Business Analyst Intern - Summer 2027

Work Location Type:  Hybrid  

Imperial Supplies, a Grainger Company, is a national distributor of quality maintenance products. Serving the fleet maintenance industry since 1958, Imperial has formed lasting relationships with customers by tailoring our services to meet their changing needs.

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry.

Business Analyst Intern – Summer 2027

Our downtown Green Bay headquarters is full of dynamic and fun people who want to share their knowledge!

As an intern at Imperial, we’ll help you design an experience that meets your learning objectives while helping you explore how the areas of our business relate and interact. You’ll enjoy a variety of day-to-day work assignments, cross-functional meetings, exposure to executive leadership, and soft skill development.

Imperial Supplies is a growing distributor of fleet maintenance products. We’ve been based in Green Bay since 1958 and have a strong history of double-digit annual growth!

Internship details

• Paid internship during Summer 2027
• Duration of 12 weeks, up to 20 hours per week depending on student interest and availability
• Willing to provide supporting documentation for students seeking school credit

Key Responsibilities

1. Partner with business stakeholders to gather insight requirements, define deliverables, and estimate level of effort for analytics initiatives.
2. Design, build, test, and maintain reports and dashboards in Power BI to support recurring monitoring of key metrics.
3. Develop and validate analytical models using Python and SQL to support business decision-making and optimization efforts.
4. Perform data collection, validation, and analysis from internal or third-party data sources to ensure accuracy and usability of outputs.
5. Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable insights and present results to business stakeholders at varying levels.
6. Document requirements, assumptions, and business value associated with analytics deliverables.
7. Support continuous improvement efforts by identifying opportunities to automate manual reporting and improve existing dashboards or analytics processes.

Intern Goals & Learning Outcomes

By the end of the internship, the intern will:

• Understand how to identify and define business insight needs
• Document analytics requirements and expected outcomes
• Design and deliver dashboards and/or analytical models
• Build hands-on experience with Power BI, Python, and SQL
• Communicate analytics results effectively to business stakeholders

Internship Requirements

• Current enrollment in a degree program related to Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Data Science, or a similar quantitative field
• Foundational knowledge of data analysis concepts and business problem-solving
• Experience or coursework using Excel; exposure to Power BI, SQL, and/or Python preferred
• Strong analytical curiosity with attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.

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