The Emerson Group
Summer 2023 Internship
This Summer internship will provide a unique opportunity for students to gain experience working with a global company that connects suppliers and retailers of health and beauty products from around the world and manages over $3.2 billion in retail brand volume annually.
Mr. Scott Emerson, a graduate of Texas State University, founded The Emerson Group over 20 years ago after gaining significant experience in senior management positions with several multinational corporations. He serves as CEO of the Emerson Group as well as its subsidiaries, Emerson Healthcare and Emerson Marketing. As a proud Bobcat and 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Mr. Emerson looks forward to providing opportunities to current Texas State management and marketing majors seeking Summer 2023 internships.
About the Internship Program:
• Approximately June 1 – August 7
• Paid position
• Based in Pennsylvania
• Housing is provided
If interested:
• Submit resume and cover letter to:
Mrs. Judy Dietert, Internship Coordinator
Departments of Management and Marketing
McCoy College of Business Administration
McCoy Hall, Suite 524
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
Or, email both documents to:
jd13@txstate.edu
• Deadline:
ASAP, but no later than February 20, 2023
After making his entry into the business world, Scott Emerson hit on an idea to create an industry around making other businesses better, more efficient and focused on their goals. He brought that vision to life as founder and CEO of the Emerson Group.
He started the company more than 20 years ago, after honing his skills and insight at Johnson & Johnson, Unilever and Novartis Consumer Health. What began as a sales management company has grown to include Emerson Marketing, Emerson Healthcare and Emerson Consulting.
Today, The Emerson Group is a truly global company, with partners in Europe, Asia, and North and South America, connecting suppliers and retailers of health and beauty products from around the world, and managing more than $3.2 billion in retail brand volume annually.
As a student, Emerson was the embodiment of school spirit, showing his Bobcat pride as head cheerleader for two years. He also competed for four years on the varsity track team as a pole vaulter. He was the president of the TKE fraternity and was voted by an all-campus popular vote to Gallardian before graduating in 1975. Throughout his exceptional career, he has supported a multitude of nonprofit, charitable and educational organizations, from the America Cancer Society to the Children's Miracle Network and Texas State University.
Mr. Emerson is the founder and CEO of The Emerson Group and its subsidiaries, Emerson Healthcare and Emerson Marketing. The Emerson Group is a forward-thinking Consumer Products Equity Organization. Emerson _ Healthcare is a consumer products logistics solutions provider. Emerson Marketing is a consumer products marketing organization. Mr. Emerson has 30 years experience with companies including Johnson & Johnson, Unilever and Novartis Consumer Health. He has held senior management positions in Fortune 500 companies within brand management, new business development, sales operations and field sales.
The Emerson Group, with its field sales infrastructure of 10 regional offices, manages CPG brands in excess of $1.9 billion, and holds equity positions with small and medium-size brands. It also operates internationally, providing partners in the European, South American and Asian Pacific regions with the expertise and infrastructure necessary to successfully penetrate the U.S. market. The company provides a range of services including its core competency: Account headquarters and Field Sales management.
Emerson Healthcare is the industry's turnkey logistics solution delivering on-time and complete shipments, single purchase orders for multiple products, single point of contact for multiple vendors and reduced processing costs.
The Emerson Marketing division partners with industry-leading experts to leverage data and shopper insights on behalf of Emerson clients and supports Emerson filed sales with up-to-the-minute category and brand information.
Key lndustry Facts
• The Emerson Group manages $3.2B in retail brand volume.
• The Emerson Group conducts weekly coverage in the top 80% of retailers nationwide.
• The Emerson Group has the largest HBC portfolio among third party agencies in the United States.
• The Emerson Group is the #5 Healthcare supplier at retail in the United States.
• The Emerson Group was the first company to provide headquarters coverage to small and medium size HBC manufacturers in the United States as an equity partner allowing many smaller manufacturers to get their products into distribution for the first time.
• The Emerson Group operates internationally providing partners in the European, South American and Asian Pacific regions with the expertise and infrastructure necessary to successfully penetrate the U.S. market. For example, The Emerson Group currently represents the largest OTC manufacturer in Mexico as well as the largest nutritional company in Australia.
• The Emerson Group helps to support a number of charities including The Children's Miracle Network, Habitat for Humanity, Vitamin Angels. The Sofi Tucker Foundation, the CHPA Educational Foundation, the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the Vetri Foundation for Children and Alex's Lemonade Stand.
• The Emerson Group maintains a robust internship program to provide the opportunity for college students to learn about the consumer goods industry from Fortune 50 trained professionals as well as to provide them the hands on skills to pursue a career in the field.
• Emerson Healthcare was founded on a similar principle as The Emerson Group, many companies operating together as one, providing retailers with a single supply chain...the first time in the industry that this has been done.
• Emerson Healthcare manages $502mm in factory volume.
• Emerson Healthcare is the 2nd largest OTC 3PL (Third Party Logistics) in the United States.