Mr Price Planning Internship


Advertiser: Mr Price
City: Durban

A fantastic, once in a lifetime opportunity exists for young, energized students or graduates, who wish to gain some experience working for the well- known Mr Price Group in our Mr Price Apparel Division, Merchandise team - learning more about Planning.

Studying something commerce related eg. Accounting, Finance, Economics or Supply Chain? A Merchandise Planner is responsible for planning and managing how money is spent when buying merchandise (product) in a retail environment. The Planner works closely with the buyer to develop a strategy for what merchandise they will buy and translates this strategy into numbers.

The Planner is also responsible for controlling the budget and managing the supply chain, making sure that the suppliers deliver the right merchandise at the right price. Coupled with this, the Planners role is to analyse how past merchandise buys have performed across the various stores and also analyse the current market customer profile. It is very analytical role that requires great numerical skills.

Date: October to November 2013
The above date represents the intake period so please ensure that you are available fulltime for the duration stipulated.

Please note that this Internship will take place at our Head Office in Durban so any students keen to apply who reside outside of Durban would need to cover their own travel costs etc.

A market related allowance will be paid for the duration of your internship. If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. MR PRICE is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.

Closing date: 16 November 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

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In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.