Export and Technology Manager Export & Technology Management

Get an unpaid, well-trained intern who is studying Export & Technology Management at UCN Business – University College of Northern Denmark.

INTERNSHIPJobs that students will be able to perform after their studyThe purpose of the combination of technical and commercial skills is for the students to be able to manage jobs as for example:• Technical salesperson• Product manager• Marketing coordinator• Project manager• Logistics coordinator• Purchasing coordinator• Quality coordinator

Examples of tasks that the stu-dents will be able to undertake during their internship:• Marketing plans• Market analyses• Design optimisation• Participation in product development• Quality management• Logistics and supply chain optimisation• Technical documentation

About the programmeExport & Technology Management is an international professional bachelor’s de-gree programme in which the students are taught technical as well as commercial subjects.The main goal is the link between the company and its clients, where the study programme will qualify the students to un-derstand technical issues, challenges and possible solutions at a general level. At the same time they will have a general under-standing of the company’s financial situa-tion and supply chain, and they will be able to find and develop new clients and mar-kets. During their study the students work on issues in the industries: iron and metal, plastics, IT and electronics as well as wood and furniture.What’s quite unique about the programme is the combination between the technical and the commercial fields, where the stu-dents are given an understanding which form s the basis for them to act as the link between the client/market and the com-pany. Learn more about the programme: www.ucnorth.dk/export_technology_man-agement.aspx.

Five good reasons to get an intern• New ideas, perspectives and knowledge• Additional resources to solve tasks in daily operations and development• The opportunity to work with a potential, future employee in a practical setting• The student will gain valuable, practical experience• Most students will write a final degree project about their internship host. This may be a good opportunity for you to have a relevant subject matter studied more in depth

Internship at Mekoprint”I did an internship at Mekoprint Chemi-graphics A/S at Støvring. They are sub-suppliers to the electronics industry. I am very interested in the production of goods and global commerce, and I am very fascinated by production and sale of highly technical products. It was therefore perfect for me to get to do an internship at Mekoprint!”

Sanna Møller Olsen

NTF about internship”It is interesting that the study program-me includes six months of internship in a company so that the students get a chance to get out in real life before they complete their study. In that way they might find out that it is not always possible to realise everything in the way that they have read or imagined.”

Jørgen Ravn Sales director and co-owner of NTF NTF-Aalborg A/S

Examples of internship hosts• AB Achema, LT• Mekoprint, DK• AlfaLaval, DK• Schmitz Cargobull Baltic, LT• ’’Do It’’ (JYSK), LV• Orana Vietnam Ltd., VN• Kühne & Nagel, DE• BJ Gear, DK• Kroma, DK• Ultra Aqua, DK• LBN Medical, DK• Metallon UAB, LT• Visit Technology Group, SE• Villeroy & Boch, GB• Dantherm Airhandling A/S, DK

About the internship• The internship period is five months and can take place from 2 January. The students work on equal terms with other full-time employees in the company.

• The interns work for free. Danish stu-dents and a few of the international stu-dents receive SU during the entire

CONTAKT

COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND INNOVATION

TRADE AND MARKETING

The students have KNOWLEDGE of:

• Negotiation techniques• Business culture and commu- nication, including within other language areas

• Applied practice in export companies within the techni- cal subject areas• Applied theories and methods within production processes, product development and innovation• Central industries such as the iron and metal industry, the plastics industry, the IT and electronics industry as well as the wood and furnture industry from a technical perspective

• Applied practice in export companies within the com- mercial subject areas• Applied theories and meth- ods within export-related parts of economy, marketing, supply chain management, law and foreign trade, primar- ily within business to business• Project management• Central industries such as the iron and metal industry, the plastics industry, the IT and electronics industry as well as the furniture industry from a commercial perspec- tive

The students have the SKILLS to:

• Use methods and tools to collect and analyse information on the client base of companies in the export market• Develop the service organisation of export companies for com- municative purposes• Communicate in English in export contexts• Document, formulate and com- municate technical issues and solutions to peers and clients

• Assess theoretical and prac- tical export-related issues as well as select solutions and actions• Document, formulate and communicate technical issues and solutions to peers and clients• Develop solutions in coop- eration with the client and the company’s technical depart- ment

• Use analytical findings to de- velop the export markets of companies through customi- sation• Develop the service organi- sation of the export company• Assess theoretical and prac- tical export-related issues as well as select solutions and actions

The students have theCOMPETENCES to:

• Independently handle the com- munication tasks of industrial companies internally in the company as well as abroad• Display cultural understanding in connection with the export assignment• Identify own learning needs and develop own knowledge and skills in relation to the export market

• Independently handle the tasks of the industrial com- pany in respect of export, in- ternally in the company as well as abroad• Handle complex and devel- opment-oriented issues within production in relation to inter- national clients• Independently cooperate with technical staff internally in the company and in the client’s company• Identify own learning needs and develop own knowledge and skills in relation to the export market

• Independently handle the tasks of the industrial company in respect of export, internally in the company as well as in relation to the client• Handle complex and devel- opment-oriented issues within sale in relation to international clients• Independently cooperate with commercial staff internally in the company and internationally• Enter into managerial func- tions in relation to the compa- ny’s export• Identify own learning needs and develop own knowledge and skills in relation to the ex- port market

internship period. However, there is noth-ing to prevent the company from paying for their efforts.

• Together with the student, the host will prepare an action plan for the internship to ensure that the student will gain an insight into the various work functions that are relevant to the student’s study programme.

OVERVIEW OF LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR THE MAIN AREAS OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME