Location: Oklahoma City,OK, USA
The Hobby Lobby Buyers Department is seeking to recruit, train, and develop top collegiate talent into well-rounded merchandising interns who will get the opportunity to learn company operations in a corporate environment. This is a paid summer internship lasting approximately nine-weeks, dependent on academic requirements, at twenty hours per week on a Monday through Friday work schedule.
During the internship experience, the Buying Intern is assigned a training manager within the Buying Resources Department and takes on meaningful work assignments while making tangible contributions to the organization's success. This program provides opportunity for on-the-job training, cross-functional departmental exposure, and an end-of-program project presentation.
The goal of the Buying Intern is to gain insight into Hobby Lobby's purchasing world which will include purchasing, compliance, business systems, and assortment allocation strategies. With this, the Buying Intern will learn how these align to meet financial expectations and how to utilize current systems for the allocation and distribution of products.
The program includes
* Orientation
* In-store experience by working alongside a member of store management
* Participation in internal meetings with merchandising teams and vendors
* Opportunity to utilize analytical skills to make data-driven decisions to correctly manage and allocate inventory
* Discussion in business by utilizing various reporting tools to react to store inventory concerns, trends, and opportunities
* Exposure to senior leadership
* Monday to Friday, 8:00am-12:00pm on-site schedule dependent on academic requirements