Summer MBA Strategy Internships

Tapestry•New York, NY

35d•$30 - $30•Hybrid

About The Position

The Tapestry Strategy and Consumer Insights MBA Intern will work in close partnership with members across the Tapestry Global Strategy & Insights team to assist in developing and supporting the execution of a global, multi-year strategy across the group. The intern will own a strategic project at either the corporate strategy or brand strategy level (e.g., tracking competitors’ quarterly earnings, analyzing store footprint and conversion, forecasting product category growth, sourcing consumer insights, studying handbag market trends, conducting brand health tracking). Individuals in the role may be expected to partner with individual brands’ finance, marketing, merchandising, and commercial teams. They may also be expected to assist in ongoing transversal efforts across these areas. This intern will embrace a consumer focused and data-driven approach and ensure that these insights serve as the foundation for key strategic decisions. Additionally, the intern will be aware of top market trends and competitive insights.

Requirements

Pursuing or recently completed an MBA degree or equivalent
Overall Experience: 3+ years of experience; a combination of education and experience in areas such as corporate strategy, management consulting, or operating roles (within and outside of the retail sector) will be considered
Multi-Industry Expertise: Experience within retail, apparel, DTC brands, or ecommerce preferred
Global Focus: Should demonstrate a global mindset & expertise; prior experience supporting a global business preferred

Nice To Haves

Consumer Mindset: Seamlessly link market intelligence and consumer trends and preferences, ensuring the Tapestry brand strategies reflects a consumer-centric approach
Driven towards action: Agile, solutions oriented mindset when adressing challenges
Vision: Inspired to challenge the status quo and to foster innovation
Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to form strong relationships and collaborate across many different functions and BUs / geographies
Organization: Ability to prioritize across many initiatives and oversee complex projects while balancing short-term and long-term mindset
Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication & presentation skills
Critical Thinking: Skilled in data analytics with and hypothesis-led problem-solving capabilities

Responsibilities

Work alongside the Strategy & Consumer Insights team as well as cross-functional partners such as our data and analytics group, finance team, and/or omni-channel teams as they identify strategic advantages and opportunities for growth
Own a strategic initiative / project over the summer in the areas of Strategy and/or Consumer Insights, at either the Tapestry/Corporate level or brand specific level
This strategic initiative to potentially include market research, competitor research, public company filings analysis, internal and external data analysis, consumer insights analysis, consumer trend research, and brand strategy
Support the long-range and annual planning processes in partnership with Finance teams at both the Tapestry corporate and brand level
Support key leadership meetings and workshops for Tapestry executives and brand leadership teams
Support implementation and execution of key strategic initiatives for the brand(s)