Internships
Internships/Job ShadowAn opportunity for students to gain experience in a chosen field through college credit or work experience. Applicants should expect to be able to provide minimum qualifications to benefit from internships in many fields. The Internship Manager/Faculty will provide guidance and assistance but final application and acceptance is an agreement between the student and employer. |
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Step 1: Select the best option for you (credit or non-credit). Internship Options
Step 2: Select a Career Related opportunity. Students have many options for seeking career related internships and include the following:
Step 3: Prepare a Resume and Cover Letter As a college student and workplace professional, all applicants must prepare a cover letter and resume. Resume and Cover Letter Guidelines and Examples Contact Career Services at 602-787-7073 to schedule an appointment to review your resume and cover letter. To ensure the safety of our students at the Internship site, each student must fill out an Assumption of Risk form and submit to Career Services before the start of their Internship. If the internship is unpaid, the employer must also fill out a Certificate of Insurance. Downloadable Forms:
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By knowing where to look and how to prepare, you can land a great internship! The opportunities are out there, it is up to you to go out and find them. Benefits of Internships Internships provide an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to the workplace. The work experience students gain through an internship will make them more appealing to potential employers after graduation.
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Internship Opportunities
Henkle Internship Descriptions:
Intern - Brand Management - 6072US
Henkel´s Beauty Care division holds leading market positions worldwide and its brand-name product business is continuously expanding. In this fast-moving sector, success depends on constant innovation and high-quality products. You are ready to work in a challenging, but also glamorous and dynamic environment? If you share a passion for hair and beauty, this is the place to start your career.
What we offer:
Brand Management Interns work with either a base brand team or an innovation brand team. Base brand teams manage and run existing brands with a focus on the current product portfolio, current market and immediate future. Strategic and tactical marketing is the expertise as they determine what and how to communicate with their target consumers. Work closely with Sales Planning to optimize trade strategy with our retail customers and with manufacturing and demand planners to ensure sufficient supply of product with minimal excess inventory. Innovation teams focus on creating and developing new products and identifying unmet consumer needs and other opportunities. Focus on the longer term and usually work on projects that are 1 – 5 years from launch. Work closely with R&D, package engineering, market research, and creative services to move new products from idea to reality.
Position Responsibilities:
- Brand Management interns are assigned several projects at the onset of the internship. They are designed to immerse the intern in the day to day work of brand management.
- Interns will contribute to the success of the business unit and have the opportunity to showcase their skills and abilities.
- At the end of the internship, Brand Management interns will present one or more of their projects into Brand Managers and GMs throughout the company.
Past Brand Management interns have helped develop future marketing plans and execute current marketing plans, analyzed market opportunities and sales trends, worked with agency partners to design print ads and FSI’s, written new product concepts, tested new product concepts qualitatively in focus groups and quantitatively in pre bases testing, among many other hands on marketing experiences.
Who we are looking for:
- Ability to gather and analyze data and develop fact-based recommendations resulting from the analysis
- Ability to link information with marketplace performance. Thorough understanding of trade channel dynamics and franchise business strategies as well as competitor strategies and their impact on the trade
- Ability to clearly articulate ideas through concise, timely and unambiguous written correspondence. Strong verbal and presentation skills are also required
- Ability to understand timing constraints of brand initiatives and initiates activities with sufficient lead time to successfully deliver each element
- Ability to prioritize among competing tasks based on opportunity, urgency and management directions
- Ability to quickly identify the source of problems that occur, and develop alternatives, solutions and recommendations to resolve the issue
- Ability to see opportunities, to anticipate market and competitor reactions, and to evaluate the risks of differing opinions
- High level of proficiency with spreadsheets, databases, presentations graphics, and word processing
- Love and passion for marketing
- Currently enrolled in MBA Marketing program 12 months experience in consumer products marketing or sales preferred
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills; solid analytical skills, working knowledge of marketing and financial terms
- Speak English fluently
- Have current long term US Work authorization
- Resumes must show undergraduate school GPA, Graduate school GPA to date, GMAT scores: Total, Verbal, Quantitative and Analytical Writing Assessment
Please contact Career Services at (602) 787-7073 for additional information.
Intern - Package Engineering - 6070US
Henkel´s Beauty Care division holds leading market positions worldwide and its brand-name product business is continuously expanding. In this fast-moving sector, success depends on constant innovation and high-quality products. You are ready to work in a challenging, but also glamorous and dynamic environment? If you share a passion for hair and beauty, this is the place to start your career.
What we offer:
This position will involve the support of development, testing and implementation of new Hair Care & Styling products, cost savings projects, quality improvements, and process improvement initiatives.
Position Responsibilities:
- Work with suppliers, Package Engineers, Package Testing Engineers, and cross functional team members to drive projects to completion
- Participate in project meetings
- Assist in the design and development of project related packaging components
- Assist in the initiation and coordination of plant trials
- Participate in testing of package components and materials
- Creation and maintenance of package testing plans, and package component specifications
Henkel is an equal opportunity employer
Minority / Female / Disabled / Veteran
Who we are looking for
- Class level: Junior or Senior, minimum GPA 2.8 - 3.0, major Package Engineering.
Please contact Career Services at (602) 787-7073 for additional information.
Intern - Research & Development - 6163US
Henkel´s Beauty Care division holds leading market positions worldwide and its brand-name product business is continuously expanding. In this fast-moving sector, success depends on constant innovation and high-quality products. You are ready to work in a challenging, but also glamorous and dynamic environment? If you share a passion for hair and beauty, this is the place to start your career.
What we offer:
Interns will gain valuable experience by working on a variety of meaningful and interesting projects and challenging tasks. They will develop professional business skills by observing and experiencing the general day to day workings of a global company. Interns will also develop an understanding of Henkel's operating environment and culture, and form lasting relationships with mentors and coworkers to provide ongoing career support.
Position Responsibilities:
- Interns will be assigned to a project in one of the following areas within Research & Development: Beauty Care Product Development, Laundry Product Development, Homecare Product Development, Haircare Product Development, Clinical Science, Beauty Care Process Engineering, Laundry Process Engineering, Homecare Process Engineering
Who we are looking for:
- Students must be enrolled in Sophomore year or higher, preferably with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
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Preferred disciplines include:
- Chemical Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Biochemistry or related disciplines
- Strong interpersonal, leadership and communication skills
- Highly motivated and able to work independently or as part of a team
Please contact Career Services at (602) 787-7073 for additional information.
Intern - Shopper Marketing - 6105US
Henkel´s Beauty Care division holds leading market positions worldwide and its brand-name product business is continuously expanding. In this fast-moving sector, success depends on constant innovation and high-quality products. You are ready to work in a challenging, but also glamorous and dynamic environment? If you share a passion for hair and beauty, this is the place to start your career.
What we offer:
The Shopper Marketing Intern is assigned several projects. These projects immerse the intern in the day to day work of brand management and sales
Position Responsibilities:
- Responsible for strategic and tactical marketing programs that influence the consumer along the path to purchase.
- Work closely with the Brand Teams, Field sales and Sales Planning to optimize trade and brand strategy with our retail customers and to turn insights into action plans that drive brand equity and value added sales
Who we are looking for
- Ability to gather and analyze data and develop fact based recommendations resulting from the analysis
- Ability to link information with marketplace performance
- Ability to clearly articulate ideas through concise timely and unambiguous written correspondence strong verbal and presentation skills also required
- Ability to prioritize among competing tasks based on opportunity, urgency, and management directions
- High level of proficiency with spreadsheets, database, presentation graphics and word processing software 12 years experience in consumer products/sales preferred
- Have current long term work authorization
- Resumes must show undergrad GPA, Graduate school GPA to date, GMAT scores: Total, Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing assessment
- Cover letters must communicate why you are interested in Shopper Marketing and this internship
- Tell us about a current brand (not one of Henkel’s) that impresses you and why.
Please contact Career Services at (602) 787-7073 for additional information.
Intern-Package Engineering (In-Store Merchandising) - 6065US
Henkel´s Beauty Care division holds leading market positions worldwide and its brand-name product business is continuously expanding. In this fast-moving sector, success depends on constant innovation and high-quality products. You are ready to work in a challenging, but also glamorous and dynamic environment? If you share a passion for hair and beauty, this is the place to start your career.
What we offer:
Henkel operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies in three business areas: Laundry Care and Home Care, Cosmetics/Toiletries, and Adhesive Technologies. The current position open is a 6 month internship at our North American headquarters in Scottsdale,AZ.
The Engineering Intern will report to the Manager for In-Store Merchandising, and will be involved the support of development and implementation of displays and special packs, cost savings projects, quality, and process improvement initiatives.
Position Responsibilities:
- Work with suppliers, Package Engineers, and cross functional team members to drive projects to completion
- Participate in project meetings
- Assist in the design and development of project-related packaging components and displays
- Assist in the initiation and coordination of plant trials
- Participate in testing of package components and materials
- Creation and maintenance of package component specifications
Who we are looking for:
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Minimum GPA 2.8 /3.0 in major (Package Engineering)
Please contact Career Services at (602) 787-7073 for additional information.
Interns-Supply Chain & Purchasing - 6102US
Henkel´s Beauty Care division holds leading market positions worldwide and its brand-name product business is continuously expanding. In this fast-moving sector, success depends on constant innovation and high-quality products. You are ready to work in a challenging, but also glamorous and dynamic environment? If you share a passion for hair and beauty, this is the place to start your career.
What we offer:
Supply Chain & Purchasing Interns work within the various disciplines that support the delivery of products to our end customers. Interns will be assigned to a specific project but will have the opportunity to interact and learn from all groups across the integrated supply chain.
Position Responsibilities:
- Supply Chain internships are based in the areas of Logistics, Manufacturing, Customer Service, Demand Planning, or Supply/Production Planning
- Purchasing internships are based in the areas of Direct Materials & Indirect Materials & Services
Who we are looking for:
- Currently enrolled in MBA or Undergraduate Supply Chain program
- Strong interpersonal/communication skills; solid analytical skills; working knowledge of marketing and financial terms
- Ability to quickly learn how to analyze syndicated research data
- Proficiency with PC applications MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- US Citizen or possess long-term US Work Authorization
Please contact Career Services at (602) 787-7073 for additional information.
