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Description
Flooring Alternatives is a pioneer in Green Building material on local (San Francisco Bay Area) and national levels. We are considering expanding our market to include Mexico.
Position Overview:
This internship position includes researching logistics of import/export (such as identifying potential customs brokers, tariffs, trade requirements for agricultural/wood product); researching demand in Mexico (for wood flooring in general and for green products in particular); competition in wood flooring market in Mexico (in general and for green products in particular); and sources (including within the region, imported to Mexico from USA, or imported to Mexico from other regions).
The result will be a written report and spreadsheet showing costs, feasibility, and profitability of various flooring distribution models for trade with Mexico.
Qualifications:
- Able to take direction and work well on team
- Self-directed and able to work independently
- Well organized
- Excellent research skills
- Ability to learn quickly
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Competency with Microsoft Excel and Word
Spanish language skills helpful
Interest in Green building and business encouraged
Business administration skills and/or interest a plus
This is a part-time, unpaid internship (6-8 hours a week) for approx. 3 months. Work will performed offsite with bi-weekly meetings and periodic written progress reports during the internship period.
To Apply:
Please tell us where you found this internship posting and e-mail us a current resume & cover letter telling us why you think you'd be a good fit for this internship.
We appreciate your interest!