When you join Daimler, you become an agent of change within our global community of people working to create a cleaner, safer, and more efficient world for today and tomorrow. Through innovation at all levels, our teams ensure our world-changing brands continue to increase the quality of life and the business success of our customers, their customers, and the world around them. The Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) brand portfolio is second to none, and includes Freightliner Trucks, Western Star Trucks, Detroit engines and components, Thomas Built Buses and Freightliner Custom Chassis.

We are the undisputed leader in the commercial vehicle market and the industry’s technology trendsetter. Empowered by purpose, DTNA employees drive a Technology Revolution through innovative products and a customer-centric culture. Our dedication to our customers and society does not end once our products hit the road. That’s because we believe that business success and social responsibility go hand in hand. We immerse ourselves in our customer’s experience, and support the environmental responsibilities of our sites to ensure our products are the reliable, sustainable and the desired tools of the future.

Job Overview

The CCI Intern will be focused on planning of the CCI Idea Generation Competition Event, monitoring and reporting of idea approvals, and preparing motivational internal communications to Engineering organization. Work with CCI Project Leader, CCI Team and Engineering organization to plan the CCI Idea Generation Competition Event (approximately 100 people in attendance cross-functionally).  This will involve the details of defining attendees, vehicle part focus, workshop structure, sample parts ordering, supporting creation of presentation materials, and organizing the roles & responsibilities of the CCI facilitators.  (Event is April 6th)
     
Responsibilities

  
- Create competition tracking sheet for documenting all ideas and savings that are submitted and approved at cross-functional leadership meetings (OLT) and create unique weekly communications that keep organization engaged throughout the program (April – September)




- Participate in Cross-functional bi-weekly meetings to understand how inputs from various departments are gathered for cost reduction ideas.  This is a huge learning opportunity.


- Provide Support to CCI Project Manager and team for building visual management tools for tracking idea status and determining level of risk for savings pipeline 2020 – 2022.


- Support CCI team on kick-starting Continuous Improvement ideas and GPTW initiatives.