Intern - Strategy Analyst (Hybrid: Onsite & Remote)

US Foods Summer Internship Program

The US Foods Summer Internship Program provides a forum for students to apply classroom skills and academic training in a real-world business environment. In addition to being assigned business-impacting projects throughout the summer, students will be matched with a manager who will meet with them on a regular basis to provide direction on assignments as well as deliver performance feedback and a mentor who will be available to offer day-to-day guidance and support. Interns will also get exposure to US Foods executive leadership; have an opportunity to participate in learning and social events with other interns across business functions and have an opportunity to deliver an end of summer presentation to showcase their accomplishments with key business leaders. US Foods internships are full-time paid positions (40 hours per week from June - August) with the possibility of transitioning to a full-time position post-graduation dependent on availability and overall performance. This position has been segmented as Hybrid meaning the work is a combination of onsite and remote. Please note: We are unable to provide internships to students that require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., OPT, F-1, H-1B or any other visa status) now or in the future. Local candidates are encouraged to apply. For qualified students whose permanent home of record is located outside 50 miles from US Foods Corporate HQ, a sign-on bonus will be offered to partially offset housing costs for the summer.

Basic Purpose

Under guidance from Technology Strategy & Architecture leaders, the intern will assist with project portfolio planning, internal tool prototyping, analytics and automation research, and change enablement activities. This role provides hands-on experience in technology strategy, delivery governance, and enterprise architecture practices, preparing you for a career in IT consulting or product strategy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute and collaborate in developing problem statements
• Contribute and collaborate on strategic approaches and assist in developing frameworks to implement solutions
• Contribute to the development of short term and long term roadmaps
• Interact with product owners, product managers and business users to understand requirements and product enhancement opportunities
• Create requirements documentation and user stories that outline the desired processes and specifications
• Participate in daily and weekly Agile team meetings and ceremonies
• Collaborate with development team to translate requirements into a feasible technical design
• Collaborate with the testing team to ensure the requirements are implemented per the specifications/user stories and help troubleshoot issues
• Gather and organize both structured and unstructured data sets for analytic review
• Provide data analysis to inform Leadership decisions
• Document Change impacts to users and the organization
• Author and distribute change communication impacting end users
• Participate in meetings to plan the deployment of the tools

Basic Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems/Science, Business/Data Analytics , or related area of study
• Must be enrolled in school during time of internship
• Typically, students currently between their Junior and Senior years or between their 1st and 2nd years of graduate school will be considered for internships, but consideration will also be given to students who meet all other requirements currently between their Sophomore and Junior years
• Experience with business process optimization and/or gathering business requirements
• Strong analytical and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with Power BI, Power Apps, SharePoint, and Lucidchart/Visio
• Exposure to the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Exposure to the Agile and project management artifacts (roadmaps, RAID, RACI)
• Basic understanding of data visualization and automation tools

Additional Requirements

• Must have regular, reliable method of transportation to commute to US Foods' location.

Relationships Internal/External May Include

• Internal: Strategy & Architecture teams (Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Technology Finance, PGA), Internal Business Partners, Product Owners
• External: Vendors

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