fi (olam food ingredients), part of the Olam Group, offers sustainable, natural food products and ingredients, including cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts, and spices. Operating in Vietnam since 1997, ofi has built a strong presence with its head office in Ho Chi Minh City, along with regional offices and seven major factories across various provinces. As the largest exporter of cashews, pepper, and instant coffee, and among the top exporters of green coffee, ofi Vietnam works closely with a vast network of farmers. With over 4,500 employees, the company is committed to performance, diversity, and talent development. Its ‘Choices for Change’ strategy targets long- term impact by 2030, focusing on prosperous farmers, thriving communities, climate action, and sustainability.
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS
Production Intern – Operational Excellence – Tien Nga, Dong Nai
• Report on how to: control quality, yield, loss, cost in production. Define bottle neck, element affect to quality, food safety, labor safety and how to improve.
• Requirements: Majoring in Food Technology/ Food Science/ Mechanical Engineering; Good English
• Understand production process, product spec, production technology, machine, operation method, quality, food safety, labor safety.
Production Intern – Machine & Production Optimization – Tien Nga, Dong Nai
• Report on how to: capacity, productivity. Define bottle neck and how to improve
• Requirements: Majoring in technical or quality- related fields
• Study technology related to product, product spec, machine, operation method, control yield, loss, requirement for food safety, labor safety.
Production Intern – Capex & SMED Optimization – Long Thanh, Dong Nai
• Support Capex project execution and documentation for production upgrades, monitoring cost, saving, and productivity improvements.
• Requirements: Engineering or Industrial Management background; Good English
• Support SMED implementation on production lines (ICA, Pakona, Roasting) by assisting with documentation, standardizing changeover, and monitoring results.
• Coordinate production- side project activities with Maintenance, ensuring document control, timeline adherence, and proposing cleaning process improvements.
Operation Excellence Intern – Packing Line Productivity – Long Thanh, Dong Nai
• Collect and analyze Packing line production data to identify inefficiencies.
• Support the implementation of Lean, Kaizen, and 5S initiatives for process enhancement.
• Analyze data to find root causes and propose solutions for improving labor productivity.
• Requirements: Background in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation, or related fields; Good English
Operation Excellence Intern – Packing Center – Bien Hoa 2, Dong Nai
• Requirements: Background in Industrial Engineering or related fields; Good English
• Optimize operation cost through daily planning for processing & packing.
• Innovation for packing center with new update technology in industry.
• Apply operation excellence to optimize packing line efficiency.
Automation Intern – Auto Packing Line Project – Bien Hoa 2, Dong Nai
• Emplement project of auto packing line for packing center (from design/ select supplier/ installation...)
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Automation or relevant fields, good English communication.
Automation & Process Intern – Digital Sorting – Tien Nga, Dong Nai
• Analyze input and output of the new Digital Sorting line to balance material flow and minimize Work- In- Progress (WIP) inventory.
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Electrical Instrumentation or Electronics or relevant background; Good English
• Understand the operational principles of digital sorters and develop an autonomous maintenance plan.
Automation Intern – Energy Efficiency – Long Thanh, Dong Nai
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Electrical Instrumentation/ Electronics or relevant background; Good English
• Together with Electric team, collect and list electric consumption for all plant equipment
• Suggesting ways to reduce electric consumption
Maintenance Intern – Tien Nga, Dong Nai
• Develop Preventive Maintenance checklists for plant equipment.
• Devise and recommend a Spare Part inventory for critical machinery to minimize downtime.
• Identify opportunities and recommend solutions to reduce overall maintenance expenditure.
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Mehanical/ Electrical/ Mechatronics or relevant background; Good English
Process Optimization Intern – Bien Hoa 2, Dong Nai
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Mehanical/ Mechatronics or relevant technical background
• Innovation for ingredient center by applying new sorter technology, ...
• Optimize operation cost through daily planning for processing
• Optimize yield of dicing line
Product Development Intern – Long Thanh, Dong Nai
• Run production trials for new and adapted products within factory capacity.
• Evaluate processes and test new seasonings for adapting products and creating variants (flour coated, Aldi/USA, Topco/Hy- Vee).
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Food Technology/ Food Science or relevant background; Good English
• Document findings and cross- functional collaboration on product development.
Quality Monitoring Intern – Tien Nga, Dong Nai
• Support the development and implementation of automated validation processes for data quality assurance.
• Identify and track key metrics to assess data quality performance.
• Monitor the quality of input and output data within defined systems or processes.
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Food Technology/ Food Science or relevant background; Possess English
Process Engineering Intern – Ho Chi Minh
• Collect data to assess the feasibility of identified platforms
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Food Tech/ Food Science field; Good research skills; Good English
• Assist in projects assigned by Manager
• Research and screen new potential platforms for our product categories
Quality Intern – BI Report & Training Document – Long Thanh, Dong Nai
• Assist the team in developing digital training documents.
• Create Power BI reports based on GMP and cleaning reports from daily checklists.
• Requirements: Final year/ Freshers in Food Tech/ Food Science field; Having data analysis & reports making skills; Good English
