Summer 2027 Intern - Assistant Planner (Merchandise Planning & Analysis)

Belk; Charlotte (NC); Presencial; USD 21 000 - 34 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Belk invites motivated students to join its 10-week Summer Internship Program in Charlotte, NC. You will learn merchandising planning, allocation, and analysis by studying trends, developing seasonal financial plans, and supporting pricing optimization and performance analysis.

Interns relocate to Charlotte for the summer, gain exposure to senior leaders, participate in professional development workshops, and complete structured assignments and store-ready insights for a big-box retailer.

Qualificações

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Strong analytical skills and ability to leverage data insights to influence decisions
• Proven academic performance with a 3.2+ GPA and solid coursework in retail analytics

Responsabilidades

• Learn to manage a multi-million-dollar business and drive profitability
• Analyze business trends and compare location sales to identify inventory opportunities
• Provide business support through report generation and data analysis of results
• Analyze KPIs to monitor product performance
• Research product trends and extract insights for opportunities
• Extract and analyze data from financial systems to support insights
• Assist in monthly reviews, assortment planning, and seasonal financial planning
• Support inventory optimization by store to maximize profitability
• Provide competitive market landscape insights and recommendations

Conhecimentos

Excel

MS Office

Data analysis

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Team player

Formação académica

Economics

Statistics

Finance

Fashion Merchandising

Retail Management

Business Analytics

GPA 3.2

Ferramentas

Financial systems

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Internship Program Overview

As a participant in the Belk Internship Program, you will gain real word experience and exposure to various functional areas of Merchandise Planning, Allocation, and Analysis. You will focus on analyzing business trends while assisting and shadowing your Planner. Planning Interns will learn key areas of the role including but not limited to developing seasonal merchandise financial plans, by-door plans, pricing optimization and in-depth analysis of product performance.

The Internship Program provides exposure to senior leaders, professional development workshops, structured assignments, and social events over the 10 weeks in the Summer. Interns will leave understanding the complexity of big box department stores and the excitement of the retail and ecommerce industry.

Interns will be required to relocate to Charlotte, NC for the summer.

What you will do

• Learn how to manage a multi-million-dollar business and drive the profitability of your office/department
• Analyze business trends while comparing location sales to highlightinventory successes andopportunities
• Provide business support through report generation and analysis of business results
• Analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor product performance.
• Research product trends and provide insights on areas of opportunities
• Extract and analyze data from financial systems to support business insights
• Support and participate in monthly review, assortment planning, seasonal financialplanning and store planning
• Assist team with optimizing inventory by store to create the most profitable assortment
• Provide competitive landscape of the market and make recommendations to maximize business opportunities

Required Qualifications

• Rising college senior planning to graduate in December 2027 or Spring 2028
• Desired majors:
  • Economics, Statistics, Finance, Fashion Merchandising, Retail Management, Business Analytics, or other relevant majors
• Proven strong academic performer (GPA of 3.2 or higher preferred)
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and not require work authorizationsponsorship by Belk forthis position now or in the future
• Passion for solving problems and strong analytical skills
• Strong business background with ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and takeaction
• Skills and Abilities: career direction and motivation, professionalism, adaptability, driven for results, critical thinking, ability to leverage data insights to influence decisions, initiative
• Proficient in Excel and MS Office applicationswith strong understanding of formulas, functions, and reporting to analyze business performance.

Preferred Qualfiications

• Previous retail experience
• Strong understanding of Retail Math and Terminology
• Relevant coureswork: Merchandise Buying, Inventory Planning and Allocation, Data Analysis Fundamentals, Demand Forecasting, Trend Analysis, Forecasting and Financial Planning, Data Reporting