Future Leaders Program - MBA Internship

Barry Wehmiller Company • Clayton, MO

44d • Onsite

About The Position

The Barry-Wehmiller Future Leaders Program places interns in high-visibility roles, reporting directly to a business unit's executive team, with responsibility for leading strategic initiatives that help determine the future of Barry-Wehmiller. This will include owning end-to-end deliverables that are critical to the company's success and prepare you to be a Barry-Wehmiller leader. Our successful candidates have been top talents with a track record of high-performance and driving impact. Capabilities include strong communication skills, advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities, and a bias towards joining a purpose-driven culture where Everybody Matters - note that the culture is so deeply embedded in our purpose that our CEO wrote a book about it! To learn more, click here: https://www.barrywehmiller.com/MBA . As part of the program, each intern will be placed in a Future Leaders Program track (listed below) that aligns with their passions and capabilities. In your cover letter, please list your top two tracks, any additional information about your interest in that track, and any long-term locational preferences. The internship will be in St. Louis, MO, with full-time opportunities dependent on role (please note that Barry-Wehmiller has hundreds of locations across the world) to be discussed during the interview process. Corporate Strategy: Lead initiatives focused on the growth of a business by assessing capabilities, growth drivers, and other strategic levers. Perform analysis to enable key factors of strategic plan (e.g., creating new pricing methodologies developed through data analysis and customer insights) Product Management: Develop deep understanding of a product and its drivers of market success, resulting in faster and more sustainable growth (e.g., defining an integrated product launch strategy; developing an innovation roadmap) Marketing: Drive key business go-to-market strategies by leveraging customer insights, search engine optimization (SEO), AI, and more (e.g., performing market studies to define market size, potential, and entry strategy - e.g. build vs. buy; developing a proactive marketing campaign) Financial Planning & Analysis: Lead financial analyses for driving better business decisions (e.g., performing an assessment of opportunities based on a machine's footprint and the positioning of our products in the market; developing a strategy for improving working capital levels) Operational Excellence & Supply Chain: Lead operational improvement and supply chain projects (e.g., designing an updated manufacturing process to enable higher throughput; performing supply chain assessments that uncover savings opportunities) People Strategy: Lead people analytics, compensation and incentives, strategic workforce planning, and cultural programming (e.g. develop talent matrices, market talent analysis, and technology trends: ready BW for the future of work, develop international pay structures and incentive plans, and measure ROI on L&D programs)

Requirements

• Currently enrolled as a 1st year student in an MBA program
• Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills to solve complex business problems, with a proven track record of success
• Superior leadership abilities with demonstrated business acumen, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable driving impact while navigating ambiguity
• Strong desire to join a people-centric, caring culture
• Willingness to work in St. Louis, MO in summer 2026.
• Full-time location to be discussed during the interview process
• Authorized to work in the US without restrictions

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives focused on the growth of a business by assessing capabilities, growth drivers, and other strategic levers.
• Perform analysis to enable key factors of strategic plan (e.g., creating new pricing methodologies developed through data analysis and customer insights)
• Develop deep understanding of a product and its drivers of market success, resulting in faster and more sustainable growth (e.g., defining an integrated product launch strategy; developing an innovation roadmap)
• Drive key business go-to-market strategies by leveraging customer insights, search engine optimization (SEO), AI, and more (e.g., performing market studies to define market size, potential, and entry strategy - e.g. build vs. buy; developing a proactive marketing campaign)
• Lead financial analyses for driving better business decisions (e.g., performing an assessment of opportunities based on a machine's footprint and the positioning of our products in the market; developing a strategy for improving working capital levels)
• Lead operational improvement and supply chain projects (e.g., designing an updated manufacturing process to enable higher throughput; performing supply chain assessments that uncover savings opportunities)
• Lead people analytics, compensation and incentives, strategic workforce planning, and cultural programming (e.g. develop talent matrices, market talent analysis, and technology trends: ready BW for the future of work, develop international pay structures and incentive plans, and measure ROI on L&D programs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern