2027 Summer Intern – Business Operations & Cost Optimization, Cadillac Racing Program Management

General Motors; Milford (CT); Hybrid; USD 14,547,000 - 19,286,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Business Operations & Cost Optimization Intern to support Cadillac Racing program management. You will audit spend, analyze budgets, and identify cost-saving opportunities while preserving performance and safety.

You will build Excel-based analyses and dashboards to help leadership monitor spending, efficiency, and progress, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement cost-reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master's degree in a relevant field with graduation between Dec 2027 and May 2029.
• Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week during the summer months.
• Strong analytical, auditing and communication skills with data-driven recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Create a program spend baseline across race-event, logistics, travel, and ops.
• Audit processes to identify cost drivers, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Review budgets, invoices, forecasts and reconcile discrepancies.
• Build Excel dashboards to monitor spending, efficiency, and progress.
• Quantify savings and support business cases for cost-cutting measures.
• Present findings to leadership and track action owners and timing.
• Assess inventory practices and reduce excess or obsolete stock.

Skills

Analytical skills

Auditing

Problem solving

Process improvement

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Data Analytics, Accounting or Finance

Tools

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Description

The Role:

Join the Cadillac Racing Program Management team as a Business Operations & Cost Optimization Intern supporting trackside and race-event operations. You will audit spend and processes, analyze budget-to-actual performance, and identify cost-cutting opportunities that improve efficiency, cost visibility, and business control without compromising performance, safety, or race readiness.

The Team:

Cadillac Racing competes at the highest levels of global endurance racing, including the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. The Sportscar Program Management team coordinates the people, partners, budgets, and operations required to compete successfully. This role supports that team by strengthening financial discipline, operational efficiency, and measurable cost-reduction initiatives across the program.

What You’ll Do:

• Create a program spend baseline by organizing historical and forecasted costs across selected race-event, logistics, purchasing, travel, freight, equipment, hospitality, and operational activities.
• Conduct structured audits of processes and transactions to identify cost drivers, duplication, control gaps, compliance issues, and opportunities for improvement.
• Review budgets, invoices, purchase orders, forecasts, and actuals; reconcile discrepancies and organize findings into clear, actionable summaries.
• Build Excel-based analyses, dashboards, audit tools, and status reports that help Program Management leadership monitor spending, efficiency, and implementation progress.
• Quantify potential savings, develop a prioritized cost-reduction pipeline, and support business cases for approved cost-cutting measures.
• Present audit findings and recommendations to Program Management leadership, then help track actions, owners, timing, and realized savings through implementation.
• Assess inventory-control practices for trackside parts, spares, consumables, and equipment; reconcile records to actual usage and identify opportunities to reduce excess, obsolete, or duplicate inventory.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Data Analytics, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Expected to graduate between December 2027 and May 2029.
• Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week during the summer months.
• Strong analytical, auditing, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills, with the ability to translate detailed data into practical business recommendations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to organize data, build clear analyses, identify trends, and communicate recommendations effectively.
• Excellent communication, presentation, organization, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to work independently and across cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with process auditing, cost accounting, budgeting, variance analysis, procurement controls, Lean or Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or business-case development.
• Experience with financial or operational modeling, Power BI, dashboards, data visualization, or other analytical tools.
• Experience in automotive, motorsports, manufacturing, supply chain, event operations, or a similarly fast-paced environment.
• Experience developing executive-ready recommendations, presenting findings to leaders, or coordinating implementation across cross-functional teams or external partners.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.).

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to GM's Milford Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan three times per week, at minimum, or at another frequency dictated by the business.

For those eligible, to help facilitate administration of relocation benefits, please apply using the permanent address you would move from.

Start dates for this internship role are May 24 and June 14, 2027.

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