Merchandising Intern - Summer 2027

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

• Executive Leadership speaker series

• Professional development and training opportunities

• Networking and community events

• Events highlighting key areas of the business

What you will be doing as a Merchandising Intern:

Merchandising Interns will work with one of our Core teams, learning both the strategic and tactical aspects of merchandising and product flow. Interns will participate in various training courses at the beginning of the internship program for technical development, including Excel, MicroStrategy, Dunnhumby, and Nielsen.

The intern may also get exposure to other activities of the function, including:

• Product flow concepts and the product life cycle process

• Collaboration with supply chain and logistics

• Consumer insights, positioning metrics, and industry trends (Dunnhumby, Nielsen etc.)

• Seasonal category business plans

• Validation of new item accuracy, item master set-up, and product outdates

• Conceptual assortment planning, initial line plans, vendor product lines and selection

• Ad development, proofing and resolving discrepancies

• Collaboration with Digital Marketing & Category Management teams

Previous Merchandising Intern projects have included:

• Analyze and optimize the GLP-1 on-demand pharmacy workflow to improve operational efficiency and patient digital experience.

• Identify and address root causes of out-of-stock issues in key seasonal categories, such as Back-to-School and Electronics.

• Evaluate Meijer's SNAP program end-to-end to assess the impact of legislative changes, customer behavior, operations, marketing, and reporting.

• Create a strategy to increase Baby & Kids Apparel penetration and sales through targeted merchandising, retail media, and basket-building opportunities.

Qualifications:

• Progress toward a Bachelor's degree in merchandising, supply chain, business administration, finance, economics, retail, logistics or a related field.

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to gather and interpret data from various reporting

• Knowledge of the retail industry, including category management and customer behaviors

• Previous retail experience preferred

• Relationship Skills - can create positive working relationships with customers, team members, leadership, vendors, and office support staff

• Drive for results - has focus on the bottom line

• Customer focus - dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external customers

• Communication Skills - conveys the right information in writing and verbally

• Microsoft application experience, with the ability to learn additional systems and tools

Possible career path opportunities:

• Business Analyst

• Buyer

• Category Assortment Planner

• Merchandise Financial Planner

• Supply Chain Planner

• Pricing Analyst

• Logistics Analyst

• Digital Merchandising Specialist

• Digital Category Specialist

• Indirect Procurement Analyst