Summer Intern - Buying or Planning

Position: Summer 2026 Intern - Buying or Planning
Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

* Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving

* Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow

* Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution

* Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

Summer 2026 Intern - Buying or Planning - New York Buying Office

About this opportunity ....

* Please Note*:

Ross offers two Summer Intern tracks at our New York Buying Office:
Assistant Buyer Intern OR Assistant Planner Intern. Successful applicants will be placed into one of the two tracks.

As an intern, you will work with our expert buying and planning teams. You'll gain hands-on experience and learn what it takes to buy brands customers want at great values. You'll be challenged to generate meaningful business ideas, culminating in a final project which you will present to senior management. Throughout the internship, you'll gain a taste for the company culture while having fun and learning about yourself.

As a forward-thinking career goal, many future full-time opportunities await interns upon successful completion of the internship. Follow us on Instagram @Ross On Campus  to see more!

The base pay for this role is $22.00. The hourly rate listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

Assistant Buyer Intern

* Perform the administrative & operational functions supporting a designated buyer. Handle purchase order management and administration, as well as process markdowns. This includes writing orders, changes, cancellations and necessary follow-up (both internally and externally) to ensure key shipments are delivered and processed.

* Analyze and interpret key business issues as directed by supervisor including the monitoring of regional merchandise reports, Open-to-Buy monitoring, and stock analysis.

* Develop effective relationships with vendors. This includes appropriate level of interaction with vendors in terms of both problem resolution and follow-up.

* Demonstrate the ability to effectively utilize the merchandising systems and understand warehouse processes. Includes utilizing systems and preparation of reporting to allow for interpretation of the business.

* Demonstrate product knowledge through sharing information with buyer as a result of competitive shopping, shopping Ross Stores, and the market.

What you bring to the table...

* A desire to learn, grow and engage

* A team player attitude displaying resilience and flexibility

* A curiosity that leads you to drive for results

* A passion for product and an interest in weaving a story out of numbers!

Who you are...

* You are organized and pay attention to detail

* You are a strong communicator

* You understand retail math and have strong analytical skills

* You are proficient in MS Excel, MS Outlook and familiar with MS Office

Assistant Planner Intern

* Partners with supervisor to understand business opportunities by looking at all reports, resources, and systems to begin to interpret statistics/analysis

* Creates impact by recommending plans to save dollars

* Ensures error scripts are run weekly…