POSITION SUMMARY
The 12 week Merchant Internship is designed to give students an overview for the retail industry and the buyer life cycle. Activities may include, Merchandise Selection & Development, Assortment Planning, Pricing & Promotional Strategy and In Store Execution. Interns spend their time working with a seasoned Buying team, shadowing cross functional Merchant support team members and attending various business meetings. Merchant Interns also participate in various self paced learning opportunities, field trips and complete a final project that is presented to Merchant Business leaders. Upon successful completion of the internship, students may receive an offer to join the Buyer Apprentice Program.
LOCATION
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
- Junior status (in final summer before graduation)
- Strong academic performance
- Demonstrated leadership abilities
- Involvement in extracurricular activities
- Dedication to Customer Service
- Strong Analytical skills
- Highly organized
- Financial aptitude
- First class follow up skills
- Strong orientation towards details
- Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Devise big-picture strategies with a focus on details to drive execution
- Highly creative, thinks out of the box
- Merchandising degree and desire to purse a Merchant career path preferred
- Permanent Employment Authorization/U.S. Citizen
- Working in tandem with the Buyers and Associate buyers to organize the presentation for business and line reviews and provide explanation of strategy and entry/exit plans.
- Generates reports to analyze item performance versus last year and competitors. Provides recommendations to the Buyer for forecast estimates.
- Actively maintains awareness of products, customer preferences, and competitors to keep current on ways to better service our customers.
- Documents category level activities around the buying life cycle to demonstrate competence in each area of responsibility.
- Responsible for ad hoc projects that support merchandising strategic initiatives.
- Provide analysis and feedback on current business and/or process improvements to various levels of the Merchandising management team including: Senior Vice President, Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager, Buyer, and HR.
PAST PROJECT WORK COMPLETED >>
- Trace the life of a top selling or underperforming item in an assigned business. Develop and present an action plan to improve business results.
- Shop the competition and present your key findings about the customer, the competition, SHC competitive advantage and recommendations to drive the business.
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