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Converse Enterprise Business Planning Graduate Internship
Pre-career
Boston, United States
in office
Internship
Job description
About the Role
The Enterprise Business Planning (EBP) Graduate Intern joins Converse's Enterprise Business Planning team, the function that brings demand, supply, financial and marketplace signals together into a single, coherent view of the business and owns the enterprise's planning cadence. Reporting directly to the Director of Enterprise Business Planning, the intern gains close exposure to senior leadership decision-making and the strategic priorities shaping Converse's operating model. The role sits at the centre of how a global brand governs itself, partnering with planning leadership on special projects that shape the operating rhythm and sharpen enterprise-wide decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the evolution of Converse's planning calendar and governance rhythm so that the right decisions happen at the right moments with the right stakeholders involved.
- Help prepare the analysis and materials that inform senior leadership's most important business reviews, translating data into a narrative that drives action.
- Partner with Marketplace Planning, Finance, Analytics and Supply Chain to understand how each function's inputs shape the enterprise plan.
- Identify opportunities to simplify cross-functional handoffs and sharpen collective execution.
- Contribute to the tools and reporting that give leadership real-time visibility into marketplace health and progress against the operating plan.
- Take ownership of discrete strategic initiatives, from target-setting frameworks to process refinement.
- Shape recommendations with autonomy and present them to senior stakeholders.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Currently pursuing an MBA, with an expected graduation of Winter 2027 or Spring 2028.
- Academic or professional grounding in Operations, Supply Chain, Finance or Strategy.
- Fluency with data and analytical tools (Excel, SQL or similar) sufficient to structure and interrogate business problems independently.
- A systems thinker who brings structure and clarity to ambiguous, cross-functional problems.
- Polished written and verbal communicator, capable of distilling complexity for senior leadership audiences.
- Builds trust and credibility quickly across functions and levels of seniority.
- Self-directed and intellectually rigorous, and energised by the mechanics of how a business actually runs.
- Genuine curiosity about Converse, the consumer and the broader retail and lifestyle landscape.
Preferred Skills
- Meaningful pre-MBA experience in consulting, financial planning and analysis, supply chain, or retail/merchandising strategy is strongly preferred.
Benefits & Perks
- 10-week paid internship.
- Relocation assistance provided.
The Application Process
Accommodations are available to complete the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, an accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed.
- Submit a resume and a cover letter, both required, uploaded and submitted as a single combined PDF file.
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