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Meijer Rewards
- Paid education assistance
- Development programs for advancement and career growth
Meijer offers an 11-week internship program that challenges interns to deliver innovative solutions to real projects that impact the business. Throughout the course of the internship experience, we deliver diverse personal and professional development opportunities that further develop skillsets that can be implemented both during and after the program. The internship program will allow for interaction with other interns and Meijer senior leaders.
The internship program includes
- Challenging and impactful projects
- Final presentations delivered to senior executives
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Networking and community events
- Events highlighting key areas of the business
What you will be doing as a Labor Industrial Engineer Intern
The Meijer Store Labor Specialist Internship Program will provide college students with a well-rounded retail educational experience and assist them in developing professional skillsets. Interns will work with the Store Labor team to drive operational productivity, capacity, and efficiency through the development of engineered labor standards. They will also apply industrial engineering concepts to forecast accurate future budgets, including sales, customer counts, and item movement.
At the end of the Store Labor Specialist Internship students will be able to:
- Develop and maintain engineered labor standards, including time and motions studies, process optimization, and process documentation
- Work with store operations and scheduling teams to create Standard Operating Procedures based on engineered standards
- Provide labor-based estimates and comparisons using anticipated business ventures/processes
- Assess and discuss the human and organizational impacts of major change on an existing operation
The intern may also get exposure to other activities of the function, including:
Qualifications
- Progress toward a bachelor's or advanced degree in Industrial Engineering or a related field
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel and other office products
- Detail-Oriented – Carefully reviews work to ensure accuracy in assumptions and calculations
- Prior experience working with engineered standards and labor budgeting is a plus
- Problem Solving - Probes all fruitful sources for answers, and looks beyond the obvious to assemble and interpret data
- Drive for Results - Has focus on the bottom line
- Customer Focus - Dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external customers
- Relationship Skills - Can create positive working relationships with customers, team members, leadership, and other internal and external constituencies
- Communication Skills - Conveys the right information in writing and verbally
Possible career path opportunities
