Product Development Intern

Has you written all over it.

As a Product Development Intern you will assist your team in developing, sourcing, and executing all of Kohl's private and exclusive label brands - the ones that are ONLY available at Kohl's (LC Lauren Conrad, Apt. 9, Sonoma, etc.)

What you’ll do

  • Help your office competitive shop - aka see what our major competitors are selling and decide if there are opportunities within our assortment
  • Assist with daily activities: color reviews, vendor emails, meeting set-up and product review
  • Shadow and learn from all levels of your team, especially the product development coordinator (the role that interns are hired back as!)
  • Develop business skills such as collaboration, communication, business analytics and increase product specific knowledge

This is you

  • Undergraduate junior
  • You have a passion for all aspects of a product: sales, market relevancy, textiles, etc.
  • You work with a sense of urgency and adapt well to change - "no day is the same" sounds like something you would love
  • You're a great communicator- you get along with a range of personalities and backgrounds

Career path

  • Product development intern
  • Product development coordinator
  • Associate product manager
  • Product manager
  • Senior product manager

Your major is probably something like

  • Retail management
  • Consumer science
  • Marketing
  • Textile sciences
  • Merchandising
  • Communications

Perks

  • 10 week paid internship | associate discount | free transportation to and from work | cookies | free summer housing | free coffee
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Product Development Trainee

Has you written all over it.

As a Product Development Intern you will assist your team in developing, sourcing, and executing all of Kohl's private and exclusive label brands - the ones that are ONLY available at Kohl's (LC Lauren Conrad, Apt. 9, Sonoma, etc.)

What you’ll do

  • Identify white space opportunities through competitive shopping - ex. what are kohl's major competitors selling? are there opportunities within our assortment?
  • Use business skills like collaboration, communication, business analytics and increase product specific knowledge
  • Perform daily activities such as color reviews, vendor emails, meeting setup and product reviews
  • Facilitate communication with vendors to ensure timely and quality product

This is you

  • Undergraduate senior or college graduate
  • You have a passion for all aspects of a product: sales market relevancy, textiles, etc.
  • You work with a sense of urgency and adapt well to change
  • You're a great communicator and get along with a range of personalities and backgrounds
  • You love being a leader and working with a team to drive and deliver incredible results

Career path

  • Product development coordinator
  • Associate product manager
  • Product manager
  • Senior product manager

Your major is probably something like

  • Marketing
  • Analytics
  • Retail
  • Merchandising
  • Finance
  • Business administration
  • Management

Perks

  • 5 weeks of advanced training so you can hit the ground running as a Product Development Coordinator | Ongoing classroom style learning | Competitive Salary | Benefits | Associate discount
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Strategic Sourcing Intern

That just sounds impressive.

As a Strategic Sourcing intern, you will support the execution of the sourcing strategy by researching and analyzing information that impacts the supply chain and strategy implementation, vendor onboarding, and communication.

What you’ll do
  • Execute strategic sourcing reporting, presentations, data analysis and internal/external communication
  • help maintain supplier profiles for private and exclusive brands
  • Generate and analyze quarterly product data. Ex. the spend analysis for a quarterly divisional meeting
  • Support global product services leadership for special research projects as needed
  • Help support the planning & maintenance of the sourcing calendar
  • Analyze and recommend updates and improvements to planning and communication tools to support efficiency
  • Partner with Global Trade Compliance, Accounts Payable, Global Product Services and Logistics teams for new vendor onboarding
This is you
  • Undergraduate junior
  • You have a passion for and/or a background in research and analysis
  • You excel in Excel. Your spreadsheets have spreadsheets and you understand how to use features like pivot tables and file linking
Your major is probably something like
  • Business
  • Global Sourcing
Perks
  • 10 week paid internship | free summer housing| associate discount
Submit interest here!
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