Internship インターンシップ
During the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore years at Clemson University, I had the honor of participating in an internship with JTEKT North America's Purchasing Department. Here, you will find a summary of my internship, as well as links to more detailed reflections of my internship in both English and Japanese using the buttons below.


I worked as an Intern for JTEKT North America’s Purchasing Department from May 16th, 2022 to June 17th, 2022. The Purchasing Department’s goal is to gather the parts necessary to build steering systems, driveline components, automotive pumps, ball, needle, and roller bearings, machine tools, and mechatronics so that they can be sold to car manufacturers such as Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, and GM. During my time as an intern, I was tasked with contacting Project Managers—managers in charge of organizing a group of employees to contact certain suppliers in order to launch, progress, and complete part projects—and compiling each project manager’s data into a singular database for the entire department’s use. The goal of the database was to streamline the information and make it accessible to all members of the department, not just the project managers. Once I finished the database, I received resoundingly positive feedback on efforts from my manager, the other project managers, and even the Head of the Human Resources Department.