• Intern, Merchandising Operations

    Global Industrial (Port Washington, NY)


    Intern, Merchandising Operations

     

    Date: Apr 19, 2025

    Location:

    Port Washington, NY, US, 11050

     

    Global Industrial

     

    For over 70 years Global Industrial has been an industry leader providing private label and brand name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses throughout North America.

     

    We carry over one million industrial, material handling and business products that are sold through our website, corporate sales people and full color catalogs. We are constantly increasing our product offerings to meet the diverse and changing needs of our customers. Our customers include small to large corporations, institutions, government agencies and consumers across North America.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Effectively collect, evaluate and process large sets of data, identify trends, and proactively solicit feedback from others with a focus on providing recommendations and solutions

    • Take ownership for the normalization and processing of new and existing product information data from start to finish as it relates to new & existing items on GlobalIndustrial.com

    • Effectively measure and record steps for each process to establish a standard time

    • Work with Product Data team to enhance and better define collection and normalization processes

    • Work in partnership with the internal and external teams, focused on sku and content enrichment, data collection and scrapping efforts with an eye for automation

    • Work with our third party organizations to improve these processes to speed delivery and ingestion

    • Perform content activities such as data analysis, editing, applying updates resulting from data normalization, content support and other functions along with ensuring the consistency of product information

     

    Competencies and skills

     

    • Rising Sophomores/ Juniors pursuing a major in Economics, Business Administration or related field.

    • Solid analytical skills and strong organizational skills.

    • Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization.

    • Experience with standard MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

    • Experience with Power BI is a plus

    • Handle multiple activities simultaneously and ensure accurate and timely completion of tasks.

     

    EEO/AA Statement

     

    Global Industrial provides equal employment opportunities to all employee and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

     

    This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absences, compensation and training.