Your team and your responsibilities
Team/division description
As part of People & Site Services (P&I), the Strategic Workplace Planning (SWP) team is responsible for the Workplace & Office of the Future, Carbon Neutrality of our facilities and management of the pan-European Real Estate Portfolio.
This includes Toyota’s European Head Office and Technical Centre in Brussels, Toyota Parts Centre Europe in Diest, the 13 Regional Depots (RDO’s) and 6 Vehicle Logistic Hubs (VLG) in Europe.
Strategic Workplace Planning works closely together with the (Supply Chain) Workplace Experience teams that implement our concepts.
Your project
The Intern Workplace Design will conduct a project to re-define Toyota’s visual Corporate Identity for the Workplace and re-design the lobby and atrium of our European Head Office. This project is mainly focussed on a corporate office evironment, but also covers social facilities at warehouses and vehicles hubs in Europe:
1. Analyse the business, company culture and the workforce to uncover the underlying requirements for the workplace’s visual identity
2. Benchmark What Does Good Look Like (WDGLL): companies that offer attractively and consistently designed workplaces where people want to work, promoting the company’s core values and business strategy
3. Define the essential building blocks of Toyota’s visual Corporate Identity for the Workplace (colour and material schemes,
4. By site typology (HO/TC, TPCE, Regional Depots, Vehicle Logistic Hubs – both for owned and leased sites) and workplace zone (see below list), draft a set of visual design guidelines Home Base: Quiet area for concentrated, focused workingOpen Plan: Open workspace supporting communication and collaborationMeeting Room: Conferencing, workshops, co-lab and training sessionsBreak-out Areas: Informal working, break time and chatTouchdown: A zone for spontaneous, flexible workingRefuge Area: A sanctuary for confidential conversations, meditation, decompression, reflection, mourning, etc.Resource Room: Kitchenettes, sanitary facilities, equipment and storesInter-zone Corridors: Reactivate and focus body and mindExterior Areas: How to best utilise for any of the above
5. Re-imagine the entrance area and atrium of our European Head Office to a lively and welcoming marketplace that promotes Toyota’s mobility solutions and corporate identity & values and encourages social interaction.
6. In all of the above, ensure these design elements contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace that welcomes and caters for the needs of all colleagues, regardless of their culture, age, gender, orientation, (dis)ability and neurodivergence
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Your Profile
7. You have a passion for interior design and follow up trends closely
8. You design inspiring, harmonious and home-like places where people are drawn to
9. You are flexible and open to customer feedback and update your designs accordingly
10. You are fluent in English (TME business language)
11. You are completing or have completed a Bachelor in Interior Design
12. Previous working experience in designing corporate workplaces is an asset
13. You master a recent AutoCAD version or at least can convert your drawings to an Autodesk format
14. Presentation Skills: you can draft convincing story lines and materialise these in concise and visually appealing presentations that you present with passion
Place of employment
15. Belgium - Brussels (Evere) : Toyota Motor Europe, Head Office, with – whenever required - site presence at Belgium – Diest: Toyota Parts Centre Europe Belgium – Zeebrugge: Vehicle Logistics Hub
16. Due to the Pan-European nature of the position, occasional travel to our pan-European sites may be required
Starting date
17. As soon as possible, but not later than September ’24.
Duration
18. 6 months
Confidentiality
Due to business requirement, not all performed projects can be reflected in the internship report. This issue needs to be discussed with candidate/school in advance.