Intern Product Planning (all genders welcome)

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Intern Product Planning (all genders welcome)

Work on real projects and tasks within our Product & Pricing department of the Kia Europe Headquarters in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

>> minimum 6 months (starting as soon as possible)

The Requirements:

For your internship at Kia Europe you need to be enrolled during the whole internship period in a university within the European Union. Furthermore, you need a valid visa and an unrestricted permit to work in Germany. We recommend completing a six-month internship with us, as this gives you sufficient time to learn about Kia Europe and familiarize yourself with your topic.

Your Mission:

You will:

• be part of our European Product Planning Team, supporting us in the most interesting decade of automotive history, and acting as a voice of the customer.

• help us with research on automotive trends, studies on customer behavior, allowing us to pin-point our products towards the needs of future customers.

• be identifying risks & opportunities of future models and support us to drive the implementation in close collaboration with our global headquarter in South Korea.

Tasks:

• Competitor benchmarking on Pricing, Product positioning, Level of specifications, Tech features etc. You will get access to Kia's full tool-box when it comes to data, from customer insight surveys to forecast databases from major research companies.

• Performance analysis (Sales results, Future outlooks, etc), identification of growth opportunities and incoming threats.

• Construction of data dashboards and presentation to easily visualize complex data sets, and presentations to Team Management.

• Contribution to brainstorming discussions on new feature application, market potential, and support on negotiations with Global HQ and regional offices, through data analysis.

• Support in the set up of test drives for the team, both for Kia models and key incoming competitors.

Your Talents:

• Bachelor or Master student in a Business, Marketing or (Industrial) Engineering related field

• Existing experience (previous internships, university projects) within the automotive world, in consulting, or startups is appreciated

• A passion for cars and future technologies - we want someone who can put themselves in our customers' shoes

• Ability to work well with others and build relationships across teams

• Good verbal and written English communication skills (other European language knowledge are an advantage, particularly German)

• A valid driving license for Germany is required, as you will occasionally be asked to join test drives and give your feedback, and to help us organize them and manage the logistics.

  
  

  
  

Who are we?

Kia is a global mobility brand driven by a clear ambition: to create sustainable mobility solutions for people, communities, and societies around the world. Since 1944, we’ve continuously evolved - from manufacturing bicycles and motorcycles to shaping today’s electric vehicles and mobility landscape.

Today, Kia is spearheading the shift toward electrified and battery electric mobility, expanding innovative services, and inspiring millions to explore new ways of moving. Our brand slogan, Movement that inspires, reflects our belief that progress and innovation should spark new ideas, new possibilities, and a better future for all.

Kia Europe is the regional sales and manufacturing arm of Kia Corporation. From our headquarters in Frankfurt, we support 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus, powered by a diverse team of more than 5,000 colleagues representing 50+ nationalities - including around 3,500 blue collar employees at our state of the art plant in Žilina, Slovakia.

At Kia, every day is an opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to the future of mobility. Our international, ambitious, and collaborative teams are the driving force behind our success - and we believe that the right people, empowered and inspired, can make extraordinary things happen.

Ready to move your career forward with us?

We look forward to getting to know you.

You will enjoy working with us if you like these things:

• A pulsating international environment. Our workforce is composed of people from 37 nations

• Playing an active and important part in the development of Kia in Europe.

• Developing new frameworks and solutions

• Demanding challenges to which you can creatively contribute

• A competitive compensation package; private leasing offer; systematic off and on-the-job training, free staff restaurant, support as concerns Health Management and more

  
  

If you’re interested to become part of our Kia team, please apply via our online portal. We are looking forward to getting to know you.