College Intern

HP•Mississauga, ON

1d•CA$45,000 - CA$50,000

About The Position

HP Canada is a multinational technology innovation company with a vision to Lead the Future of Work. In addition to being a market leader in Printing, Personal Systems, Collaboration Solutions and Gaming Solutions, HP is also listed on the Global 100 as one of the Most Sustainable Corporations on the planet. HP products are inspired by our customers and reflect our passion to fuse form, function, style and reliability into great computers and printers. This focus, coupled with unmatched global scale, has made us the world’s leader in printers and PCs. We attribute our success to the expertise, passion and commitment of our people. HP Canada Co. is looking for a minimum eight-month university co-op student to join the Consumer Sales Team. The co-op student would be responsible for working closely with sales and category managers in Print and Personal Systems (PCs), on promotional sales tracking, forecasting and analyzing sales trends for Canada’s largest retail accounts (Best Buy, Costco, Walmart, Staples, Amazon). Special projects and presentations will be required on an "as needed" basis. This will require extracting data and creative thinking to concisely communicate meaningful recommendations.

Requirements

Preferred 3rd Year of University completed or currently enrolled in a Master's program
Knowledge/experience in Business with a focus on sales and marketing being an asset
General Knowledge in Economics, Finance, and Statistics
Positive commitment to the business supported
Knowledge of IT and interest in consumer technology is an asset
Interest and familiarity with AI applications (e.g. Copilot, ChatGPT)
Goal oriented approach
Skilled at Excel/PowerPoint/Word/Outlook
Thorough and organized with a strong attention to detail
Creative, outside of the box thinking
Ability to gather, organize and ANALYZE complex data from multiple sources
Initiative, resourcefulness and high problem-solving aptitude
Strong communication and relationship building skills
Ability to manage a changing and challenging workload independently
Customer focus: interact with HP personnel (all levels)
Experience within retail would be considered an asset

Responsibilities

Preparing in-depth sales data reviews to evaluate promotions and presenting findings to the business in a way that is objective and useful.
Collaborate closely with Sales, Category & Marketing Teams on projects and assignments.
Act as liaison between Account Managers and major retail accounts collecting POE (Proof of Execution) for required marketing claims
Extracting raw data from in-house systems, if required, and using Excel and PowerPoint to provide meaningful recommendations from the analysis.
As you progress through the co-op term, you will use your knowledge of business issues, key customers, company practices, procedures and systems to co-ordinate and manage processes and projects.
Utilizing academic knowledge to understand various business challenges in order to provide insights and recommendations to real world problems.