These are paid internships with good training. A few years ago we (CCB) had two students complete this internship and they had dinner with the CEO of Lowe's. Good experience.
Lowe’s Summer Internship Program offers challenging assignments to undergraduate and graduate students, enhancing their understanding of the retail business world through valuable, hands-on experience with a FORTUNE 50 company. The summer internship program begins on June 6th with a three day orientation, and lasts until August 10th. All internships are paid and housing is available for interns who qualify.
Candidates must be currently enrolled students in an accredited degree-seeking program in order to be eligible for an internship. This position has potential for full-time conversion upon candidate’s graduation.
Store Operations - Assistant Store Manager (ASM) Interns will focus on learning retail operations and leadership. Interns will spend 1 week in all four functional areas (3 Sales floor + 1 Admin), coupled with 4 weeks of the ASM development program. ASM development experiences would include learning in:
- Advanced communications
- Reports
- Difficult situations
- Customer experience
- Staffing
- Inventory
- Merchandising
- Driving sales & margin
- Specialty sales
- Credit
- Controllable expense
- Employee performance
- ASM interns will be assigned to a “home-store”, reporting directly to the Store Manager with strong connection to the HR Manager.
- Job shadowing across the sales floor and with the ASM of Administration will occur, allowing the intern to experience a detailed experience across all sales areas as well as the front/back office operations of a retail operation.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Read, write and communicate using English language sufficient to perform job functions (certain preferences may be given for special language skills when there is a business need).
- Must pass pre-employment tests, if applicable
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, including days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays as needed
- Previous management and people leadership experience in retail, (including: drug store, grocery, hard lines, or general merchandise)
- Functional knowledge of retail merchandising, operations and management practices and procedures
- A strong customer service orientation and focus
- Effective organizational, communication (written and oral) and problem solving skills
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced and ever-changing big box retail environment
Preferred Major(s): Business, Retail Management, Marketing and Management Prior retail experience would be helpful, though not required. Other customer service experience would also be highly desirable.
With fiscal year 2010 sales of $48.8 billion, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,725 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s is the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
This internship is in Lowell, MA but Lowe's usually has these in many locations. Here's the link: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=2860867&PartnerId=25239&SiteId=5014&type=search&JobReqLang=1&codes=INDEED
