Internship Strategic Purchasing – Focus on Project Management (m/f/x)

Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH

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Oberkochen Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted August 21, 2025 Last posted August 21, 2025
Job description

Enabler for smaller, more powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips 

 

Working for tomorrow today.  

Around 80 percent of all microchips worldwide are produced using ZEISS technologies. As the centerpiece of every electronically controlled system, they have become an integral part of our everyday lives  whether in smartphones, smart homes or smart factories. ZEISS is a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With high-precision lithography optics, photomask systems and process control solutions, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, increasingly powerful, and more energy-efficient microchips, and thus plays a pivotal role in the age of micro- and nanoelectronics. 

Your role

  • Contribute to supplier development with regard to technical and commercial requirements and support the implementation of improvement measures

  • Prepare high-quality reports and presentations for employees and management

  • Prepare, analyze and visualize complex data

  • Support the optimization of processes and tools

  • Participate in and document meetings with suppliers

  • Structure and maintain project documentation and shared project folders

  • Organize, prepare, participate in and follow up on meetings and workshops

Your profile

  • You are enrolled in a degree program in industrial engineering, production/manufacturing engineering or a comparable field of study

  • You have good to very good skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook; experience with additional applications in the Microsoft 365 suite is an advantage)

  • You have a strong affinity for IT (ideally including experience with Microsoft Power BI)

  • You have strong communication skills and enjoy working in a team

  • You work independently, in a structured and reliable manner

  • You have good German and English language skills

Sounds exciting? Then become part of #teamZEISS and help us shape the future! Please provide your complete application documents (CV, transcript of records).

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Ines Kloda
About this role

Summary

Support supplier development, analyze data, prepare reports, and assist in process improvements in semiconductor manufacturing.

Job title

Internship Strategic Purchasing – Focus on Project Management (m/f/x)

Experience level

student intern

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Oberkochen, on-site, no remote work

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

MS OfficeExcelWordPower BIcommunicationteamwork

Preferred skills

Microsoft 365

Specializations

supplier developmentdata analysisprocess optimizationproject documentation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

73447 Oberkochen, Germany

On-site City