Business Operating System Intern

Springs Window Fashions; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Springs Window Fashions is seeking a motivated intern for our Business Operating Systems team in Middleton, WI. The role focuses on optimizing workflows, documenting procedures, and supporting system implementations and upgrades, with emphasis on governance and standardized templates.

Ideal candidates pursue a degree in Business Administration or Information Systems and bring strong analytical, communication and organizational skills, plus a willingness to learn and collaborate across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Collaboration and teamwork abilities.
• Interest in partner/channel strategy and incentive design.
• Experience with Excel or financial modeling tools preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Operation site & Documentation Governance: build and maintain SBOS site and governance.
• Establish a central, searchable repository with version control and metadata standards.
• Define governance for document lifecycle, access control, and ownership.
• Benchmark and apply best practices from top repositories; train for rollout.
• Quality Systems: develop standardized process and template structures; pilot templates.
• SBOS Playbook: create playbook for six pilot manufacturing systems; align with PDCA.

Skills

Analytical

Communication

Organizational

Collaboration

Channel strategy

Presentation skills

Positive attitude

Education

Business Administration

Information Systems

Tools

Excel

Financial modeling tools

Job description

Description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented intern to join our Business Operating Systems team. This role offers hands‑on experience in optimizing and supporting the systems and processes that drive operational efficiency across the organization. The intern will assist in analyzing workflows, documenting procedures, and supporting system implementations and upgrades. Ideal candidates are pursuing a degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field, and have strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

Description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented intern to join our Business Operating Systems team. This role offers hands‑on experience in optimizing and supporting the systems and processes that drive operational efficiency across the organization. The intern will assist in analyzing workflows, documenting procedures, and supporting system implementations and upgrades. Ideal candidates are pursuing a degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field, and have strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

Job Duties

Operation site & Documentation Governance

• Continue building the SBOS enterprise site as the Process Center of Excellence
• Establish a central, searchable repository with version control and metadata standards
• Define governance for document lifecycle, access control, and ownership
• Benchmark and apply best practices from best in class repositories
• Support rollout and training for standardized document management

Quality Systems - Standardized Process Templates

• Collaborate with the quality team to define standardized process and template structures
• Review current documentation and identy gaps or inconsistencies
• Develop a controlled library for process, producure and WI templates
• Align naming conventions and approval workflows to SBOS governance
• Pilot templates in selected plants and collect user feedback

SBOS Playbook for Manufacturing Systems

• Build the SBOS Playbook covering the six pilot manufacturing systems
• Consolidate best practices, visual standards, and lessons learned
• Integrate system interconnections and links to templates and KPIs
• Ensure alignment with the SBOS House, PDCA cycles, and standard work
• Prepare the playbook for future replication across additional sites

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Strong analytical and research skills
• Collaboration skills
• Interest in partner/channel strategy and incentive design
• Experience with Excel or financial modeling tools preferred
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn

How We Work to Deliver a Best Experience: Our Culture

• Our Core Value: We do the right thing, always
• Our Seven Cultural Behaviors

• Empowerment - We trust our people.
• Ownership - We take 100% responsibility for our roles actions, and results.
• Leadership - We all lead by example and talk direct with respect (DWR).
• One Team - We are One Springs Team.
• Customer First - We consider our customers' needs before every decision.
• Continuous Innovation - We are constantly learning, innovating, and improving.
• Speed - We define priorities and operate with a sense of urgency and agility.