Operational Excellence Co-Op (6 Months)

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

Future Talent roles at Haleon offer the chance to change the way people see and manage their everyday health. That’s an incredible opportunity. An exciting challenge. And a huge responsibility. We’re always looking for ambitious individuals who are inspired by our purpose to deliver better everyday health, with humanity. And want to help us achieve this goal. Right now we’re looking for a Co-Op to be involved in our OpEx department to join us to do career defining work.

A career in Operational Excellence where none of us stand still.

As an operational excellence Co-Op at Haleon, you will support the deployment of OpEx standards and continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?

• Operational Excellence being used to develop the capability of all the Site personnel to implement day to day continuous improvement activities.
• Helping to ensure the day-to-day continuous improvement activities result in a continuous improvement on Site Performance towards the goal of Zero Accidents, Zero Defects and Zero Waste.
• To ‘self-assess’ the Site vs. the HAPS Maturity matrices and to support the site to close any gaps.
• Emphasizes the importance of data governance and system understanding
• AI Enhancements for Power BI: Highlights current initiatives in data visualization and AI integration 

To recognize your dedication, energy and effort, benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Employee recognition through our global scheme which rewards exceptional achievements
• On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programs
• Health and wellbeing programs to take care of your physical and mental health.

We’re the people changing the future of everyday health. So you will be someone who has:

• Creative and problem-solving thinking
• Strategic/big-picture thinking
• Entrepreneurial and agile mindset
• Strong prioritization and analytical skills
• Personal accountability
• Business and consumer/customer knowledge and understanding
• Adaptability and resilience in ambiguity
• A desire to learn and have meaningful impact

To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity:

Education required:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering
• Have an active student status and/or within 12 months post-graduation from a degree program
• Candidate must be eligible to work in the US at the time of, and for the duration of, their employment. Employees will be required to furnish evidence of US work authorization
• Candidate must be eligible to work on a full-time basis during the co-op duration (40 hours/week)
• 3.0 or greater cumulative GPA

Other requirements:

• Able to work on site in a manufacturing environment.

Preferred requirements:

• Basic understanding of working in a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) environment
• Awareness of Lean Methodology

We flex the way we work so we can be at our best, where possible, and with agreement between line manager, team and individuals. We acknowledge not all colleagues can flex locations depending on their roles and that we don’t have all the answers. Yet.

We invite you to apply as soon as possible. The way we see it, every day is an opportunity. And we are joined by new talent, every day. We accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once we have enough applications.

Role start date: Summer 2025 Start Date

This role will start at $24.50/hour.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.

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