Global Retail Sales Operations Intern

The hourly rate for this position is $25.96 per hour.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you'll do:

PRIMARY ROLE
Golf Pride® Grips, #1 golf grip brand worldwide, located in Pinehurst, NC, is currently seeking a Global Sales Operations Leader for our Retail & Distribution Channel business.

This individual is the commercial sales operations leader for the Retail & Distribution Channel globally. They are responsible for the Retail Channel global sales forecast, profit plan and profitability mix as well as connectivity of consumer insights (marketing), customer insights (sales), and business objectives through the SIOP process. The position reports directly to the Global Commercial Planning Manager and will play a key role in building and executing Golf Pride's business planning strategy & execution.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Sales & Demand Forecasting

• Produce the Retail Channel global sales forecast, profit plan and profitability mix.
• Partner with Retail Sales & Product Managers to connect consumer insights (marketing), customer insights (sales), and business objectives through the Demand & SIOP Forecasting process.
• Generate clear and concise variance analysis from prior forecast, prior year, and profit plan for the Retail channel to support commentary submitted through the SIOP process.
• Report out on Forecast Accuracy to improve future demand plans.

• Sales Reporting & Support

• Produce customer order intake and backlog reporting to drive proactive communication with customers and inform forecast decisions for the SIOP team.
• Analyze, prepare, and interpret profitability reports by customer, product line and model. Communicate results and trends to the Global Commercial Planning Manager.
• Own reporting and analysis around Retail Partner Strategic Agreements.
  
  
  • Rebate/claims tracking and processing.
  • Promotional events, timing, impact, return.
• Report out on Sell-Thru trends globally.

• Customer & Operational Support

• Partner with Retail Sales Managers & Customer Service to lead customer communications and customer scorecard management.
• Participate in Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly customer meetings.
• Manage On-Time-To-Request and On-Time-To-Promise reporting to deliver world-class customer experience.
• Support operations & distribution teams on request related to orders & forecast for BTI business.
• Manage internal execution of strategic channel decisions.
  
  
  • Growth initiative support
  • Price list & assortment updates
  • Clear directives on large-scale program intel (ramp timing, ramp volume, product type)

WHO YOU ARE
• Self-Starter: You proactively look for ways to drive growth and incremental improvements within your portfolio without being asked to do so.
• Data-Driven: You enjoy looking into detailed data to support higher level discussion.
• Collaborator: You love working through problems as a team and are comfortable getting things done by leveraging internal and external relationships.
• Executor: You enjoy starting and finishing projects with maximum efficiency.
• Communicator: When you speak people are interested in what you have to say.
• Disrupter: You are comfortable breaking away from historical vestiges to drive continuous improvement and growth.

Qualifications:

• Currently completing a degree in business or similar interest
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Team player who thrives at working cross-functionally.
• Ability work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

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You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

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Client-provided location(s): Pinehurst, NC

Job ID: Eaton-58186Pinehurst

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2026-02-04T18:39:22