Innovation Excellence Management Intern

Join Covestro

We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18,000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.

Innovation Excellence Management is a forward-thinking organization committed to excellence in innovation. We believe in pushing boundaries, fostering creativity, and developing sustainable solutions that make a positive impact. Our Excellence program embodies our commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence. Join our team this summer and be part of our mission to transform processes and drive meaningful change across our organization.

You will work in a creative and international environment and support us in Innovation Excellence with the following tasks, among others:

• You will explore new approaches to innovation and develop them into minimum viable products (MVPs) for our customers, the Business Entities, to use to accelerate their product development cycles.
• You will use tools such as Six Sigma, Scrum/Agile, project management, and portfolio management to develop custom process approaches Covestro can use in areas such as early ideation and product and process development.
• You will engage with cross-functional teams – locally and internationally – to deepen our understanding of what is happening in the Business Entities as well as in Group Innovation and apply innovation process excellence to improve collaboration and execution.
• You will explore AI and build custom AI-driven applications to support the organization in pursuit of ideation, project and process support.
• You will develop training protocols and workshop approaches to train the broader organization on best practices for innovation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program at the start of the internship
• Focus in one of the following majors:
  Innovation Management, Project Management, Business Analytics, Data Science
• Completed freshman year

Preferred Qualifications:

• Overall GPA 3.0 or above
• Prior internship experience
• Student completed sophomore year and ready to enter junior year as of May 2027

Skills and Knowledge:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Structured approach to capturing and evaluating complex and sometimes contradictory information.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently
• Adaptable mindset with curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new technologies and methodologies.

Are you as curious, courageous and colorful as we are? If so, we can offer you an exciting career opportunity. We look forward to receiving your application and resume. Become part of our team - apply now!

Equal Employment Opportunity:
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