AI Enablement Analyst

Smithfield Foods • Smithfield, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Smithfield is seeking an AI Enablement Analyst to support the adoption of approved AI tools across Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, Commercial, and enterprise analytics teams. This entry-level role will help business users apply AI to practical day-to-day work, including reporting automation, workflow improvement, prompt development, documentation, training support, and responsible AI usage. The role is designed for a recent college graduate or early-career professional who is highly curious, organized, analytical, and comfortable learning emerging technologies. The analyst will work closely with the Data Analytics & AI team to help scale AI adoption in a safe, governed, and business-value-focused way.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Finance, Supply Chain, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
• 2 years of professional AI-related experience preferred; internships, co-ops, analytics projects, or coursework.
• Strong interest in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and business process improvement, with basic familiarity using tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear, business-friendly language.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Comfortable working within Microsoft 365 tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to work in an in-office setting and collaborate directly and effectively with cross-functional business teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, Databricks/Snowflake, SQL, Python, or Excel advanced formulas.
• Familiarity with finance, supply chain, manufacturing, or food production business processes.
• Experience creating training materials, SOPs, documentation, dashboards, or process maps.
• Exposure to prompt engineering, workflow automation, or low-code/no-code tools.
• Strong curiosity and willingness to learn new AI tools quickly.

Responsibilities

• Support business teams as they learn to use approved AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power BI, Databricks AI capabilities, and other enterprise-approved platforms.
• Assist with AI office hours, training sessions, demonstrations, and small-group enablement workshops.
• Help translate business problems into clear AI use cases, prompts, process maps, and repeatable workflows.
• Create simple, practical examples that show employees how AI can reduce manual work, improve analysis speed, and improve documentation quality.
• Build and maintain reusable prompt templates for common business activities such as variance explanations, meeting summaries, SOP creation, Power BI documentation, SQL support, Excel analysis, and reporting commentary.
• Organize AI best practices, job aids, FAQs, and internal guides in Teams/SharePoint.
• Help maintain a searchable AI knowledge base with approved examples, use cases, lessons learned, and reusable assets.
• Support intake of AI use case ideas from Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, IT, Marketing, Legal, and other functions.
• Document current-state workflows and identify opportunities where AI may reduce manual effort or improve consistency.
• Assist with basic process mapping, requirements gathering, and benefit tracking.
• Prepare use case summaries for review by the Data Analytics & AI leadership team.
• Support documentation of responsible AI practices, including data handling, human review, validation steps, and escalation paths.
• Ensure AI enablement materials reinforce Smithfield’s expectations for data security, confidentiality, accuracy, and appropriate use.
• Partner with senior team members to ensure AI use cases align with internal governance, audit, and compliance expectations.
• Track AI training attendance, office hour participation, prompt library usage, use case pipeline activity, and adoption feedback.
• Help create dashboards or scorecards that show AI enablement progress, business engagement, and productivity opportunities.
• Gather user feedback and summarize recurring questions, friction points, and training needs.
• Assist analysts and business users in applying AI to routine work such as report documentation, meeting recaps, data quality checks, dashboard explanations, and recurring analysis.
• Identify repetitive support tasks that could be turned into self-service guides, prompts, automations, or standard templates.
• Stay current on emerging AI capabilities and summarize relevant updates for the team.

Benefits

• Robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs
• Out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers
• Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost
• Support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more
• Comprehensive training and professional development programs
• LinkedIn Learning access on-demand courses, professional certificates, and skill-based training
• Tuition assistance covering English language learning, high school completion, and degree programs
• Leadership development initiatives
• Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children
• Education Reimbursement Program for GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level