Parts Pricing Intern - The Toro Company

Who Are We?

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career. 

Parts Price Team is an area where you can be a part of a project that will add value in gross profit margin at The Toro Company within Parts Operations!  Gain experience and knowledge in data, competitive analysis and data-driven decisions. Parts pricing team segmentation project with new pricing tool will focus on competitive pricing model for top priority parts by the end of fiscal year 2025.  This project will lead to the completion of the following milestones; to select top part classes for segmentation and to pilot new price method on those segmented parts of each pilot part class.

What Will You Do?

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:

• Maintain part attributes in audit databases using MS-Access and Excel

• Update All Division Parts: length, dimensions, SKUS without part class, maintain audit database

• Web scraping for competitive analysis

• Assist with creation of price data files for price team

• Answer basic PDM Query System questions from price team

• Project assignment building competitive pricing model using multiple databases

What Do You Need?

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:

• Majoring in Statistics, Economics, or Finance

• Senior Year in school

• 1-2 years of related education or experience in Excel, access, and other databases

• Ability to understand and manipulate databases on Access and Excel

• Open to share other areas of expertise and databases not listed here

• Relationship Building

• Creative and open to provide ideas 

• Innovative / Willingness to Learn

• Problem Solving/Calculations/Formulas/Provide other data strategies

• Teamwork / Collaboration with pricing analysts and marketing managers

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our interns know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive pay- The Toro Company offers interns a variety of perks, including:

Dress for your day – We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.

Volunteerism – The Toro Company is proud to provide interns 8 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

Summer Hours *Based on Location* – Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at certain locations are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.

Competitive Pay- The anticipated pay range is $18.00-25.00 per hour.

At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.  

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related needs and conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 

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