What's the role?
You'll play an active role in analyzing the Hilti competitive landscape, enhancing our pursuit of knowledge from raw information, challenging ourselves to shape market intelligence and more easily predict changes and disruptive factors. Together with experienced business partners, you will actively develop frameworks and plans to generate market and competitive insights. You will analyze different areas of competitors and come up with implications to our major stakeholders: senior management, business units and regional teams. The outcome of this analysis will carry significant impact on Hilti’s future strategic planning. In addition, you will support the team in further developing and implementing its vision and processes. We are constantly eager to refine our tools, fostering our influence and expand our reach within and outside the organization; therefore, your refreshing contribution could be fundamental to walk down this path.
Start date: beginning of September with a duration of at least 6 months.
Who is Hilti?
For more than a decade, Hilti has been recognized by Great Place to Work as one of the best places to work. Founded in 1941 by the Hilti brothers, we have over 120 locations globally carrying right into our lives and homes. Where people are exploring possibilities, leveraging their potential, owning their personal development and growing lasting careers. We offer innovative solutions for the construction industry, emphasizing a passionate, inclusive team and a performance-driven culture. A substantial amount of our profit goes to the Hilti Foundation, promoting societal growth and sustainable impact.
What does the role involve?
As an intern in our department you’ll be part of the market and competitive insights team.
During your internship, you will work closely with a senior business partner from the team, teamworking with internal stakeholders across locations and coordinating international intelligence projects
Your key responsibilities will be the following:
1) Conduct researches on competitors and trends
2) Drive country specific researches to analyze Hilti’s market landscape
3) Develop current information processes and systems for market and competitive insights further.
Mario, Intern: "Applying for the internship at Hilti's Market & Competition Insights team was one of the best decisions I've taken. Working with senior business partners and engaging global stakeholders while having the opportunity to drive a project on your own allows for a rapid learning curve in a dynamic and supportive environment. Also, if you perform well and go the extra mile the team is happy to discuss future career opportunities and make sure you get the coaching and support to thrive further. Best part is, you get to do all of this in a diverse and fun team which lives Hilti's people culture to the fullest."
What do we offer?
Joining our headquarters in Schaan, Nendeln, or Buchs connects you with a diverse community of over 2,100 colleagues from 70 nationalities in a region where Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland intersect. Our employee groups actively support causes like female empowerment and the LGBTQIA+ community and offer leisure activities like mountain biking and tennis. We also provide opportunities for community engagement both locally and internationally. Benefits at our headquarters include shared e-bikes, an on-site gym, dining options, learning opportunities, financial guidance, free parking, fuel discounts, workation, sabbatical, meditation / relaxation rooms, Hilti tool rental service, massage possibilities and relocation support.
What you need is:
- Enrollment for the whole internship period in a Master’s program in business, management, economics, or related fields
- Analytical skills (working with multiple data sources), project planning and priority setting
- Capability to explain and display complex topics in a simple way
- Internship experience, international experience (internship and/or exchange)
- Ability to teamwork, influence, effectively present and communicate in English
- Engagement in extracurricular activities, high motivations and level of energy
Why should you apply?
We have an excellent mix of people, which we believe makes for a more vibrant, more innovative, more productive team.
So, if you have no knowledge of construction, that’s fine with us. We’re more interested in your ability, commitment and drive to succeed. According to us and our current interns, the most appealing feature of this job is its genuine resemblance to a full-time position, both in terms of scope of responsibilities and of potential achievements.
We take our time to get to know you. As part of your recruitment process, you’ll get to talk to your internship coach as well as your HR Manager who both can answer some of your burning questions.
Hilti is an equal opportunity employer.