Management & Sales Internship

Job Description

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Job Title: Management & Sales Internship

The Sherwin-Williams Management & Sales Internship is a paid, 10-12-week summer program designed to offer comprehensive, hands-on experience in our retail stores. This program provides invaluable insight into management, sales, and store operations, alongside meaningful customer engagement.

You will gain practical business-to-business (B2B) and retail experience within a paint store environment. The internship includes opportunities to travel with a Sales Representative for insight into outside sales and structured time with your management team. A significant component is a team-based project addressing critical business issues, supported by leadership.

Our intern experience provides professional-level learning in the following key areas:

• Customer Service: Providing friendly, professional assistance both in-store and over the phone.
• Sales Support: Maintaining displays and assisting customers with product recommendations.
• Product Knowledge: Understanding merchandise to answer questions and ensure inventory accuracy.
• Inventory & Merchandising: Restocking shelves and supporting visual merchandising efforts.
• Store Operations: Assisting with transactions, product preparation/mixing, and general store upkeep.
• Logistics Support: Helping unload deliveries and organizing stockrooms efficiently.
• Training & Compliance: Attending necessary training and adhering to store policies.
• Team Collaboration: Supporting teammates and resolving basic customer concerns effectively.
• Project Responsibility: Working on a team-based project that tackles a real business challenge.

Upon successful completion of the program, interns are highly encouraged to apply to the Management & Sales Training Program (“MTP”) to further their career with Sherwin-Williams.

Note: College graduates are not eligible to participate in this internship program but are encouraged to apply directly to our Management and Sales Training Program (“MTP”).

Job duties involve contact with customers (which may include minors) and access to cash, payment methods, electronic equipment, personal information, store merchandise, and other items of value. Such access may be supervised or unsupervised. Therefore, the Company conducts a review of criminal history to protect the business, its operations, reputation, and the safety of customers, staff, employees, vendors, contractors, and the general public.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.
• Must be enrolled in a college or university at the time of the internship or co-op program.
• Must be able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to retrieve material from shelves and floor stacks and lift and carry up to 50 lbs. frequently and up to 70 lbs. on occasion.
• Must be willing to work all scheduled hours, which may include evenings and weekends, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Have a valid, unrestricted Driver’s License.
• Have at least one (1) year experience working in a delivery, retail, or customer service position.
• Have previous experience working in a team-oriented setting (e.g., work experience, extracurricular activities, military service).
• Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in more than one language.
• Ability to read, write, comprehend, and communicate in Spanish.
• Be a rising or current Junior or Senior in college or university at the start of the internship program.

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About Us

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. We believe in empowering our people to live this purpose, creating brighter and stronger spaces through our paints, coatings, and innovative solutions. We value your skills, talent, and passion, and translate our stability, growth, and momentum into possibility for our employees.

We invest in and support our people across three key areas:

• Life: With rewards, benefits, and flexibility to enhance your health and well-being.
• Career: With opportunities to learn, develop new skills, and grow your contribution.
• Connection: With an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities.

It’s all here for you… let’s Create Your Possible.

Sherwin-Williams is committed to helping our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter, and feel better. This commitment is supported by a wide range of world-class benefits. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings you may be eligible for if hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case, including skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business needs. The disclosed wage range estimate has not been adjusted for applicable geographic differentials. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status, or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

Please be aware: Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.

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