Full-time summer opportunity and paid $17.00 per hour.
Dillard’s West Region Buying Office has a Summer Internship Program designed to facilitate an on-the-job learning experience for students interested in a career in Fashion buying. The internship is a development program that provides the training, knowledge and hands-on learning experience of a professional buyer for a major department store.
Summer interns will shadow a seasoned buyer who will work with the intern throughout the course of the program. The intern will learn aspects of the buying process which includes open to buy, assortment planning, ordering, forecasting, advertising, and other related tasks applied to buying functions. Interns will also attend classroom instructions on various buying topics taught by buyers and Division management.
The program will run from May 15 through Aug 4th, 2023.
Qualifications
- Interns must be at least in their Junior year going into their Senior year of a Bachelor’s degree college program. Seniors qualify as well.
- Students must have a minimum 3.4 overall GPA.
- Other qualifications include computer, technical skills, prior retail experience, writing, math, phone skills and the ability to handle supervised direction.
- Preferred degrees include Retail, Marketing, Business Management, Fashion Merchandising, or Apparel Merchandising. The program will accept all qualified candidates, regardless of your major.
- Students must display a desire to have a long-standing career in the retail industry as an executive in the buying organization.
Dillard’s West Region Buying Office is located in Gilbert, Arizona and this position will be available in-person. Students can apply via Handshake or by emailing Jim Benson a resume, cover letter, and unofficial transcript to Jim.benson@dillards.com.