Intern Sportstyle & Young Athletes Category Management

INTERSPORT Group; Bern; On-site; CHF 20,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

INTERSPORT Group in Bern, Switzerland, is seeking an Intern for the Sportstyle & Young Athletes Category Management team. You will support seasonal assortment planning, data-driven insights, and cross-functional collaboration to drive brand and product decisions.

Ideal candidates are university students or recent graduates with a passion for sport, sneakers, and lifestyle trends, plus strong Excel and Power BI skills.

Qualifications

• You must be a university student or recent graduate in Business, Economics, Marketing, Fashion Management, Retail Management or a related field.
• Passion for sport, lifestyle and consumer trends is essential.
• Interest in sneakers, fashion and product assortments is a plus.
• Strong analytical mindset with curiosity for consumer and product performance.

Responsibilities

• Support the Sportstyle & Young Athletes Category Management team in day-to-day merchandising activities.
• Assist in seasonal assortment planning and product range development.
• Analyze brand portfolios, product performance and assortment productivity.
• Prepare category reviews, performance reports and market insights.
• Support sell-in and sell-out analysis using internal reporting tools and databases.
• Contribute to product benchmarking and trend monitoring across key brands.
• Support meeting preparation, workshop coordination and presentation creation.
• Collaborate with Buying, Marketing, Retail and Data & Analytics teams.
• Assist in maintaining category planning tools, databases and assortment frameworks.
• Support project follow-up and seasonal execution.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Detail‑oriented

Good communication

Education

University student or recent graduate in Business or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Do you want to work at the Heart of Sport, at the pulse of the global sporting goods industry, with the leading sport brands in the world? Then you need to join INTERSPORT.

We are looking for a motivated and eager Intern for the Sportstyle & Young Athletes Category Management team.

Key Objective

Support the Senior Category Merchandiser Sportstyle & Young Athletes in the development, execution and monitoring of seasonal category strategies. Contribute to building data-driven assortments, generating category insights and supporting brand and product decisions that help drive the success of INTERSPORT's global Sportstyle & Young Athletes business.

Your Tasks

• Support the Sportstyle & Young Athletes Category Management team in day-to-day merchandising activities
• Assist in seasonal assortment planning and product range development
• Analyze brand portfolios, product performance and assortment productivity
• Prepare category reviews, performance reports and market insights
• Support sell-in and sell-out analysis using internal reporting tools and databases
• Contribute to product benchmarking and trend monitoring across key sportstyle and lifestyle brands
• Support meeting preparation, workshop coordination and presentation creation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Buying, Marketing, Retail and Data & Analytics
• Assist in maintaining category planning tools, databases and assortment frameworks
• Support project follow-up and seasonal execution

Your Profile

• University student or recent graduate in Business, Economics, Marketing, Fashion Management, Retail Management or a related field
• Passion for sport, lifestyle and consumer trends
• Interest in sneakers, fashion, sportstyle brands and product assortments
• Strong analytical mindset with curiosity for understanding consumer and product performance
• Very good Excel and Microsoft Office skills; Power BI knowledge is a plus
• Comfortable working with data, systems and databases
• Strong attention to detail and structured way of working
• Proactive, reliable and eager to learn
• Good communication and presentation skills