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Intern Product Planning (all genders welcome)
Work on real projects and tasks within our Product & Pricing department of the Kia Europe Headquarters in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
>> minimum 6 months (starting as soon as possible)
The Requirements:
For your internship at Kia Europe you need to be enrolled during the whole internship period in a university within the European Union. Furthermore, you need a valid visa and an unrestricted permit to work in Germany. We recommend completing a six-month internship with us, as this gives you sufficient time to learn about Kia Europe and familiarize yourself with your topic.
Your Mission:
You will:
1. be part of our European Product Planning Team, supporting us in the most interesting decade of automotive history, and acting as a voice of the customer.
2. help us with research on automotive trends, studies on customer behavior, allowing us to pin-point our products towards the needs of future customers.
3. be identifying risks & opportunities of future models and support us to drive the implementation in close collaboration with our global headquarter in South Korea.
Tasks:
4. Competitor benchmarking on Pricing, Product positioning, Level of specifications, Tech features etc. You will get access to Kia's full tool-box when it comes to data, from customer insight surveys to forecast databases from major research companies.
5. Performance analysis (Sales results, Future outlooks, etc), identification of growth opportunities and incoming threats.
6. Construction of data dashboards and presentation to easily visualize complex data sets, and presentations to Team Management.
7. Contribution to brainstorming discussions on new feature application, market potential, and support on negotiations with Global HQ and regional offices, through data analysis.
8. Support in the set up of test drives for the team, both for Kia models and key incoming competitors.
Your Talents:
9. Bachelor or Master student in a Business, Marketing or (Industrial) Engineering related field
10. Existing experience (previous internships, university projects) within the automotive world, in consulting, or startups is appreciated
11. A passion for cars and future technologies - we want someone who can put themselves in our customers' shoes
12. Ability to work well with others and build relationships across teams
13. Good verbal and written English communication skills (other European language knowledge are an advantage, particularly German)
14. A valid driving license for Germany is required, as you will occasionally be asked to join test drives and give your feedback, and to help us organize them and manage the logistics.
Who are we?
Kia is a global mobility brand with a vision to create sustainable mobility solutions for consumers, communities, and societies around the world. Founded in 1944, Kia has been building motorcycles, cars and trucks for more than 75 years.
Kia is now spearheading the popularization of electrified and battery electric vehicles, developing a growing range of mobility services while encouraging millions of people to explore the best ways of getting around. Our brand slogan – ‘Movement that inspires’ – reflects our commitment to inspire consumers through our products and services.
Kia Europe is the European sales and manufacturing arm of Kia Corporation. From our headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, we lead 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus, employing more than 5,500 persons, including about 3,500 blue collar workers in our state of the art car plant in Zilina, Slovakia.
Our headquarter is home to 37 different nationalities and this diversity is truly inspiring! This means that every day at Kia is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. The mix of ambitious and dynamic employees from all over the world is the fuel to our success. Do you have what it takes to join our team? We are looking forward to getting to know you!
You will enjoy working with us if you like these things:
15. A pulsating international environment. Our workforce is composed of people from 37 nations
16. Playing an active and important part in the development of Kia in Europe.
17. Developing new frameworks and solutions
18. Demanding challenges to which you can creatively contribute
19. A competitive compensation package; private leasing offer; systematic off and on-the-job training, free staff restaurant, support as concerns Health Management and more