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Job Number:
1000000063

Description

Best Buy Corporation, Inc. is an innovative Fortune 50 growth company that continually strives to create superior customer experiences. Though more than 1,400 retail stores across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Turkey and China our employees connect customers with technology and entertainment products, as well as services.

Best Buy is a strength-based organization that inspires leadership, enables positive work/life balance and values each employee. You will have opportunities to develop yourself and expand on your career. It is a place where - you contribute most when you offer up your unique strengths and experiences to the needs of the business.

At Best Buy, our most important asset is our people. We place a high value on learning and growth, and we encourage our employees to excel in their fields. We offer a rich array of benefits that help contribute to balanced lives, general well-being, and supportive personal and professional relationships. We also offer competitive pay, employee discounts, and excellent career opportunities.

To find out about career opportunities at Best Buy, go to http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com

To learn more about Best Buy's products and services go to http://www.bestbuy.com

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Accounting Analyst Internship

A 12 week paid internship for accounting majors at our corporate headquarters in Richfield, MN. An internship will consist of approximately:

* 85% performing tasks that are fundamental to an Accounting Analyst position in our External Reporting, Domestic Controller or International Controller teams
* 15% opportunity for intern training, networking activities and special projects or other work as directed by supervisor

Intern Responsibilities:

This internship position will assist with technical accounting research and analysis; financial close process; consolidating domestic and international financial results, quarterly earnings release and SEC documents; Sarbanes Oxley compliance; external audit process; budgeting and forecasting processes; business performance management activities including financial reporting and analysis.

Basic Qualifications:

Currently in the Masters of Accountancy program.

3.0 GPA or above

Must be eligible for permanent employment in the United States upon graduation

Preferred Requirements:

Accounting, Finance or related business major

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work individually and on a team

Ability to generate results in an ever-changing and ambiguous environment

Job: Accounting/Finance

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
100000007R

Description

Objective of the Role

Lead the planning and development of integrated marketing strategies and plans across all channels and CSGs to develop scalable marketing platforms that drive company wide efficiency and effectiveness.

Collaborate with CSG marketing leads to develop marketing plans and programs that advance the CSG and the Best Buy Brand.

Key Responsibilities

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Integrated Marketing Planning & Execution

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Reconcile brand and CSG marketing objectives to define quarterly and annual Best Buy marketing objectives and plan

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Collaborate with creative leadership to translate brand strategy into marketing platform ideas that can be leveraged horizontally across CSGs

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Lead development of annual marketing calendar & drive times, brand communication objectives, and umbrella marketing promotional platforms and themes that "market the big box" (in conjunction with creative leadership and CSG marketing leadership)

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Develop integrated marketing campaign plans and promotional brand events that support CSG marketing needs and drive the brand forward

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Develop integrated marketing plans that encompass all promotional communications for a CSG (e.g., insert, marcomm, reward zone, financial services, digital marketing, social media)

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Drive Customer insight across the organization to make sure marketing plans are consumer focused

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Lead coordination and management of plan execution across internal teams and agency partners to drive accountability and delivery of results

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Drive horizontal brand communications initiatives with CSG partners.

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Budgeting & Optimization

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Develop and manage Best Buy US marketing communications budget

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Lead optimization and planning of media mix, insert space allocation and pagination, and promotional space across all channels.

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Provide business direction to guide the development and implementation of enterprise marketing mix modeling and enterprise marketing dashboard capabilities

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Creative Strategy & Execution

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Develop marketing briefs to support and guide development of creative strategy

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Engage with creative strategy teams to provide input into development of creative briefs for agency partners and review of creative concepts

Knowledge/Ability/Skills to Succeed

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Skilled at integrated marketing and communications planning.

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Deep understanding of marketing levers and platforms that can drive demand

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Proven ability to drive outcomes and deliver results

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Skilled at translating business insights in actionable marketing plans.

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Strong communication and presentation skills

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Ability to influence and work cross functionally

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P&L/budget acumen/annual plan development

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Experience utilizing marketing mix models to support decision-making and drive business conversations

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Expertise with traditional and non traditional media

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Skilled at strategic planning and marketing plan execution.

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Experience developing large scale national brand promotions

Basic Qualifications:

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HS Diploma/Equivalent

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15 years of marketing

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10 years of people or resource leadership

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2 years of retail experience

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5 years of national brand experience

Preferred Qualifications:

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Bachelor's Degree or higher

Job: Marketing

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
10000000PX

Description

This role will develop social and mobile marketing strategies, value propositions, and assets to support and advance Best Buy's brand and marketing objectives. This work will be central to the development of New Business Models for Best Buy and this leader must have General Management experience in addition to marketing experience. This also includes identifying key external partnerships, partnering with customer marketing and strategy, and directing of the necessary budgets to achieve our goals.

Role responsibilities include:

· Identify key Digital Marketing industry leaders and benchmarks

· Continuously scan the marketplace to understand key consumer and technology trends as it pertains to the usage and consumption of digital media,

· Provide thought leadership into online, mobile and social components of Best Buy's overall marketing and communications strategy

· Develop social and mobile marketing strategies, value propositions, and assets to support and advance Best Buy's brand and marketing objectives

· Champion and lead strategy for digital marketing and customer engagement innovations

· Supervise digital marketing team to ensure execution of social and mobile marketing plans; work with key cross functional partners (legal, PR, customer care, etc.) to ensure social media activities comply with company core values, and mitigate legal, brand reputation, and customer risks

· Develop and manage departmental budgets and investments; measure performance and results to ensure digital investments

· Design and fill key internal Digital Marketing roles

· Develop and evolve the Company's point of view on role of network communities to new business models

· Actively involved in/providing thought leadership on social, mobile and online marketing partnerships; Negotiate partnership arrangements with outside resources

· Play active role in building overall Best Buy Marketing Capability

Basic Qualifications:

10 or more years of progressive Marketing or related experience

10 or more years of people or resource leadership and/or management experience

10 or more years Interactive Digital Experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree

Retail Experience

National Brand Experience

Job: Marketing

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

Job Posting: Aug 16, 2010]]> http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Digital-Marketing,-Sr-Director-Job-MN-55423/844878/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Digital-Marketing,-Sr-Director-Job-MN-55423/844878/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job Number:
10000000OH

Description

The Patent Attorney at Best Buy is a highly visible role interacting with Management within the organization.

Manage Best Buy's domestic and international patent portfolio. Lead patent clearance activities for new product/services introductions, and formulate non-infringement and invalidity positions as necessary

Develop a process for reviewing and managing potentially-patentable innovations created by Best Buy, and meet with inventors and key intellectual property development teams to uncover and protect the company's innovations.

Educate clients as to the protection of innovations through the patent process, best practices for maintaining confidential business information, contractor and vendor matters, and the overall development of intellectual property assets.

Draft and negotiate technology agreements; assist Best Buy attorneys regarding intellectual property aspects of such agreements.

Manage outside counsel, including the assignment of matters, oversight of work, negotiation of rates, and payment of fees.

Participate in due diligence initiatives as they relate to patents.

Basic Qualifications:

JD degree from an accredited law school

MN attorney license in good standing

Admission before the US Patent & Trademark Office

6 or more years of Patent experience with a law firm and/or major corporation

Experience delivering proactive and innovative legal advice in a fast-moving, team-oriented environment

Proven ability to effectively communicate across all levels of an organization

Job: Legal

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
10000000PR

Description

The Product & Solution Marketing Director provides a channel design perspective in the development of Customer Solution Group business plans and strategies and provides single point of accountability for the timely execution of in-store deliverables. This role is responsible for bring the capability of the Channel Design centers of excellence to the CSG, and bring the business context of the CSG to Channel Design.
They will act as a key connection point for cross functional partners including Channel Design & Brand Identity, Customer Insights, Channel Operations, Space Management and .com to collaborate on customer experience definition and solution development and deployment

Development , Execution and Management of 3-5 Year CSG - specific Channel Designs

?Leverages CSG 3-5 year business needs to drive new micro-level in-store / on-line / channel experiences & merchandising strategies.

?Define key product / solution merchandising strategies and tactics to support CSG business objectives.

?Incorporates and drives solution strategies into the merchandising across all channels by leveraging COEs (Channel Design, Space Management, .com).

CSG Product & Solution Merchandising

?Align CSG value props and in-store/online look, feel and experience with overall brand strategy, communications plan, and promotional themes.

?Direct development of micro-store environment designs, visual merchandising strategies and in-store creative by providing business strategies specifics and customer behaviors.

?Drives the inclusion of new technologies & medias, while migrating from tradition in order to keep the in in-store environment differentiated and relevant.

?Understand competitive value props in the marketplace with a focus on the in-store / on-line experiences.

?Leverages relationships with vendors to ensure incorporation & differentiation.

?Ensures that micro-designs & merchandising are pre-tested with customer's and retail prior to deployment in the market-place.

?Ensure consistent, on-brand execution for CSG product / solutions across retail, dotcom and ECC and all applicable marketing vehicles.

Partners, Educates and Ensures Collaboration with Centers of Expertise

?Educates COEs on the business, customer & marketing strategies necessary for CSG success.

?Ensures that COE has clear understanding of the measurement plans to ensure that macro / micro-strategies can be measured for greater outcome accountability.

?Ensures that the CSG & other COEs have visibility of in-store 4-wall view programs, design styleguides & brand identity.

Basic Qualifications:

* 10+ years of Visual Merchandising, In-store Design / Brand Development /Marketing (incl. adv. education).
* 7+ years people or resource leadership and/or management experience.
* Retail experience, physical and virtual
* National brand experience required
* High school diploma or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bachelors degree
* Digital marketing experience

Job: Marketing

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
10000000S6

Description

Best Buy's Business Strategy Team, which is a critical part of the overall Best Buy Technology Group and IT structure, has a key position available supporting the Geek Squad business.

This role will be a deep functional subject matter expert of the Geek Squad business and is focused on driving the roadmap for our technology platforms in support of the business objectives. Key position responsibilities include:

* defining a product strategy roadmap and technology platform with features to support our in-store, in-home, online, service center and Geek Squad Black Tie Protection processes.
* facilitating and capturing on-going platform enhancement requests and ensure requests are in alignment with growth plans and prioritized for implementation.
* owning product delivery accountability within the Geek Squad capability area, including sourcing partnerships and underlying technologies; and
* overseeing the work of multiple application vendors to ensure the successful execution and delivery of projects.

This position also acts as a functional subject matter expert for both business leaders and application development teams. The job holder must partner closely with 3rd Party providers as part of a seamless IT organization chartered to deliver IT services and process capabilities. The successful candidate must be highly effective and influential in a matrix structure of functional business areas and outsourced IT services.

Basic Qualifications:

* High School Diploma or Equivalent
* 8 or more years of experience working with IT systems, capabilities, platforms or processes

Preferred Qualifications

* Bachelor's or advanced degree in IT, Computer Science, business or related field
* Prior IT experience implementing large scale Services systems or other large program implementation
* Prior experience with and deep understanding of complex repair business processes
* 3 or more years of experience gathering business needs and creating into workable outcomes
* 3 or more years experience in business process and/or technology implementation
* 2 or more years of project management and/or leadership experience
* 1 or more years experience managing partner and vendor relationships to achieve business outcomes
* 1 or more years experience at a manager level in global consumer orientated retail organization and/or in a multi-channel brand business environment
* 1 or more years of people management and/or budget responsibility

Job: Information Systems

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
10000000WF

Description

The Sr. Director, Space Strategy is responsible for the development, planning and execution of Enterprise Space Management Capability strategies. This position will also be responsible for the development of enterprise, region and country level space management strategic visions and business plans supporting the delivery of improved business results through end-to-end inventory optimization. The Sr. Director is accountable for US Space Management execution through effective and efficient planogram execution supporting CSG deliverables. Accountable to improve space management capabilities through the development of space management team members through coaching, mentoring and performance management. The Sr. Director collaborates with cross-functional business partners to deliver the greatest return on the company's end-to-end inventory investment in support of corporate financial goals.

Basic

* Bachelors Degree (4 yr) and 10 or more years of experience in Space Management or Retail Merchandising or Category Management
* 8+ years of supervisory experience
* 3 or more years of strategic planning experience
* Demonstrated experience in complex analytical decision making

Preferred

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Advanced Degree

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5 or more years in a space management strategy role

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Experience in change management

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A mix of both consulting and line experience in retail or merchandising operations

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International Business experience

Job: Logistics/Distribution/Transportation

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
10000000PU

Description

This Marketing Sr. Manager is responsible for creating marketing strategies and support to the Customer Solution Groups. They will act as the 'right hand' to the CSG Marketing Sr. Director to support competitive insights, value proposition development and customer experience design & contact planning. This individual will collaborate with CSG marketing leads to develop & execute marketing plans and programs that advance the CSG and the Best Buy Brand.

Development , Execution and Management of 3-5 Year CSG Strategic Marketing Plan:

?Perform research & analysis to support the definition of target market including market sizing & growth potential

?Scans and synthesizes multiple primary and secondary data sources to identify key customer/consumer trends and behaviors, prioritize core customer needs, identify shopping intents and purchase funnel, and understand product ownership lifecycles

?Produces reports that connect data to business issues. Demonstrates how plans will provide the company with a competitive advantage.

CSG Value Proposition Development & Refinement

?Assesses and contrasts competitive value propositions and consumer positioning by line of business

?Leads day-to-day planning, development, testing and management of cross-channel value propositions and customer experience strategies for larger or more complex business units or initiatives. Plans generally have a twelve- to eighteen-month planning, testing and implementation horizon. Frequently co-creates with cross functional teams inside and outside of own work group.

?Leads the development of business cases to support investments required to develop and deploy value proposition elements. Understands the tradeoffs and expense implications of plans.

?Lead analysis and definition of desired end-to-end customer experience and treatments, including all customer channels (store, online, phone & mobile)

?Define detailed customer contact requirements for the CSG based on key purchase, retention, & renewal triggers to inform 1:1 marketing strategies and tactics

Project & Program Execution

?Primarily manages the execution of strategic plans. Creates process plans for larger or more complex working systems within the company. Considers required inputs, outputs and interdependencies.

?Efficiently and expertly solicits multiple points of view (POV) from intra-functional partners; develops a common POV to deliver a result.

?Understands and assesses the impact of changes; adapts own work and other's work to support those changes.

?Oversees execution end-to-end. Selects appropriate resources, proactively anticipates and manages issue resolution, proposes solutions.
Ensures teams complete projects on time and within budget.

Basic Qualifications:

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Bachelors degree

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8+ years of marketing or related experience (including advanced education)

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6+ years of people leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

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Masters degree

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National brand experience

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Retail marketing experience

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Digital (product & content) marketing experience

Job: Marketing

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

Job Posting: Aug 31, 2010]]> http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Sr_-Marketing-Manager-CSG-(Entertainment)-Job-MN-55423/873864/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.bestbuy-jobs.com/job/Richfield-Sr_-Marketing-Manager-CSG-(Entertainment)-Job-MN-55423/873864/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS
Job Number:
1000000105

Description

Best Buy's Business Strategy Team, which is a critical part of the overall Best Buy Technology Group and IT structure, has a key position available supporting the Company's Supply Chain business and its strategic priorities. The core capabilities within Supply chain include Transportation, Distribution, Demand Planning, Forecasting and Space Planning.

This role will be a deep functional subject matter expert of the Supply Chain business and is focused on driving the roadmap for our technology platforms in support of the business objectives. Key position responsibilities include:

* defining a product strategy roadmap and technology platform with features and capabilities that will enable the evolving Supply Chain strategies and objectives
* facilitating and capturing on-going platform enhancement requests and ensure requests are in alignment with growth plans and prioritized for implementation.
* owning product delivery accountability within the Supply Chain capability area, including sourcing partnerships and underlying technologies; and
* overseeing the work of multiple application vendors to ensure the successful execution and delivery of projects.

This position also acts as a functional subject matter expert for both business leaders and application development teams. The job holder must partner closely with 3rd Party providers as part of a seamless IT organization chartered to deliver IT services and process capabilities. The successful candidate must be highly effective and influential in a matrix structure of functional business areas and outsourced IT services

Basic Qualifications:

* High School Diploma or Equivalent
* 10 or more years of experience working with IT systems, capabilities, platforms or processes
* 3 or more years of project management experience
* 3 or more years experience in a leadership role
* 5 plus years of experience with Supply Chain technologies

Preferred Qualifications

* Bachelor's or advanced degree in IT, Computer Science, business or related field
* Prior IT experience implementing large scale Supply Chain systems or other large program implementation
* Prior experience with and deep understanding of complex Supply Chain business processes
* 5 or more years of experience gathering business needs and creating into workable outcomes
* 5 or more years experience in business process and/or technology implementation
* 3 or more years experience managing partner and vendor relationships to achieve business outcomes
* 3 or more years experience at a manager level in global consumer orientated retail organization
* 3 or more years experience at a manager level in a multi-channel brand business environment
* 3 or more years of budget responsibility experience
* Multiple years of experience in working with change management processes

Job: Information Systems

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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Job Number:
100000015X

Description

This position is located at the Corporate office in Minnesota - relocation is not available

The assistant will be expected to run the executive's office and facilitate all aspects of their business role as well as serve as a liaison and communications link among the executive, direct reports, peers, business persons and customers. Acts as a representative of the function and leader to other internal functions or externally, and has strong working knowledge of the overall business strategy. Role will include the proactive performance of functions that will maximize the use of the executive's time, which will require the exercise of good judgment and discretion in analyzing and resolving confidential and sensitive situations. This role requires working knowledge of the interrelated department activities that report to the executive. Requires understanding of how the executive's area of responsibility fits into the overall business strategy. The individual will represent the executive and Best Buy in all business activities. Must be proficient in MS Office Suite and have the ability to manage and prioritize multiple, concurrent tasks. May organize and coordinate large meetings and events.

Basic qualifications:

HS Diploma/Equivalent

3 or more years of experience supporting an executive at VP level or above

5 or more years of general administrative support experience

Proven experience creating complex presentations using PowerPoint

1 or more years of experience with scheduling both domestic and international travel

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree

1 or more years of Best Buy experience

Job: Marketing

Primary Location: United States-MN-Corporate Headquarters-Richfield

Organization: Best Buy US Corporate

Job Type: Regular/Full-Time

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