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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

About this job

Description
At DICK'S Sporting Goods, interns have the opportunity to work with and learn from the leaders of a growing Fortune 400 company. DICK'S Sporting Goods is returning to campus this year; to recruit, train and develop top collegiate talent into well-rounded merchandising interns. During the 11-week summer experience, interns will take on meaningful work assignments and make tangible contributions to the organization's success. This structured and well-organized program provides on-the-job training, classroom instruction, cross-functional departmental exposure and an end-of-program project presentation. Interns are assigned to a training manager within Merchandising or eCommerce - primarily an Inventory Planner, or Buyer. Past interns have worked in areas including Nike Apparel, Fitness, Golf, Footwear, Team Sports (Football, Baseball or Basketball), Lodge, and more. Areas of Placement: Allocations & Replenishment (Assistant Inventory Planner Intern): The goal of an assistant inventory planner intern is to develop a skill-set that allows for accurate execution and optimization of available systems to ensure the right product, gets to the right place, at the right time to meet customer demand.
  • Leverage corporate and ad-hoc reporting to review and react to store inventory concerns, trends, and opportunities
  • Utilize analytical skills to make data driven decisions to correctly manage and allocate inventory
  • Provide critical input into determining how to most effectively utilize our inventory to support merchandise plan, advertising, regional, and competitive initiatives
  • Maintain proper inventory levels by store location to support sales, margin and turn goals
  • Understand the role of Supply Chain to balance and adjust levels of inventory flow to stores
Buying (Assistant Buyer Intern): The goal of an assistant buyer intern is to gain insight on how a department level merchandise strategy is built, an assortment is chosen to support the strategy (including the private brands) and how these align to meet the financial expectations.
  • Discuss the business by utilizing various reporting tools to gain and interpret data
  • Participate in internal meetings with other merchandising teams and vendor meetings by sharing information and opinions as appropriate
  • Assist the buyers in the in-depth development of merchandise assortments by category
  • Research economic, financial, market, competitive and industry data to explain current business trends and anticipate new trends or big ideas
Some of your experiences will include:
  • Multi day intern orientation to introduce you to the company, the program, Pittsburgh, and your classmates
  • Professional development workshops designed to increase your knowledge of the company and the retail industry, as well as develop their business acumen and office professionalism
  • Extensive exposure to our senior leadership through our exclusive intern only Executive Speaker Series which includes a private lunch with our CEO
  • Opportunities to 'live the brand' and experience summer fun outside the office through various events
  • Fully furnished summer housing is provided for interns who reside outside of the Metro Pittsburgh area or stipend for local interns
  • Working a 40 hour work week, Monday - Friday

Qualifications
Skills we are looking for:
  • A competitive spirit with a passion for results
  • An interest and confidence in working with data and numbers; strong mathematical/quantitative skills highly preferred
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to independently make data-driven recommendations
  • A curiosity and desire to learn about consumer and retail trends, including customer demographics, purchasing influencers and emerging technology
  • Dynamic written and verbal communication style to read and write reports, as well as communicate cross functionally and vertically throughout the organization
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
We look for potential candidates with:
  • A GPA of 3.2 or higher
  • Graduation date of December 2018 or Spring 2019
  • A major in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Marketing, Management, Economics, or other related business or retail major
  • Strong proficiency in Excel
  • An ability to relocate to the Pittsburgh, PA area for the summer
Start Date: May 21, 2018 End Date: August 3, 2018 Full-time opportunities in 2019: Interns will be evaluated at the end of the program for full-time positions in 2019.