p/pp/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/ppbPosition Summary:/b/pp/ppAs a participant in the Belk Internship Program you will gain real word experience and exposure to various functional areas of Buying. You will focus on analyzing business trends while assisting and shadowing the Buyer and Assistant Buyer. Buying Interns will learn key areas of the role including but not limited to advertising, purchase offers, analyzing reports, maintaining merchandise information, vendor relations and understanding the customer. The Internship Program provides exposure to senior leaders, professional development workshops, structured assignments and social events over the 10 weeks in the Summer. Interns will leave understanding the complexity of big box department stores and the excitement of the retail and ecommerce industry./pp/ppbEssential Functions/Responsibilities:/b/pulliLearn how to manage a multi-million dollar business and drive the profitability of your buying office/department/liliShop retail market to identify assortment, incoming trends and pricing opportunities based on competitive landscape/liliPrepare materials for merchant line review/liliAssist in recapping, finalizing, and communicating style placement to cross functional development teams, agents and vendors/liliProvide business support through report generation and analysis of business results/liliSupport cross functional teams as necessary which may include acquiring samples, developing item descriptions, and providing additional information/liliPresent selling recaps to managers on best and worst sellers/li/ulpbRequirements/Qualifications:/b/pulliRising college senior planning to graduate in Spring 2020/liliMust be authorized to work in the United States and not require work authorization /lilisponsorship by Belk for this position now or in the future /liliProven strong academic performer (GPA of 3.2 or higher preferred) /liliLeadership skills that include professional business ethics, confidence and self-/lilimotivation/liliStrong business background with ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and take/liliaction/liliPrevious retail experience/liliProficient in Excel and MS Office applications /li/ul