# Merchandise Planning Intern, Spring 2027

**Company**: The Walt Disney Company
**Location**: Kissimmee, FL
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $23.00 per hour
**Category**: Retail
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

Step into the fast-paced world of merchandise planning as a Merchandise Planning Intern. You'll dive headfirst into hands-on projects, sharpening your analytical skills as you help shape assortment strategies designed to maximize sales and drive results.

This internship is a full-time, six-month commitment in Orlando, FL, from January 2027 to June 2027.

**Responsibilities**

You'll assist with quarterly and annual assortment planning, analyze item and category performance, and identify stock issues. Working with the Planner, you'll communicate solutions and help launch products. Day-to-day tasks also include supporting special projects and running routine analyses to help the team maximize sales and minimize risk.

On any given day, you might:

- Review weekly sales and share recommendations to boost business

- Communicate assortment changes to guide future orders

- Work with a Merchandise Assistant to ensure product launches are on schedule and report any issues

- Coordinate with Location Strategy & Allocation to verify that in-stock items are set up and selling in all locations

- Help prepare presentations for leadership on program results and strategies

- Manage planning tasks like updating locations, changing set/exit dates, revising POs, handling RTVs, and price changes

- Visit stores regularly to spot ways to improve performance with assortment changes

**Requirements**

- Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office, Business Objects, and Oracle Retail platforms

- Proven ability in data mining, financial analysis, and interpreting complex information

- Strong communication skills, both written and interpersonal, for effective collaboration with team members and partners

- Exceptional attention to detail and proactive follow-through on projects and tasks

- Skilled at managing multiple priorities and thriving in a fast-paced environment

- Strategic, solutions-oriented thinker with a track record of meeting challenging deadlines

**Education**

- Junior or Senior year preferred

- Major or previous coursework in Business, Finance, Economics, Math, Merchandise Planning, Industrial Engineering, or a related major preferred

**Eligibility Requirements & Program Information**

- Be enrolled in an accredited college/university, pursuing a degree, taking at least one class at the time of application, OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship

- Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney Internship or Disney College Program

- Be at least 18 years of age

- Possess unrestricted work authorization

**Additional Information**

- The approximate dates of this internship are January 2027 through June 2027

- Fully available Monday – Friday for the duration of the internship, 40 hours each week

- Able to provide own housing for the duration of the internship program in the Orlando, Florida area

- Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work

- Be aligned with The Disney Look appearance guidelines

- Limited housing opportunities for Florida-based Disney Interns through American Campus Communities

The pay rate for this internship in Orlando, Florida, is $23.00 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- Business Objects
- Oracle Retail platforms
- data mining
- financial analysis
- complex information interpretation
- written and interpersonal communication
- attention to detail
- project management
- strategic thinking

### Nice to have
- Business
- Finance
- Economics
- Math
- Merchandise Planning
- Industrial Engineering

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