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: Click Here to Apply and view the Itinerary Learn More: Tremont Global
1 Comment
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:
Skills we are looking for:
We look for potential candidates with:
How to Apply: Click Here to Apply and view the full job description Learn More: Find UW-Alumni that work at Dicks Sporting Goods on LinkedIn Follow Dicks Sporting Goods on Twitter Follow Dicks Sporting Goods on Instagram Like Dicks Sporting Goods on Facebook 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: Click Here to Register Learn More: Mad City Pond Hockey Championships Follow Mad City Pond Hockey on Twitter Like Mad City Pond Hockey on Facebook |
Website EditorMy name is Paul Leeder and on behalf of the entire board, we hope you find this information valuable Archives
February 2020
|