Retail Operations Intern: Drive Projects & Insights

Your Purpose

As an intern with Harris Teeter, your purpose is to gain hands‑on experience while contributing to meaningful projects that support our team’s goals. This role is designed to support your development, offering opportunities to take initiative and bring a fresh perspective to the work we do.

• Support day‑to‑day departmental operations and contribute to ongoing projects
• Conduct research, gather data, and deliver reports as needed
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and deliver high‑quality work in a timely manner
• Participate in team meetings, providing insights and an alternative perspective
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to solve real business challenges
• Challenge the status‑quo, ask questions and provide feedback on current processes and procedures
• Connect with other interns across the business, sharing ideas and learning from each other
• Sit in intern group meetings, events and round tables, speaking up and sharing your experiences

• Current student or graduated in the past two years from an accredited undergraduate or graduate college or university.
• Interested in fields like business management, grocery operations, hospitality, or a related field.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, etc.)

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Excel, Power BI, etc.)
• Retail grocery experience

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be provided, in accordance with applicable laws, to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Physical demands include, but are not limited to, high aptitude for standing and walking endurance, sitting while driving to various stores, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, pushing and pulling climbing ladders of various types, bending, squatting, and kneeling, and working in different temperatures inside and outside the store.