About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon-quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.

 

About the role

 

Sally, a division of SBH, is looking for a qualified intern to join our Merchandising Team. The Intern will be responsible for assigned Merchandising projects during the 10-week program. 

This intern should be prepared to work cross functionally, have exceptional organization and communication skills, and be able to work effectively and with detail in a fast-paced environment. A final presentation to senior leadership (topic TBD) will be required at the end of internship. 

You will finish this internship having gained broad experience in various aspects of Merchandising.

 

To apply you must meet these guidelines/requirements:

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work three days per week at the Support Center in Legacy West, Plano, TX.This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.Housing, relocation, and transportation assistance are not provided.Availability is required from June 1 through August 7, 2026, with a minimum commitment of 30 hours per week.

 

Primary Duties

 

Provide System Maintenance to products including cost and price changes and item maintenance

Assist in COOP management and tracking

Work with vendors to request New Item Forms and assist in New Item and Allowance set up. 

Assist in Promo Entry and Marketing Pagination. Actively manages the buying process ensuring that all deadlines are adhered to. Manages the promo pricing process to ensure accuracy.

Supports Category Management Process by researching, analyzing, and drawing conclusions to provide a concise, logical merchandising focus. Collaboratively builds and executes strategic business plans to ensure overall success of the category. This may also include AD-Hoc or weekly reporting.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

 

Pursuing a major in Merchandising or Business

Proficient in Microsoft Office – particularly in Excel and PowerPoint

 

Competencies & attributes

 

Passionate Learner – actively learns; asks questions to gain further understanding; open to feedback; applies leaning to role; considers learning important and completes when assigned 

Flexible & Agile Adapter – open to change, works well with little direction and finishes the task, keeps calm under pressure and doesn’t dwell on the past

Talent Builder – shares knowledge with others, considers how to include others to problem solve and gain knowledge, looks for ways to acknowledge and motivate others

Effective Communicator – can articulate well when sharing information, self-aware of impact and style when communicating to engage others, asks questions and listens

Team Builder – works well with others, collaborates with a wide number of associates/teams, acts humbly when a part of a team and understands the importance of including others

Customer Focused Partner – understands the customer and shares insights, values the customer and eager to make a positive impact, holds self to a good standard of customer service

Strategic Thinker – brings new, strategic ideas to the team, actively supports strategic plans, provides additional ideas to drive improvements

Big Picture Thinker – understands how the team operates, knows how decisions could impact other teams

Results Driver – holds self to a good standard of work and delivery, manages own time and focuses on the right priorities, self-motivated, adapts easily, demonstrates grit

Problem Solver & Decision Maker – uses the right information to make decisions and take action with others to solve problems, uses good judgement to make prompt yet balanced decisions

 

 Working conditions & physical requirements

 

Location: Hybrid | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at the Sally Beauty Support Center, Legacy West (Plano, TX); Remote Thursday or Friday

The typical working environment is in the support center office, and the work is sedentary. Typically, the associate may sit comfortably to do the job. However, some tasks and activities may be walking, standing, bending, carrying light items such as papers, files, books, and small parts, driving an automobile to a store location, etc. These activities are not frequent and do not require significant physical demands to perform the work.

While involving everyday risks or discomforts, the work environment is designed with standard safety precautions. These precautions, typical of offices, meeting and training rooms, retail stores, residences, or commercial vehicles, include using safe work practices with office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated, ensuring the safety and comfort of our associates.