Intern Program at MeadWestVaco

About MWV

MeadWestvaco Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, provides packaging solutions to many of the world's most admired brands in the healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, home and garden, tobacco, and commercial print industries. The company's businesses also include Consumer & Office Products, Specialty Chemicals, and the Community Development and Land Management Group, which sustainably manages the company's land holdings to support its operations, and to provide for conservation, recreation and development opportunities. MWV operates in 30 countries and serves customers in more than 100 nations. MWV manages all of its forestlands in accordance with internationally recognized forest certification standards, and has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the seventh consecutive year. For more information, please visit www.mwv.com.

THESE POSITIONS ARE IN CONSUMER & OFFICE PRODUCTS, BASED IN KETTERING, OH.

Account Specific Marketing: This intern will assist in the development of new products for respective categories working closely with most functional areas, including, but not limited to, purchasing, new product development, licensing, and creative services. Assist in the development of sales collateral materials. Contribute to the development of marketing strategies.

Marketing, General: This intern will conduct retail audits and enter collected data into spreadsheets, assist in line framing analysis, and assist in maintaining/obtaining sample inventories. The student will conduct competitive product analysis, assist in sell sheet technical information, conduct marketing information searches on the Internet, manage logistics of mock-ups for photo sessions, presentations, ad slicks and catalogs, and will assist the marketing department in other projects as requested.

Marketing, Market Insights: This intern will assist with sales force survey. The student will assist with the coordination and compiling of back-to-school ads. They will also help with image requests and maintenance as well as data coding and analysis as needed. They will support the Market Insights Analyst and others in dept. as needed

Marketing, Market Analytics: This intern will assist with analysis of internal and external sales and market data, including providing support and insights for presentations to all areas of the company on relevant topics.

Sales: This intern will track competitive data/pricing and will assist in evaluating superstore information. The student will assist with research of grocery, drug, mass and superstore channels, help create planogram, and maintain a system for tracking shipments. The student will assist with promotional presentations and everyday listings, and will review current products to help evaluate profitability/manufacturing feasibility.

Sales Financial Analyst: This intern will contribute in the preparation of customer quotes and ad hoc analysis, and assist in the preparation and distribution of profitability and cost center reports. The student will facilitate sales incentive program information to reconcile proper accrual balances on a monthly basis and facilitate the preparation of fixed spending forecast. They will assist in the analysis of Price Variance requests and prepare timely updates to RPM Metrics.

Qualifications:

Min. two years of college education, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in business, sales, marketing, management or communications.

Min. of 3.0 grade point average (4.0 scale)

Ability to work part-time (15 hrs minimum) during the school year, and preferably full-time (40 hrs) during the summer.

Strong computer skills, i.e. Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint; strong aptitude for learning other software programs.

Ability to organize and prioritize in a deadline-oriented environment.

Must have excellent interpersonal communication skills, organizational skills, and demonstrate initiative.

Strong attention to detail and solid analytical ability.

Team player/good attitude/mature.

Physical ability to lift boxes of product samples, up to 25-30 pounds, for some positions.

To apply, please email resumes and dates of availability to:

Christina Weeks, Human Resources

christina.weeks@mwv.com

THESE POSITIONS ARE IN CONSUMER & OFFICE PRODUCTS, BASED IN KETTERING, OH.

Product Engineering/Operations: This intern will assist in completing cost sheets based on feedback from manufacturing support and product engineering. Identify and evaluate correctness and accuracy of quotes and compare to requests. Assist in coordinating metrics of on time and completeness of estimate requests. Provide support to manufacturing support and product engineering by scrubbing database errors and updating fields accordingly. Review costs to compare to SAP and develop report on accuracy and/or discrepancies in original estimate. Work with purchasing, marketing and manufacturing support to review findings of cost comparisons. Assist in creating and revising technical drawings to clarify make method of various finished goods items. Attach technical drawings to specifications and clean up files stored on shared drive. Correct data fields for mass changes to materials within the specification database for components and finished goods

Global Purchasing/Procurement: This intern will support the Product Development Procurement/Purchasing organization. Manage customer specific CER requests, RFQs and SDS cost tracking spreadsheet. Coordinate the receiving and distribution of customer specific product development samples. Provide assistance on customer specific projects as needed during peak season and perform other administrative project tasks. Assist in purchasing activity as it relates to customer product development. Participate in cross functional meetings to gain a better understanding of the business as a whole. Proactively audit retail for competitive samples and assist in project to source items for specific customer needs. Learn the basics of cost negotiations by assisting in cost evaluation projects. Manage purchasing data entry systems to ensure POs, PIRs and BW are accurate and updated.

Qualifications:

Min. two years of college education, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in business, sales, marketing, management or communications.

Min. of 3.0 grade point average (4.0 scale)

Ability to work part-time (15 hrs minimum) during the school year, and preferably full-time (40 hrs) during the summer.

Strong computer skills, i.e. Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint; strong aptitude for learning other software programs.

Ability to organize and prioritize in a deadline-oriented environment.

Must have excellent interpersonal communication skills, organizational skills, and demonstrate initiative.

Strong attention to detail and solid analytical ability.

Team player/good attitude/mature.

Physical ability to lift boxes of product samples, up to 25-30 pounds, for some positions.

To apply, please email resumes and dates of availability to:

Christina Weeks, Human Resources

christina.weeks@mwv.com