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Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview

We are offering a 12-month internship at our Ralph Lauren Head office located in Watford. The successful candidate will provide integral operational support to the Business Planning team, who are responsible for delivering availability of product, predictability of sales forecast and profitability for the business. The successful candidate should be prepared to travel to the office regularly and be available for a full year from 18th August 2025 – 28th August 2026. 

To be eligible for this internship, you should either be needing a year in industry to complete your university or college degree, or you demonstrate a considerable interest in starting your career in the fashion and retail industry.  

You must have the right to work in the UK and would need to provide it at the Assessment Day if successful in securing an interview.   

Please ensure you include a cover letter as part of your application. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

Operations/Financial

  • Preparation of Monday morning trade reports for distribution to wider teams 
  • Review of trade report data to highlight opportunities at store level to internal team members, taking initiative to suggest actions/resolutions to support store productivity 
  • Provide support on monthly regional management team calls, documenting required action for follow-up with supporting teams 
  • Update of analysis, report preparation and data entry to support all relevant stakeholders on a weekly and ad-hoc basis 
  • Work closely with key stakeholders to understand store option/unit capacities at brand and total store level to support seasonal intake flow and avoid over stocking 
  • Opportunity to own bigger tasks and projects such as monthly store traffic updates as well as updating our store information booklet 

Commercial Awareness 

  • Participate in regular store visits, collating store reports prior and assisting in creating follow up presentations 
  • To understand our competitors and their trading stance feedback any relevant points 

Training and development 

  • To adopt a positive and proactive approach to training and development.  
  • Proactively promotes improvements to working practices and systems.  
  • Participates in company initiatives as appropriate. 

Communications & Partnerships 

  • Creates and maintains strong working relationship within cross-functional teams: Buying, Allocation, Merch Planning, Retail Planning, RLE and stores teams. 
  • Liaises with all relevant stakeholders to review and assist in the formation of the seasonal lessons learnt, using analysis and historical data to ensure commercial decisions are made. 

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

  • Commercial and Analytical. 
  • Attention to detail.  
  • Able to work on own initiative and be pro-active. 
  • Able to demonstrate logical analysis and problem-solving skills. 
  • Able to organise, prioritise tasks and manages time well to meet deadlines. 
  • Demonstrates good listening, written and oral communication skills, effectively and clearly communicates. 
  • Able to build and maintain productive relationships within team environment. 
  • Strong Microsoft application skills, particularly Excel. 
  • Show ability or aptitude in retail math, able to learn technical applications quickly. 
  • A flexible and pro-active approach to business and systems management. 
  • Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging period.