Digital Wholesale Internship at Leading Sports Fashion Brand
Gradfuel, Ireland

This is a 6-month placement for university students who want experience in the Digital Wholesaleteam.

With sports playing an increasingly important role in more and more people’s lives, both on and off the field of play, we operate in a highly attractive industry. Based on our deep understanding of our consumers and the authenticity of our brand, we push the boundaries of products, experiences, and services.

You will gain great knowledge being a member of the Partner Program Product Launch and Optimization team working closely with key retailers in Europe and external vendors. The team plays the role to launch our products with the best presentation on our key Retail Partners, leading and driving implementation of strategic cross-functional initiatives to accelerate the business by increasing conversion rates, views, and search on our Partners sites.

You will also gain Business Development and Project management skills supporting the Business Development of new accounts and market extensions.

Your Tasks:

• Supporting the Product Launch and optimisation team by:

• Understanding the data and content readiness
• Tracking, creating and sending updates to the team

• Gathering information for key projects and or initiatives. 

• Support the Digital Product Launch team analytics in daily tasks:

• Understand the status of our product status with our Partners.
• Flag and raise issues to the team
• Validate changes

• Front-end store checks to ensure high quality product content within our Partners

• Support the Business Development and Analytics team:

• Tracking the integration process of new accounts
• Work in the market extensions of existing accounts
• Ad hoc analysis

• Gather data and provide reporting

• Support the Execution of digital content strategy and adapt output to meet the needs of the different marketplaces. 
• Support the Digital Partner Commerce team in creating newsletter, providing business insights and monthly business update
• Support the Optimization of product data in our middleware providers platforms (Marketplace integrators)
• Cross-functional collaboration with other teams in the market

• Driving of own projects as required
• Support in day-to-day work

Requirements

• Outstanding academic results with a planned graduation of your Bachelor's or Master's studies in the next 1-2 years

• Enrolled for the complete duration of the internship or in a gap year between Bachelor's and Master’s degree (EU citizens only - only applies to EU citizens due to working permit regulations)
• Candidates in penultimate year of study preferred (following the internship, students should have maximum one year to graduate)
• First working experience in the sporting/consumer goods industry or in a strategic function
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills in combination with a strategic way of thinking
• First experiences in project management beneficial

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Hands-on working style to get things done, ability to work under pressure to meet critical deadlines
• Agile, open-minded team player with a passion for sports and lifestyle
• Eagerness to continuously improve oneself and to further develop own skills
• Fluent in English

• Affinity to digital tools
• Strong MS Office skills (especially PowerPoint and Excel)

Benefits

• World Leading Sports brand
• 6 month placement
• International offices!
• Extensive training!
• Very fun team
• Office with a pool!

Job Rewards and Benefits