Bachelor/Master Internship: Forecasting Issue Trends for Project Management

Model forecast issue inflow and lead time to solutions for senior management project reviews and decision making

Functiebeschrijving

For our Project Management Office, we are looking for an intern who assists with Issue & Change Management Forecasting. As an intern, you are responsible for forecasting the inflow and trends of technical issues and the lead times towards solutions. You will analyze historic data on issues and changes based on existing information and interviews with key stakeholders, define key variables such as severity, component, mileage, or supplier that influence issue trends, and expand a model that can quickly and robustly generate trends and lead times. You will also create a template report for project reviews to support senior management decision making, be involved in building progress reports for project reviews, and participate in project reviews with senior management.

Your responsibilities include:

• Analyze historic data on issues and changes based on existing info and interviews with key stakeholders;
• Define key variables such as severity, component, mileage, or supplier, that influence issue trends;
• Expand a model based on the previous two points that can quickly and robustly generate trends and lead times;
• Create a template report for project reviews to support senior management decision making;
• Be involved in building progress reports for project reviews and participate in project reviews with senior management.

Jouw profiel

We are looking for an enthusiastic Bachelor or Master student who is pursuing a degree in fields such as Product Development, Business Administration, Project Management, or similar. The number of internship days and in-office days is negotiable.

• You are enrolled in an HBO or WO program in the field of science, engineering, or business.
• You are familiar with (linear) modelling and understanding trends and variables.
• You enjoy technical discussions and structuring and analyzing large data sets.
• You like to build presentations that are easy to understand and persuade the audience.
• You are comfortable to pro-actively engage with new people.
• You speak fluent Dutch or English.

Afdeling

The Project Management Office is part of the Product Development organization of DAF Trucks and is located in Eindhoven. The department plays a crucial role in managing all major future development projects within DAF Trucks both in Europe and worldwide. The department manages project progress and presents status and trends to the organization and the board of management to facilitate senior-level decision making and risk mitigation, all with the goal to successfully launch new truck models.

This happens in close collaboration with operations, purchasing, and marketing & sales, where issue and change management of technical problems found during the project is an important KPI to steer the organization. Currently, trends and forecasts are based on time-consuming manual analysis and the goal is to have a model that can quickly and robustly generate the same information.

Wij bieden

• A view behind the scenes at a large international corporation;
• You will get a lot of freedom and responsibility. We are open to your initiatives and depending on the assignment you see your results back in the workplace;
• An experienced coach and supervisor who can teach you a lot and is willing to help you with your assignment;
• After your graduation, you will have the opportunity to start your career at DAF;
• An internship wage of €375,- (HBO) and €450,- (WO) per month on a full-time basis;
• A travel allowance, if you don’t have a student travel product (provided by the Dutch government);
• A housing allowance, if you temporarily rent a room near DAF.