Data Analytics
Pubblicato il 27-10-2026 - Bridgestone in Roma
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Location:
ROMA, IT
ABOUT US
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a Bridgestone West strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Job Title Data Analytics & Automation Intern
About the role
Job Purpose We are looking for a motivated intern to join the Operational & Strategic Excellence team for a structured learning experience focused on the digital transformation of raw material sourcing activities. With guidance from the company tutor and team members, the intern will develop practical skills in data consolidation, data quality and process automation, working with supplier quotation information exchanged through emails and Excel files. The internship offers supervised exposure to a real business challenge at the intersection of procurement, data analytics and automation. Through coaching, observation and gradual participation in project activities, the intern will learn how structured and reliable data can support more efficient, consistent and transparent sourcing decisions. Raw material sourcing processes involve multiple quotation rounds,
numerous supplier inputs and information that needs to be compared and consolidated. Part of this activity creates a useful learning environment in which the intern can understand data preparation, harmonization and reporting practices. The Operational & Strategic Excellence team is supporting the development of automated or semi-automated processes for business intelligence reporting. Under supervision, the intern will learn how these reports support the evaluation of supplier quotations and target price adjustments during sourcing activities. The purpose of the internship is to develop the intern's professional and technical skills through supervised participation in activities related to sourcing data and reporting. The learning path will include understanding the current process, structuring data from different sources, recognizing data quality issues, and contributing to analytical or automation solutions. Activities will be assigned progressively and carried out with guidance from the company tutor and relevant team members. Responsibilities
* Learn how raw material quotation data flows across sourcing rounds, emails, spreadsheets and other available sources.
* Support the collection, organization, cleaning and standardization of supplier quotation data to develop data preparation skills.
* Contribute to the definition of common data structures, validation rules and quality checks, with coaching from experienced colleagues.
* Practice the use of Python and Excel by supporting the improvement of tools for data matching, consolidation, transformation and analysis.
* Participate in supervised automation or semi-automation activities related to matrix preparation and recurring reporting.
* Support the comparison of supplier quotations and preparation of analytical outputs, while learning how they are used in sourcing decisions.
* Learn to identify data gaps, inconsistencies, duplicates and process bottlenecks, and discuss possible improvements with the tutor and team.
* Contribute to documenting data logic, process steps, assumptions and user guidance to support repeatability and knowledge sharing.
* Work alongside Category Managers, procurement colleagues and other stakeholders to understand requirements and participate in solution testing.
* Prepare and present findings and learning progress with support from the company tutor, adapting communication to technical and business audiences. Qualifications & Experience Required Education, Master, other certification:
* Master’s degree in Data Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Business Analytics or a related field.
* A combination of analytical education and an understanding of business processes is considered an advantage. Experience (years): 0+ years Technical Skills
* Good working knowledge of Python for data preparation, analysis and automation.
* Knowledge of SQL and relational data concepts.
* Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including data cleaning, formulas, lookups, pivot tables and structured datasets.
* Familiarity with data manipulation libraries such as Pandas and NumPy is preferred.
* Understanding of exploratory data analysis, d