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Was responsible for handling the existing product portfolio for hammers, assembly and demolition, as well as working on the New Product Innovations (NPI) projects over the Strat period of 2022-24. Current products involved tasks like handling discontinuations of items during the SKU RAT process, as well the day to day management of the category. NPI tasks included being involved in intense discussions with engineering regarding feature sets of hammers and addressing market needs/end user preferences.
On a day to day basis I would be following the process of product launches which involves aspects like packaging artwork, supply chain calls with planners, looking out for new opportunities in the hand tools market and preparing for new and upcoming launches. I would be doing a lot of excel and powerpoint work.
The marketing insights' role consisted of monitoring market trends and pricing across all key categories, including retailer selling prices and competitor pricing. Another critical responsibility of the insight’s role is providing the brand managers with the sales tracker of each brand. This responsibility is essential as it demonstrates the performance of each brand in comparison to the previous years. I also supported the brand managers with building presentations for the sales teams across all business units.
Supporting local teams with general queries. Ensuring all brand assets develop adhere to brand guidelines. Creating monthly social media plans & organising adaptation of assets for each post. Creating email templates that can be adapted by local teams. Supporting and coordinating marketing campaigns and product releases. Collaborating with a number of collogues spread across the globe. Raising purchase orders for the brand. Development of digital asset packs
- It requires to be in alignment with different regions, Globally to centralize the best promotional activities. It involves day to day follow ups with different teams. - Its essential to have create a strong proposal pitch for regions to let them have the best of promotions for their regions. - Support them with all the details required. - Brainstorm on providing easy, accessible and unique experience to internal stakeholders to existing data. - Design new experiences after researching thoroughly on it for different brands within.
Generally assisting the team with their day-to-day tasks, joining product calls with the global team and engaging in various other meetings, working on longer term projects to provide in-depth insights on a specific topic when all urgent tasks have been completed, responding to queries over email from the SBD team in addition to collaborating companies.
Working within the Global tools & storage business, more specifically i worked within the training team. The team’s purpose: providing training to help educate users and retailers about the products. Personally, I was responsible for the planning, designing, creating, publishing and maintaining the online training courses. Through the knowledge of products and design i was able to transform product specs into thorough training courses. Predominantly working within the Articulate 360 platform, Adobe Suite and Camtasia.
Overall, I can honestly say that my placement year at SBD full of valuable experiences. I am very grateful to of had the opportunity to spend the year in their employment. The working environment is very positive whether this is in your close team or the wider organisation. Unfortunately, there was of course a time where I had to complete the final months of my placement from home due to COVID-19 but the team were forever present and I still got the sense that I was a valuable part of the team.
The structure of the placement was well thought out and I learnt plenty about the company and the values it has as well as what goes into bringing a product to market. It was very beneficial to my degree and im going into final year a lot more confident.
I had involvement in real-world projects, and the ability to make key decisions that improved the development of our product. I was working in a field that interests me, which is always helpful!
Overall great experience as part of a close team. A company that treat's its interns like full-time employees (people even offer to make YOU coffee sometimes :) )
An invaluable experience, the most useful and productive part of my university degree.
It was great had a lot of experiences and enjoyed learning new things.
