Product Marketing Intern

Bemis Manufacturing Company, a family-owned market leader the plastics industry has been in business for 120 years and employs over 1,600 employees in six countries. Headquartered in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, we are the largest global manufacturer of plastic and wood toilet seats. Through our manufacturing expertise, we also produce private label products and component parts to a wide variety of industries. Staying true to our long-standing values, we continue to embrace innovation in our products and processes through our culture of creativity, empowerment, collaboration, and high performance. Bring your ideas and help us shape the future! 

Our Summer Intern program gives students an opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience, exposure to key leaders, group projects, time to build relationships with other Interns, and so much more!

Opportunity:  

Assist the NA Seats Product Marketing team, taking our organization from a Manufacturer to a Brand that Manufacturers. This role will function within the Product Marketing role of New Product Development, along with several activities and task associated with Category Management. This person will get a chance to understand the importance of competitive analysis and how to best develop products from a market back innovation perspective along with incorporating learnings form critical strategies. 

Specific Responsibilities:  

*Lead two (2) product development projects within North America seats, which will include market research, cross team collaboration, financial analysis and go to market efforts
 

*Work specifically with Sr Product Marketing Category Manager on the category management of the following:
                *Strategy development and tactical planning
                *Product continuums and progressions
                *Product blue sky events
 

*Build out competitive analysis for analog toilet seats or technology integrated toilet seats within all channels (online, retail, wholesale) including:
                *Price positions, features, market share, differentiators, SWOT

This position will be for a summer internship.  Virtual interviews will take place November-December and the internship will start mid-May/early June and end in August.

Skills & Qualifications: 

​*Currently in college pursuing an undergrad degree in Marketing or Business (may consider a new graduate looking for an intern post-graduation)

*Preferred candidate will have a strong curiosity toward path-to-purchase, consumer and pro segments.

*Familiar with MS Office products (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

*Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly communicate to all levels of the organization. 

*Organized and detail-oriented, able to prioritize tasks and work against deadlines. 

*High abstract reasoning/thinking (entrepreneurial spirit, big-picture thinking, rapidly learn new information and acquire new skills, form new strategies, and solve new problems) desired.

*Self-starter, ability to work independently, stay focused yet able to multitask between projects.