Internship/co-op - Merchandising - Private Brands

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada The Home Depot Canada Full time

**2023 Summer Student Internship/Co-op Opportunity - Private Brand Category Intern**

**About the co-op/internship program**:
The Home Depot Canada Internship/Co-op Program is a paid 16-week internship, running from May 8 - August 25th, 2023.

**Duration**: May 8th - August 25th (16 weeks)

**# of positions available**: 1

**Locations**:Hybrid

**Join Our Team**:
Our product development and sourcing team are always thinking about the customer and how to bring the best innovative products to market, where and how to source the best products from around the globe. Our Canadian team leads our private label business, we manage the brands, product development, quality of our products and the customer experience with our products. We have close to 300 associates in various sourcing teams around the world. We partner together with our US team and share best practices. Collectively, we’re proud to support the merchandising team in Canada with some of the best brands in our stores. Come play a key role in identifying the next big product opportunities for the Pro and DIY and work with a solid group of leaders in the retail market in Canada.

**Job Summary**:

- Assess a category’s performance, evaluate line structure, and understand brand guard rails.
- Participate in team weekly meetings, store walks, vendor meetings and merchant meetings to get a true understanding of the team’s role.
- Learn about merchandising at The Home Depot Canada - our strategy, our competitors, our process and most importantly our passion for product.
- Responsible for assessing 1 customer category and 1 pro category to make private brand product recommendations.
- Own the project end-to-end:

- Analysis: customer & competitive insights; US comparison; category analysis
- Exploration: identify product and brand white space opportunities, as well as diversification opportunities
- Recommendation: prioritization & product recommendation
- At the end of the internship, you will have the opportunity to make product recommendations in 2 categories through a presentation to sourcing leadership team.

**What You Bring to the Role**:

- Currently pursuing a university and/or college education in retail management, or a related field of study will be considered a preferred qualification.
- Collaboration mindset
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skillset
- Excel based experience a must

The successful student will be currently enrolled in a Canadian accredited university or college throughout the period of the Internship/Co-op Program. In addition, you must be legally entitled to work in Canada by way of Canadian citizenship, permanent residency, or a valid work permit.

**What you can expect to learn and gain from this experience**:

- Role of Brands at The Home Depot
- Analysis - how to assess a category’s performance, evaluate line structure and understand brand guard rails
- Private brand - the role & importance of private brands at HD as well as learning our brand portfolio
- Sourcing - you will learn what and how we source - exposure to vendors and sourcing strategies
- You will learn about the relationship we have with our stores and inverted pyramid - how build feedback into our product and development
- Merchandising 101 - you will learn about merchandising at THD - our strategy, our process and most importantly our passion for product.
- Coaching and mentoring
- Performance feedback, leadership, and development opportunities
- Full-time health and dental benefits, and matching donation program



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