HR Internship: Lead Projects & Lean Thinking

Dot-Foods,-Inc.; Mount Sterling (IL); On-site; USD 398,000 - 567,000; Full time

Job summary

Dot Foods offers a Summer 2027 internship for full‑time students to train across departments, own a project, and gain practical experience with workflows and Lean methods.

You will shadow teams, lead an assigned project, participate in a team intern project, and present findings and recommendations at the end.

Applicants must be enrolled full‑time, maintain a 3.0 GPA, and commit to at least 350 internship hours.

Qualifications

• Full-time student in good standing actively pursuing a degree at a local, accredited college/university
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs

Responsibilities

• Train and shadow across departments to learn workflows and business needs.
• Provide leadership/ownership of assigned project(s).
• Participate in a team project with other interns.
• Define problems, research, and analyze to identify best processes and methods.
• Review, update, and track reports.
• Present project findings and recommendations at internship end.
• Apply lean thinking to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Pursuing degree in Business / Human Resources

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Dot Foods offers a Summer 2027 internship for full‑time students to train across departments, own a project, and gain practical experience with workflows and Lean methods.

You will shadow teams, lead an assigned project, participate in a team intern project, and present findings and recommendations at the end.

Applicants must be enrolled full‑time, maintain a 3.0 GPA, and commit to at least 350 internship hours.