Sporting Fashion & Goods
Converse Strategic Planning Graduate Internship
Pre-career
Boston, United States
in office
Internship
Job description
About the Role
This internship sits within Converse Strategic Planning, a function that shapes and drives the company's growth agenda by leading business planning processes, aligning enterprise leadership and spearheading transformational projects across its diverse businesses and geographies. The role partners with teams to develop elements of Converse's global long-term growth strategy through Strategic Planning and Finance, and also assists Finance with key projects related to strategic efforts underway. The intern manages one or more cross-functional projects in support of management, helping to identify and evaluate critical strategic priorities and catalysing action through long-range business planning and performance management.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with colleagues to develop elements of Converse's global long-term growth strategy through Strategic Planning and Finance.
- Manage one or more cross-functional projects in support of management.
- Help identify and evaluate critical strategic priorities and problems.
- Catalyse action against strategic priorities through long-range business planning and performance management.
- Assist Finance with key projects related to strategic efforts underway.
- Support senior leaders as a thought partner on complex business issues, including consumer, competitive and market analyses, financial models and action plans.
- Conduct a cross-consumer assessment of key product franchises and determine the potential brand and commercial impact of cultural and sport moments.
- Develop a recommendation for expanding the digital footprint in an international emerging market.
- Identify growth opportunities and define a consumer narrative for key consumer segments.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Enrolled in an MBA program with an expected graduation date of December 2027 or Spring 2028.
- Background in corporate strategy, strategy consulting, business development, corporate development, investment banking, finance, digital/e-commerce, retail, general apparel brands, or related fields.
- Demonstrated problem structuring and strategic problem-solving skills, with experience leading multiple simultaneous projects.
- Ability to navigate and thrive in ambiguity and to influence across a cross-functional, matrixed environment.
- Experience presenting to and influencing senior leadership, with excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional environment with a positive, can-do attitude.
- Ability to complete quantitative and qualitative analysis and financial models.
- A resume and cover letter are both required, submitted as a single combined PDF file.
Preferred Skills
- 3-5 years of work experience is strongly preferred.
- Interest in corporate strategy.
Benefits & Perks
- Paid internship opportunity.
- Relocation assistance is provided.
The Application Process
A resume and cover letter are both required and should be uploaded and submitted as a single combined PDF file.
- Submit a resume and cover letter as a single combined PDF file.
- Accommodations are available to complete the interview process, including screen readers, sign language interpreters, an accessible single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning and other reasonable modifications as needed.
About the Company
Converse Strategic Planning teams shape and drive the company's growth agenda by leading the business planning processes, aligning enterprise leadership to make the biggest opportunities a reality, and spearheading transformational projects across Converse's diverse businesses and geographies.
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