘s products
  • Existing / used racks types
  • Packaging components used
  • Impact of packaging density on transportation and warehousing costs

• To be delivered: Benchmark with a detailed analysis of the current practices (hints and tips to
  share between SGSx worldwide level)

Phase 2: Define models with potential packaging density improvement and start to implement the
changes with local logistics teams (15 weeks):

• Model by model – new packaging specification
• Saving calculation for each change

 To be delivered: Packaging density improvements synthesis + implemented in several plants
(Worldwide)

Phase 3: Elaboration of training materials for Development teams (3 weeks):

• Impact of the density on SG Sekurit costs.
• Which elements of the product impact on packaging density
• Examples of good solutions improving packaging density

 To be delivered: Training materials and analysis done

Profile

• Education: Master of Sciences / Engineer, Supply Chain.
• Softs skills: Communication skills, team player
• Languages: Fluent English is compulsory. French and/or another language (Spanish, German,
• Polish, Czech) would be appreciated
• Computer skills: SAP, Office package
• Duration: 6 months starting August/September 2017.
• Mobility: European countries