HBO/WO Internship: Budget and Timeline Forecasts for Project Management

HBO/WO Internship: Budget and Timeline Forecasts for Project Management

Build Reference Class Projects with major project KPIs to predict future project budgets and timelines

Functiebeschrijving

For our Project Management Office, we look for an intern who assists with Reference Class Projects. As an intern, you are responsible to build reference class projects and set up templates for future budgets and timelines and other major KPIs.

Your responsibilities include:

• Define key project variables and KPIs such as budget, content, milestones, lead times or headcount based on existing info and interviews with key stakeholders;
• Analyze historic data and set up reference class projects;
• Build a simple model for budget and timeline forecasts;
• Create a template report for reference class project to support roadmaps and senior decision making;
• In addition you are involved in budget and master timeline reviews and template building.

Jouw profiel

We are looking for an enthusiastic HBO or WO student who is pursuing a degree in fields such as Product Development, Business, Economics, 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 a field like science, engineering or business.
• You enjoy financial discussions, building plans and analyzing large data sets.
• You are familiar with basic (linear) modelling and understanding trends and variables.
• 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 developing projects with in DAF Trucks both in Europe as worldwide. The department manages project budgets and timelines and build estimates for future projects to build product roadmaps and facilitate senior level decision making.

This happens in close collaborations with operations, purchasing and marketing & sales, where budget and timelines of projects are important to manage the organization. Currently, budgets and timelines are based on time consuming manual creation and multitude of personal interactions and department dependencies, and the goal is to have reference class projects that help to quickly and robustly generate the same results.

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 full-time base
• 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.

“Working at DAF has given me the opportunity to grow both professionally and personally. The supportive environment and challenging projects have been invaluable.” Charlotte Gravesteijn – Moelands