Product and E-Commerce Analytics Internship - Summer 2025
Our mission at Whole Foods Market is to nourish people and the planet, but also- future talent. We are excited to offer our 2025 Summer Internship Program to purpose-driven students seeking to make a difference in their work and in their community. Our internship program is based in Austin, Texas, down the street from our original Whole Foods Market store. Our interns don’t get us coffee; instead, they enjoy free coffee and tea while working on meaningful projects that impact our internal and external stakeholders.
About the Team:
We are looking for an intern to join the Product and E-Commerce Analytics team as a Data Analyst for the summer of 2024. The internship will focus on development of E-Commerce foundational reporting and metric creation, analysis of E-Commerce business and customer trends, evaluation of E-Commerce strategic initiatives and recommendations for future program evolvement through data analysis. This role will work cross-functionally across the organization gathering input from Business, Finance, Analytics and Support teams to drive execution of deliverables and answer relevant questions for stakeholders.
Intern Responsibilities May Include:
- Conducts analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to customer preferences and buying behavior
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams to provide data driven recommendations for improving the online shopping experience
- Develops reporting visualizations and pipelines to enable informed decision-making for stakeholders and leadership
- Monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) across the E-Commerce organization and provides data-driven insight into variances
- Presents modelling approaches in simple terms and connects model results to business questions with a compelling narrative
You Will Bring:
- Strong analytical mindset with a passion for working with data to solve complex problems
- Knowledge of E-Commerce foundations and its role in the grocery industry
- Experience developing data models using appropriate techniques for variable selection and model validation
- Ability to translate data into actionable insights and communicate insights efficiently to leadership
- Understanding of enterprise databases and proficiency in data retrieval while minimizing retrieval resources
- Proficiency in data analysis and programming tools such as SQL, Python, and R
- Experience working with data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI
- Strong communication and ability to collaborate with teams across the organization
Education & Experience:
- Currently pursuing or recently completed (within the past year) a bachelor's or graduate degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Statistics or similar field
Internship Program Details:
Our Summer 2025 Internships are paid for 10-weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) between June 2, 2025-August 8, 2025. The internships will be based in Austin, Texas and are not open to remote candidates at this time.
Program Highlights:
- Weekly Summer Event Series: Weekly events for interns to connect with one another and get immersed in the Whole Foods Market culture. Previous events have included distribution center tours, cheese tastings, volunteering at the Central Texas Food Bank, supplier visits, women in leadership panel and more!
- Intern Buddy: Opportunity to be paired with a Whole Foods Market team member outside of our team that can be a go to resource during your summer.
- Team Member Coffee Chats: Network 1:1 with Whole Foods Market team members in your field or area of interest for a 20 – 30-minute coffee chat.
- Internship Expo: End of internship presentations where you can share what projects you worked on during the summer with the entire company!
Application Review: Our internship applications will be open in September and October 2024. We will review applications on a rolling basis so next steps and interviews may not be communicated until November or December 2024.