What's the role?
In Corporate Development, you will lead a workstream of one of Hilti’s key strategic projects. In this role, you will be working alongside a former strategy consulting project manager (ex-MBB). As such, you will also have substantial visibility to Hilti’s senior management team including Executive Board members and the opportunity to position yourself for a full-time career at Hilti.
Start date is flexible to the student's availability, duration for at least 3 months. Shorter three months’ internships should be timed either before or after the summer season of July and August.
Who is Hilti?
At Hilti, we are a passionate global team committed to making construction better. As a trusted partner for productivity, safety, and sustainability, we provide our customers innovative solutions that impact the buildings, roads, and infrastructure people rely on every day. Hilti is where individuals grow lasting careers by exploring possibilities, maximizing their potential, owning their development, and making a real difference every day.
What does the role involve?
You will be a full member of a small high-profile team that drives the company strategy and strategic engagements. You will receive day to day direction from a Corporate Development Manager and work closely with our experts to drive a workstream of one or more of our strategic projects. Thus, you will work in a strategy consulting mindset, atmosphere, and with people who have done strategy consulting successfully, but in a corporate setting. In this role, you will also have significant exposure to the Executive Vice President who leads Hilti’s strategy work.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Interview experts and stakeholders to identify issues and form hypotheses on solutions
- Conduct analyses to test the hypotheses based on research and data collection
- Evaluate strategic options and recommend the way forward
- Present findings and recommendations to senior management
- Liaise with key stakeholders to keep them informed of progress and to make relevant decisions
- Identify key success factors and develop a roadmap for implementation.
Examples of strategic projects that we work on are innovative business models, 10-year strategic plan implementation, Industry 4.0, M&A opportunities, regional and business strategies, market entry opportunities, etc.
Here is what our intern Krishank says about his role:
“Starting an internship at Hilti’s Corporate Development was a great decision: Working on projects that shape Hilti's future means you get to make a meaningful impact even in a short period of time. The highlight for me, though, was the rapid learning curve from working in a diverse team of former strategy consultants in a collaborative & supportive environment, which exemplifies Hilti's people culture.”
What do we offer?
Show us what you’re made of and we’ll offer you opportunities to move around the business – to work abroad, experience different job functions and tackle different markets. It’s a great way to find the right match for your ambitions and achieve the exciting career you’re after.
We have a very thorough people review process, unlike any we know of in any other business. We screen everyone in the company in a yearly career performance matching process. It means we can pair talent with opportunities - developing our people in their current roles or challenging them to work in new ways or in new places. It’s how we find the right fit and further our teams personally and professionally.
Additionally, we offer you a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits, these may include day care for your kids or a free in-house gym.
What you need is:
- Enrollment in a European MBA/Master’s program at a top school (MBA might be a plus) for the entire internship period
- Minimum of 1.5 years of work experience (incl. longer internships)
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Very strong conceptual and analytical skills with a sense for pragmatic solutions
- High confidence to push your own ideas and back it up with facts/analyses
- Experience in one of our customer industries and professional services is plus
Why should you apply?
We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:
- Connection with a diverse community of over 2,100 colleagues from 70 nationalities in a region where Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland intersect.
- Employee groups actively supporting causes like female empowerment and the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Leisure activities like mountain biking and tennis.
- Opportunities for community engagement both locally and internationally.
- Shared e-bikes, an on-site gym, dining options, learning opportunities, free parking, fuel discounts, meditation/ relaxation rooms, and Hilti tool rental service.
Hilti is an equal opportunity employer.