Student Assistant, Group Operational Excellence

Student Assistant - Group Operational Excellence
Are you eager to enhance your skills in a dynamic, hands-on learning environment? Join us at ROCKWOOL to develop custom leadership programs, enhance your stakeholder management skills, and deepen your business insights while learning from experienced professionals. If you're a student interested in people development, training, continuous improvement, and operations, we want to hear from you!

Ready to help build a better future for generations to come?
In an ever-changing, fast paced world, we owe it to ourselves and our future generations to live life responsibly. At ROCKWOOL, we work relentlessly to enrich modern living through our innovative stone wool solutions.

Join us and make a difference!

Your future team:
You will become a part of Group Operational Excellence & Quality, a diverse team consisting of 12 colleagues. Our mission is to support our factories in driving improvements in performance and develop a continuous improvement culture in ROCKWOOL. We do this in various ways and are always looking for new opportunities for improvement.

What you will be doing:
As a Student Assistant, you will work 2-3 days per week (around 15 hours) from our office in Hedehusene, Denmark. We will be flexible to accommodate your studies, although some travelling to our factories is expected to support delivering high standard training around Europe.

We are looking for a highly organized and proactive individual to join our team as Student Assistant. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth execution of a leadership programme for the factories, facilitating communication between stakeholders, and assisting with the development of training materials. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Further you will help make new training materials and ensure our ROCKWOOL Continuous Improvement Program's knowledge hub is easy to use and full of useful learning content and inspiration.

Your key tasks for the role will be:

• Support the Programme Manager with various administrative tasks, including participating in meetings and on-site training sessions for the ROCKWOOL leadership programme
• Manage changes during sessions and maintaining high standards of excellence in the execution to give the participants a good learning experience
• Help improve training materials and update knowledge hub design
• Refine presentation materials to ensure alignment with session objectives.
• Assist in scheduling and coordinating practicums or training sessions, handling planning and logistics efficiently.
• Maintain regular communication with program instructors, providing necessary follow-ups and updates.
• Collaborate with content experts and team members to develop effective training programs that meet learning objectives.

What you bring:
You are currently conducting your studies, within business, engineering, IT-, or technical-related field. Most importantly, your interest lies within People development, communication, business & project management and you are curious and eager to impact how we do people development in ROCKWOOL.

Further, we are imaging that you

• are in the last year of your Bachelor's degree or first year of your Master's degree.
• are fluent in English, both written and spoken, is essential.
• are a team player who works well with others, collaborating with content experts, instructors, and team members to ensure the training program is comprehensive and meets learning objectives.
• are skilled with digital tools, such as presentation software, needed to create and distribute engaging training materials.
• are working systematically, keeping the overview to secure high standards in deliveries
• are creative in task solving and work independent.
• are effective in communication, both verbally and in writing, able to listen and respond to feedback from various stakeholders to continuously improve the user experience.

What we offer:

• Opportunity to be part of a Danish company in a global organization with ambitious growth plans.
• First-hand knowledge of working in a diverse and ever-changing organization and the best-in-class leadership programme in ROCKWOOL. Plus, the opportunity to support the training in our factories in Europe and have an insight into our business strategy and people development.
• An environment that encourages development – to enable you to take ownership of your career.
• High ambitions, engagement and a great sense of humor centered around mutual respect.

Ready to apply?
If you want to know more, please contact Group Operational Excellence Project Manager Tatiane Due on tel.: +45 61 89 30 28 or via mail: [email protected].

Please submit your application and CV in English in the same field in our recruitment system via the link before June 30th, 2024.

Please note that we will be working with a continuous selection process, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates. So, do not delay, please send us your application today.

Who we are
We are the world leader in stone wool solutions. Founded in 1937 in Denmark, we transform volcanic rock into safe, sustainable products that help people and communities thrive. We are a global company with more than 12,000 employees, located in 40+ countries with 51 manufacturing facilities… all focused on one common purpose – to release the inherent power of stone to enrich modern living.

Sustainability is central to our business strategy. ROCKWOOL was one of the first companies to commit to actively contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) framework and are actively committed to 11 SDGs, including SDG 14, Life Below Water. Through our partnership with the One Ocean Foundation and in connection with our sponsorship of the Denmark SailGP team, we will help raise awareness around ocean health challenges in an effort to accelerate solutions to protect it.

Diverse and Inclusive Culture
We want all our people to feel valued, respected, included and heard. We employ 79 different nationalities worldwide and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees, promote diversity, and work against all forms of discrimination among ROCKWOOL employees.

Location: Hedehusene-RW-HQ