Internship 2022 - Operational Project Coordinator
"Enhancing the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals”
Melaleuca has firmly supported this mission statement since our humble beginning in 1985. Everything we accomplish is done with an eye toward promoting the physical, environmental, financial, and personal wellness of those around us. Our focus has always been on wellness. By manufacturing and selling effective, high quality, natural, health oriented products we help people live more vibrant, healthier, and happier lives. When you walk through the doors at Melaleuca, you can feel it immediately. This is The Wellness Company.
We have achieved consistent and profitable growth with our annual revenue consistently hitting over $2 billion dollars. We now have over 4,500 employees and operate in 20 countries around the world. Melaleuca is positioned to grow even more rapidly in upcoming years.
Job Summary
This position plays an integral part in the management of product innovation and product renovation projects. The Operational Project Coordinator Intern will interface with a variety of company departments such as Marketing, Research & Development, Legal & Regulatory, Engineering, Forecasting & Planning, Purchasing, Cost and Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Quality, and Distribution, to help manage projects, manage timelines and communications, and successfully launch new products and product revisions.
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential
- Establish a multifunctional team for each project with communication plans for key stakeholders, to ensure success criteria and eventual launch is accomplished.
- Develop and maintain strong professional relations with project teams, business sponsors and stakeholders
- Collaborate with cross-functional project team members to identify the business requirements for projects
- Ensure excellence in planning and execution through the life of the project, including the creation of the project plan and timeline, and managing excellent communication throughout
- Regularly monitor and assess the status and quality of projects, holding project team members accountable for timely completion of deliverables, enabling candid understanding of risks and opportunities within the cross-functional team, and elevating issues with key stakeholders for resolution
- Assist in managing the overall portfolio for assigned product brands
Additional
- Completes special projects as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Preference given to students currently in their junior or senior year of college, pursuing a degree in related field
- Able to work in Idaho Falls, Idaho for your program dates of approximately 90 days
- Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
- Detailed work and organizational skills
- Ability to analyze problems and create solutions independently
- Ability to independently manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Effective interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of management
- Microsoft Office experience (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
- Project management experience preferred
Melaleuca is one of the leading Health and Wellness companies in the world. We manufacture and distribute nutritional, pharmaceutical, personal care, facial care, home hygiene, and other wellness products and distribute them directly to the consumer through a full-service catalog and Internet shopping system. We carefully craft products used every day with the highest standards of safety, health, and wellness in mind.
This revolutionary system is changing the way hundreds of thousands of people shop by eliminating middlemen and reducing marketing and distribution costs. This enables the company to spend more on research and high-quality, ecologically-sensible ingredients, while maintaining reasonable prices.
Great culture - flexibility is a must in this position; you'll become a part of a fast-paced team dedicated to a feel-good lifestyle brand dedicated to changing lives. Like the rest of Melaleuca, we are proud to be part of a values-driven organization that treats employees with respect. Our employees and their families enjoy company parties and countless discounts around the community. We implement a very real open-door policy, and all employees are on a first name basis—it feels more like a family than a multi-national corporation.
Safe, uncrowded, affordable - nestled in the heart of beautiful Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls is a prosperous and vibrant community, as well as the gateway to recreational paradise. This unique setting provides numerous opportunities for total wellness -- social, physical, financial, and emotional. If you love outdoor activities, this is the place for you, with the Snake River running right through town, the Rocky Mountains dominating the horizon, and Yellowstone less than a 2-hour drive away.
Excellent compensation - in addition to a competitive wage, we offer comprehensive benefits for our full-time employees that include all you would expect plus some remarkable surprises, such as a longevity bonus. Right here on-site, we provide a fitness center, free concierge service, and an employee restaurant.