Business Insights & Analytics Co-op / Intern (Jan 2027)

FreshCut Paper • Concord, MA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

FreshCut Paper is seeking a curious, data-driven, detail-oriented student for a Business Insights & Analytics Co-op / Intern role at the intersection of finance, supply chain, and marketing. The role turns sales data, channel performance, and market signals into insights, forecasts, and actionable recommendations. The intern will help build and maintain forecasts and reports across ecommerce, Amazon, and wholesale/retail channels to support demand planning, inventory decisions, and stockout prevention. Amazon analytics is a major focus, including product performance, inventory health, and advertising efficiency. The role also supports rollout of a new inventory management platform and helps connect marketing spend to revenue outcomes.

The position offers hands-on experience with forecasting, Amazon, and inventory analytics at a fast-growing, design-driven consumer brand, along with exposure to cross-functional decisions and implementation of an inventory platform. The company describes the environment as flexible, paid, hybrid, and collaborative, with mentorship.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a graduate degree, such as an MBA or MS in Business Analytics, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Data Science, or a related field.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and model building, and comfort working with large datasets.
• Interest in inventory and supply chain planning concepts.
• Highly detail-oriented and organized, with eagerness to learn new systems.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with finance, supply chain, and marketing teams.
• Strong communication skills to present findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Professional work experience, ideally in analytics, demand planning, forecasting, FP&A, or supply chain; prior internship or co-op experience in these areas is a plus.
• Experience with SQL, Python, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Familiarity with Amazon Seller Central, multi-channel ecommerce, NetSuite, or similar ERP/inventory tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain revenue and unit forecasts across web, Amazon, and wholesale/retail using historical sales, market trends, and other inputs.
• Adjust forecasts for seasonality, promotions, product launches, and demand shifts, and track forecast accuracy against actuals.
• Support marketing in connecting advertising spend and campaign performance to revenue growth across channels.
• Assist with market sizing for new markets, categories, and products, and identify cross-channel trends and opportunities.
• Analyze Amazon ASIN performance, including sales, sessions, conversion rate, Buy Box share, rankings, and reviews, to identify winners, underperformers, and opportunities.
• Monitor Amazon FBA and inbound inventory, weeks of cover, restock limits, and stranded or aged inventory, and flag stockout or overstock risks.
• Support Amazon replenishment and shipment planning based on sales velocity and upcoming promotions or seasonal peaks.
• Analyze Amazon advertising performance, including ACoS, TACoS, and ROAS, and its impact on organic sales.
• Build and maintain recurring Amazon performance reports using Seller Central, Brand Analytics, and related tools.
• Monitor real-time sales and inventory positions across channels and flag risks to help avoid stockouts.
• Translate demand forecasts into inventory planning and reorder recommendations.
• Support rollout of a new inventory management platform by cleaning and migrating SKU and item data, validating it against NetSuite and channel sources, and testing integrations.
• Document new processes and support teammates as they learn the platform.
• Assist in automating forecasting and inventory data flows to reduce manual reporting work.
• Build reports and dashboards on inventory health and key metrics.

Benefits

• Flexible, paid, hybrid work environment.
• Mentorship and a collaborative, creative team culture.
• Hands-on experience with forecasting, Amazon, and inventory analytics.
• High visibility into cross-functional decision-making across finance, supply chain, and marketing.
• Opportunity to participate in implementing a new inventory platform.

What This Job Offers

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