GTG Intern - Data Science

Work Location Type: Hybrid

Req Number 323432

About Grainger:

W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com  offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and  MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit . 

Compensation:

This position is hourly, and the starting pay rate is $30/hour

The rate of pay provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The rate reflects the expected base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position.

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Position Details:

This internship is a 10-week program based in our downtown Chicago office. You will work on the Digital Experience Analytics team, which is responsible for driving Grainger strategy through the analysis of online data. This intern will work cross-functionally with business stakeholders on projects that inform the feature and functionalities deployed in our digital channels (website, app, etc.). In addition to exciting projects, there will be time throughout the summer for networking, professional development, and social events.

The internship is paid and free housing is provided in downtown Chicago.

You Will:

• In this internship you will analyze the customer experience across digital channels to uncover opportunities to create value for Grainger and our customers. You will:

• Complete a summer-long analytics project focused on a particular business problem and present your findings to senior leaders.

• Work with senior analytics team members and business stakeholders to understand business needs and scope projects.

• Grow your end-to-end analytics skills, including data gathering and cleansing, exploration and aggregation, statistical analysis and modeling, reporting and dashboard building, and summarizing insights and implications for stakeholders.

• Use tools and platforms such as Snowflake, Power BI, Excel, Adobe Analytics and Python/R.

• Partner closely with current team-members on ongoing activities such as ad hoc analysis, troubleshooting, documentation and project management.

• Learn about the different roles and functions of a modern analytics team and understand how analytics drives technology decisions.

You have:

• Majoring in a quantitative field such as mathematics, statistics, engineering, data science, analytics, operations research, economics, etc.

• Expected to graduate with a Bachelor's or Master’s degree between Winter 2026 – Spring 2027.

• General knowledge of analytics, and the curiosity and drive to explore a large data ecosystem and develop analysis skills in a business context.

• Experience in coding for data science and analytics applications (Python or R preferred).

• Experience in statistical modeling and machine learning in-industry (regression, classification, clustering, natural language processing, time-series modeling).

• Knowledge of database design and logic (e.g. Teradata, Snowflake), with demonstrable ability to build complex queries in SQL.

• Interest in ecommerce and online customer behavior.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively work with partners from a variety of teams.

• Cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.

• Eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.

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 also 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.