Intern - Business Development and Strategy
Wacol, QLD, AU, 4076
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
What you will do
Join Volvo Group Australia as a Business Development & Strategy Intern and gain hands-on experience supporting strategic initiatives that shape the future of our business. Working within our Project Management Office (PMO), you'll contribute to projects aligned with our 2030 Strategy, build valuable skills in business strategy and project management, and work alongside experienced leaders in a global organisation. This is a six month contract with potential to extend, please be advised we will only be accepting local applications.
Key responsibilities:
- Support strategic projects and initiatives aligned to Volvo Group Australia’s 2030 Strategy.
- Assist with project tracking, reporting, dashboards, and progress updates.
- Help maintain PMO tools, action plans, and initiative documentation.
- Gather and analyse information to support business and leadership reporting.
- Prepare materials for leadership meetings, strategy forums, and project reviews.
- Monitor actions, risks, and dependencies to help keep initiatives on track.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO processes and ways of working.
- Participate in internship learning and development activities.
- Support the PMO team with other duties as required.
Who are you?
Do you dream big? We do too, and we are excited to grow together. In this role, you will bring:
- Third or fourth year of a Bachelor degree in Business, Commerce, Project Management, Engineering, Information Systems, Communications or a similar field.
- Initiative and personal drive to manage assigned work under guidance.
- Ability to follow procedures, maintain accurate records and work with structured information.
- A confident and thoughtful communicator who can follow up with stakeholders professionally.
- Solid Microsoft Office 365 skills, including Outlook, Teams, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong research, information collation and written summary skills.
- Interest in strategy execution, project management, business transformation or governance.
- Experience with Asana, SharePoint, dashboards or reporting tools is desirable but not essential.
- Interest in the commercial transport, manufacturing, automotive or logistics industry is desirable.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:
- VGA is committed to flexible working arrangements, helping employees to achieve their work–life goals
- Modern, world-class office with an onsite café, fully electric standup desks
- Free onsite parking
- Global powerhouse brand known for embracing a people-centric culture and opportunities to travel globally
- Industry-leading parental leave benefits
- Sonder, a new way to access support for you and your family’s well-being
Ready for the next move?
Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today!
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Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.