Intern – Data Advisory Analyst (Hybrid: Onsite & Remote)

US Foods provides a summer internship program where students apply academic training in a real-world business environment with manager guidance, mentorship, and business-impacting projects. The Data Advisory Analyst Intern will support portfolio governance, enterprise architecture, technology finance, IT delivery consulting, technology strategy, process improvement, data analysis, and the development of AI-powered solutions.

What you'll do:

• Contribute and collaborate in developing problem statements
• Contribute and collaborate on strategic approaches and assist in developing frameworks that enable the adoption and implementation of AI-powered solutions
• Contribute to the development of short term and long-term roadmaps
• Interact with product owners, product managers and business users to understand requirements, business challenges, and opportunities to leverage AI solutions
• Assist in the development, testing, and deployment of AI-powered tools and solutions to enhance business processes and user experiences
• Create requirements documentation 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

What they're looking for:

• 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
• 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
• Must have regular, reliable method of transportation to commute to US Foods' location
• Familiarity with Power BI, Power Apps, SharePoint, and Lucidchart/Visio, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Claude
• 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

Benefits:

• Matched with a manager who will meet regularly to provide direction on assignments and performance feedback
• A mentor available to offer day-to-day guidance and support
• Exposure to US Foods executive leadership
• Opportunity to participate in learning and social events with other interns across business functions
• Opportunity to deliver an end-of-summer presentation to showcase accomplishments with key business leaders
• Full-time paid internship positions, 40 hours per week from June through August
• Hybrid work arrangement combining onsite and remote work
• Possibility of transitioning to a full-time position post-graduation, dependent on availability and overall performance
• 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