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Tremont Cactus League Baseball Business Seminar

1/22/2018

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Important Details:

Enter Code: UWBBS18, for $250 off
Dates: Mar. 12-18, 2018
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Description:

With a focus in professional baseball, Tremont Global Education's 2018 Baseball Business Seminar is a week-long career building and networking experience in sunny Arizona that allows participants to meet MLB team personnel, baseball insiders, sports specialists and other leaders.  The itinerary will take participants across the Cactus League for exclusive opportunities to speak with executives, discuss industry trends, visit facilities and, of course, watch big league spring training games.

How to Apply:

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Dicks Sporting Goods                                            Corporate Merchandising Internship

1/21/2018

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Important Internship Details:

Currently Accepting Applications
Housing Provided
Dates: May 21-Aug. 3, 2018
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Commitment: 40 hours/week
Salary: Undisclosed

Description:

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, interns have the opportunity to work with and learn from the leaders of a growing Fortune 400 company. During the 11-week summer experience, interns will take on meaningful work assignments and make tangible contributions to the organization’s success. This structured and well-organized program provides on-the-job training, classroom instruction, cross-functional departmental exposure and an end-of-program project presentation.
 
Interns are assigned to a training manager within Merchandising or eCommerce – primarily an Inventory Planner, or Buyer.  Past interns have worked in areas including Nike Apparel, Fitness, Golf, Footwear, Team Sports (Football, Baseball or Basketball), Lodge, and more. 
 
Areas of Placement:

Allocations & Replenishment (Assistant Inventory Planner Intern):

The goal of an assistant inventory planner intern is to develop a skill-set that allows for accurate execution and optimization of available systems to ensure the right product, gets to the right place, at the right time to meet customer demand. Leverage corporate and ad-hoc reporting to review and react to store inventory concerns, trends, and opportunities. Utilize analytical skills to make data-driven decisions to correctly manage and allocate inventory. Provide critical input into determining how to most effectively utilize our inventory to support merchandise plan, advertising, regional, and competitive initiatives. Maintain proper inventory levels by store location to support sales, margin and turn goals. Understand the role of Supply Chain to balance and adjust levels of inventory flow to stores
 
Buying (Assistant Buyer Intern):

The goal of an assistant buyer intern is to gain insight on how a department level merchandise strategy is built, an assortment is chosen to support the strategy (including the private brands) and how these align to meet the financial expectations. Discuss the business by utilizing various reporting tools to gain and interpret data. Participate in internal meetings with other merchandising teams and vendor meetings by sharing information and opinions as appropriate. Assist the buyers in the in-depth development of merchandise assortments by category. Research economic, financial, market, competitive and industry data to explain current business trends and anticipate new trends or big ideas
 
Some of your experiences will include:
  • Multi-day intern orientation to introduce you to the company, the program, Pittsburgh, and your classmates
  • Professional development workshops designed to increase your knowledge of the company and the retail industry, as well as develop their business acumen and office professionalism
  • Extensive exposure to our senior leadership through our exclusive intern only Executive Speaker Series which includes a private lunch with our CEO
  • Opportunities to “live the brand” and experience summer fun outside the office through various events
  • Fully furnished summer housing is provided for interns who reside outside of the Metro Pittsburgh area or stipend for local interns
  • Working a 40 hour work week, Monday – Friday

Skills we are looking for:
  • A competitive spirit with a passion for results
  • An interest and confidence in working with data and numbers; strong mathematical/quantitative skills highly preferred
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to independently make data-driven recommendations
  • A curiosity and desire to learn about consumer and retail trends, including customer demographics, purchasing influencers and emerging technology 
  • Dynamic written and verbal communication style to read and write reports, as well as communicate cross-functionally and vertically throughout the organization
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment
 
We look for potential candidates with:
  • A GPA of 3.2 or higher
  • Graduation date of December 2018 or Spring 2019
  • A major in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Marketing, Management, Economics, or other related business or retail major
  • Strong proficiency in Excel
  • An ability to relocate to the Pittsburgh, PA area for the summer

How to Apply:

Click Here to Apply and view the full job description

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Mad City Pond Hockey Championships Volunteering

1/10/2018

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Important Details:

This event is off-campus (See below for details)
Dates: Jan. 20 and 21, 2018
Location: Middleton, Wisconsin
                 Esser Pond (On Madison's west-side)
Commitment: One 4-5 hour shift

Description:

The Mad City Pond Hockey Championships raise funds for pancreatic cancer research at the UW Carbone Cancer Center. The Mad City Pond Hockey Championships are seeking volunteers for Saturday and Sunday, January 20th and 21st. Since many of you will be in Madison after the Winter Trip, this would be a great opportunity to pass the time and get involved for your continuing support of SBC. Volunteer activities include score-keeping/officiating and you will be taught the rules, while teams do a good job of self-officiating on their own. 

Games are 30 minutes in length and following each game you can retreat to the heated tent for a 30-minute break to warm-up. Each volunteer is expected to help for a four to five-hour shift and volunteers will receive 3 points for their work.

Please contact Zach Epstein to receive volunteer credit or with any inquiries, especially regarding carpooling or Ubering to the event together.

How to Register:

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