Summer Intern - Operator Support

Grocery Outlet Corp. • Emeryville, CA

42d • $21 • Onsite

About The Position

This summer you could have the opportunity to join the exceptional Grocery Outlet Corporate team. Our Emeryville, Ca based program gives students real-world work experience while learning about our amazingly unique business model. In addition to your project you will be exposed to all areas of our business. Along with your day-to-day project work you will get to lunch & learn with our executives and explore what a career at Grocery Outlet is really all about. Just in case you were wondering, we hired almost 50% of our interns from last year! Each intern will have the opportunity to work on a project that will help us solve an actual problem within our organization. No hypothetical projects here! This is a 10-week paid internship that will run from Tuesday June 16th - Thursday August 20th. You will work with the Operator Support team to evaluate the impact of new system & business initiatives on store performance, cost efficiency, and overall user experience. This project focuses on understanding how new tools and processes influence sales, margin, and quality of life for operators, while identifying ways to improve adoption and communication across the field.

Requirements

• New Graduate, Rising Senior or Master's Student enrolled in an accredited program as of June 2026.
• Able to work from the Emeryville office Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Creative & independent thinker.
• Great at presenting strong, fact-based points of view.
• Detailed & deadline driven.
• Thrive in a fast-pace environment.
• Love to have fun! We don't take ourselves too seriously.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to measure the impact of new initiatives on cost, sales, and operational performance.
• Gather feedback from stores and field leaders to identify adoption challenges and improvement opportunities.
• Develop clear, engaging learning materials and reference guides to support field education.
• Present key findings, insights, and final deliverables to leadership at the end of the internship.
• Independent project management.
• Relationship building.
• Learning as much as you can.
• Having fun!

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Food and Beverage Retailers
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees