Digital Manufacturing Data & Product Analysis Intern

About The Business: Designs Woodcraft Ltd is a UK-based bespoke furniture and woodcraft manufacturer operating under two complementary brands: Designs Woodcraft for bespoke domestic and commercial furniture, and Raw Materials Inc for hospitality tabletop service items. The business has a strong reputation for craftsmanship and customer service, with significant growth potential. The company is investing in digital technologies to improve systems, production planning, customer insight and future growth.

Overview: Responsible for analysing and improving customer enquiry, quotation and production workflows through structured data management and reporting. The role involves designing data capture processes, creating databases to record product specifications and customer requirements, and analysing enquiry trends to identify growth opportunities. You will develop dashboards, reports and forecasting models to support decision-making, production planning and capacity management, define key performance indicators, and document processes, procedures and recommendations to support future digital transformation and operational efficiency.

Desirable Skills: The ideal intern will possess strong digital and analytical capabilities.

Job Description:

Reporting to Ben Goldsmith, Managing Director
The intern will work directly with the Managing Director to develop a structured digital framework that converts customer engagement and product enquiry information into operational intelligence.

 
Responsibilities include:

• Map existing customer enquiry, quotation and production workflows.
• Design and implement data capture processes for bespoke furniture and hospitality product enquiries. Create structured databases to record customer requirements, product specifications, dimensions, materials, finishes and lead times.
• Analyse historical and current enquiries to identify recurring product types and emerging manufacturing opportunities.
• Develop dashboards to monitor demand trends, enquiry patterns and product categories.
• Create a product opportunity framework to support future product development decisions.
• Support the integration of engagement data with production planning activities.
• Develop reporting tools that provide visibility of potential future workload and resource requirements.
• Define and document key performance indicators relating to enquiries, conversions, product demand and production readiness.
• Produce standard operating procedures for data collection, reporting and analysis.
• Present recommendations to support future manufacturing growth and process improvement.
• The intern will gain practical experience in digital manufacturing, data analytics, business intelligence, process mapping, systems integration and product development within a growing manufacturing SME.

Intern Skills:

An ideal intern will possess strong digital and analytical capabilities, including:

• Understanding of data collection, cleansing and analysis.
• Experience using Excel, Power BI, databases or similar analytical tools.
• Ability to create dashboards and visual reports.
• Understanding of process mapping and workflow analysis.
• Ability to identify trends and patterns from structured and unstructured datasets.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.
• Ability to translate data into actionable operational recommendations.
• Strong communication and documentation skills,
• Interest in manufacturing, bespoke production and digital transformation.