Leadership Development Program (Intern, Summer 2020)
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Have what it takes? Join us.
Overview
Your career is what you make it, and the same goes for Brunswick’s Leadership Development Program (LDP). Equal parts strategy and execution, the LDP internship offers a 10-week window into General Management, working alongside our executive leaders to address a variety of business issues and/or opportunities. Through experiential learning, interns build upon existing leadership, strategic and project management skills by participating in impactful projects in strategy, business development, marketing, and other functional areas. Along the way, LDP interns are provided networking opportunities across multiple divisions across the US. LDP interns are evaluated throughout the summer and will ultimately be considered for full-time LDP positions.
The LDP is sponsored directly by Brunswick’s Vice President of Strategy and closely monitored by Brunswick’s executive leadership team. In addition to your on-the-job learning experiences, you will also be encouraged to join your cohort for our quarterly programming event that takes place in the summer to provide exposure to another division/location.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must be a first year, full-time MBA student graduating between May and June, 2021.
- Must be willing to relocate for the duration of the internship.
- Must be available to work for 10 consecutive weeks, starting between May and June 2020.
- No less than 4 years of professional work experience.
Responsibilities
- Managing and/or participating on project teams.
- Evaluating performance and productivity.
- Analyzing accounting and financial data.
- Researching and identifying growth opportunities.
- Developing and implementing growth strategies.
- Generating reports and giving presentations.
- Making recommendations to our leadership team(s).
What the ideal candidates will bring to our winning team
- Experience working in…
- Industrial Goods OR
- US-based Fortune 1,000 company.
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Engineering, or Finance/Accounting.
- Desire to build a career in General Management in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to not only think strategically, but also to drive results through personal execution.
- Ability to define business problems and frame answers in a logical and structured way.
- Excellent comprehension of business fundamentals including finance, marketing, operations and strategy.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-paced work environment.
- Ability and desire to take risks and challenge the status quo.
- Strong drive to develop innovative solutions.
- Creative problem solver with strong decision-making skills with the ability to overcome unforeseen obstacles.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Passion for our products and the marine industry.
Interview Process and Placement
As a summer intern in the LDP, your title will be the same as it would be if you joined the full-time program, Manager of Strategy and Business Development. You will interview for acceptance into the general program and we will take division and/or location preferences into consideration the best we can. When you receive an offer, it will be to support a specific division: Mercury Marine, Brunswick Boat Group, Business Acceleration, or Corporate. Exact locations vary based on business needs each year, however, locations for internships always include Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; and Mettawa, Illinois. Given the company’s strategy to develop leaders for the entire corporation, those with geographic mobility will be more attractive during the selection process.
About our Divisions
Mercury Marine – Headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wis., Mercury Marine is a world leading manufacturer of marine propulsion systems. A $3 billion division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), Mercury designs, manufactures and distributes engines, services and parts for recreational, commercial and government marine applications, empowering boaters with products that are easy to use, extremely reliable and backed by the most dedicated customer support in the world with 10,000 service points globally. Mercury’s industry-leading brand portfolio includes Mercury outboard engines; Mercury MerCruiser sterndrive and inboard packages; Mercury global parts and accessories including propellers, and SmartCraft electronics; Power Products Integrated Solutions; MotorGuide trolling motors; Attwood, Garelick and Whale marine parts; Land ’N’ Sea, BLA, Payne’s Marine, Kellogg Marine & Lankhorst Taselaar marine parts distribution; and Mercury and Quicksilver parts and oils. More information is available at mercurymarine.com.
Brunswick Boat Group – Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., the Brunswick Boat Group is among the largest maker of pleasure boats in the world, with sales exceeding $1.4 billion. The Brunswick Boat Group is a manufacturer and marketer of Sea Ray and Bayliner pleasure boats; Boston Whaler offshore fishing boats; Crestliner, Lowe, Lund, Princecraft, and Harris aluminum fishing, deck and pontoon boats.
Brunswick Business Acceleration – Headquartered in Mettawa, Ill., Business Acceleration is the newest unit of the Company, and includes the Boating Services Network, Freedom Boat Club, NAUTIC-ON, OnBoard Boating Club and Rentals. It is also responsible for Brunswick’s i-Jet innovation lab at the University of Illinois as well as the Company’s joint ventures with TechNexus that include Streem, Anglr and CatchCo.