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About the role

As the HSPO Business Planning and Communications Intern with GM Australia & New Zealand, you’ll gain a diverse range of corporate experience, marketability and exposure to the exciting, fast paced automotive industry.

The primary purpose of this role includes developing an understanding in warehousing principles, management of business data, occupational health and safety in the workplace, interaction with people, project management and communication skills. You will provide support to the warehouse team with labour planning/tracking and metric reporting.

Your responsibilities include:

• Manpower tracking and reporting

• Metric consolidation and reporting for local, regional and global leadership

• Project coordination for continuous improvement solutions/initiatives that cannot be implemented by the supervisor alone.

• Assist in highlighting and addressing occupational health and safety issues as they arise in projects responsible for managing.

• Communicating and engaging different levels in the organisation where there is a process change they are responsible for managing.

• Assist with the development and implement standard operating procedures and ensure they are adhered to for standard work processes, taking steps to modify them where necessary.

• Understand and promote GMS principles and manage plant self-assessment data.

• Management and generation of productivity measures within the warehouse.

• Creating simple data reports for operations under instruction of the systems process analyst.

• Verifying system generated daily reporting jobs are run and emailed to recipients.

• Inventory control data management and reporting.

• Fortnightly communications sessions and Workplace of Choice activities.

• Maintain and facilitate NDC shopping carts and purchase orders.

• Facilitate Business Plan Deployment meetings and maintain charts.

About Us

Globally, General Motors is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan (USA) - operating in six continents. Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Locally, we're a business with national reach and a proud, rich automotive history, and we’ve got the exciting opportunity to represent GM's ongoing presence in Australia & New Zealand. Whether it's the recently announced Cadillac, headlined by the all-electric LYRIQ, the GM Specialty Vehicles venture bringing iconic GM nameplates like Corvette and Silverado to ANZ, our Isuzu Trucks New Zealand portfolio, or the endless possibilities in the Aftersales space, there's plenty to look forward to.

Our strength is truly our people – we come from all walks of life and celebrate that diversity every chance we get. Whether you’re an intern or a senior leader, your voice counts. We're big on working flexibly, in fact it's become our new global approach to work, we call it “Working Appropriately”. We recognise the value in working how and where you add the most value, so you can expect our partnership when you join the team.

About you

You’re an enthusiastic individual with a desire to learn. You are currently completing a relevant undergraduate degree (Commerce/Business Degree majoring in International Business, Communications, Supply Chain Management, Occupational Health and Safety, International Trade, Human Resources, engineering or related disciplines). You must have a minimum of two semesters remaining (post internship in 2026).

You can demonstrate:

• A can-do attitude with a great work ethic.

• Ability to clearly articulate messages in written and verbal form.

• Accuracy and attention to detail.

• Ability to communicate/negotiate in a professional manner internally and externally.

• Strong ability to think outside the box when dealing with different projects.

• Proactive and a self-starter who is able to motivate peers and stake holders.

• Proficiency in analysing data and identifying trends.

This is a 12-month internship role commencing in January 2025 . The application process will be:

• Submit your cover letter and resume in a single file where possible (include your name in the file).

• Video Screen Interview.

• Meet us - a face-to-face interview in person or via MS Teams.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

We are leading the change to make our world better, safer and more equitable for all through our actions and how we behave. Learn more about:

Our Company (https://search-careers.gm.com/en/working-at-gm/)

Our Culture

How we hire​​​​​​​ (https://search-careers.gm.com/en/how-we-hire/)

Our diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.

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The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at Careers.Accommodations@GM.com .In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.