Working Student - Process Improvement & SCM Digitalization Specialist
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Hitachi Energy posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Mannheim: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.
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Description provided by Hitachi Energy
Are you passionate about Process Improvement and SCM? We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented “Working Student – Process Improvement & SCM Digitalization Specialist” to join our dynamic team for 12 months, with the possibility to extend. As a Working Student, you will have the opportunity to work on real-world projects, collaborate with experienced professionals, support the development of key SCM processes and drive system and digital improvements tailored to GPQSS needs.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Support SCM digitalization initiatives
- Assist in tool development & automation (e.g. RFR, SmartPO)
- Support SAP & procurement process improvements (GR, down payments, PO milestones)
- Maintain material master data
- Support purchasing master data (info records, source lists)
- Provide support for local factory processes (e.g. RCoC panel assembly setup)
- Support projects and continuous improvement activities
- Maintain and follow up on operational SCM KPIs
- Enrolled student in SCM, Industrial Engineering, Business, IT, or similar
- Interest in supply chain, procurement, and digitalization
- SAP knowledge is a plus
- Strong analytical and structured working style
- Good Excel skills; automation affinity is an advantage
- Fluent in English; German is a plus
We offer flexible working conditions, dedicated mentorship, and a supportive, inclusive environment where you can grow personally and professionally – empowering you to thrive while balancing life and work.
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
Working student essentials
What this Operations working student role in Mannheim means for you: the weekly-hours rules, the social-contribution perks, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Working students may work up to 20 hours a week during the semester and full-time during the breaks. Staying within this keeps your student status and the Werkstudent benefits.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Under the Werkstudentenprivileg you're exempt from health, care and unemployment insurance contributions — only pension insurance applies. That leaves more net pay than a regular job.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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