Data Science and Analytics Intern at Great Lakes Cheese in Hiram, Ohio

Job Description:

Job Overview

Great Lakes Cheese is seeking an intern at our Hiram, OH location. At GLC, you have the opportunity to grow, optimize your performance and unlock your ambitions through positions in many areas of the organization. While working independently or in a team environment, you develop leadership and critical thinking skills to help build a foundation for your career. Internships at GLC allow students to gain real job experience and receive on-the-job training that focuses on our technologies and methodologies. From the start, interns are challenged to demonstrate their strengths and apply their knowledge to help us achieve our business strategy. This position is a paid internship.

Job Responsibilities

• Participate in a variety of business projects and opportunities as part of the GLC Intern Association.
• Participate in a variety of personal and professional developmental workshops.
• Participate and execute in a community service project in alignment with GLC's corporate social responsibility initiative.
• All GLC interns are expected to perform any assignment or job task according to the stated safety policies and procedures.
• All GLC interns are expected to produce our products in a manner that exceeds the quality and value expectation of our customers and consumers by adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices, Policies and Procedures outlined in our Safe Quality Food Program.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the manager.
• Will be exposed to SAP Suite of Products. Any exposure to SAP will be added advantage.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical methods and machine learning techniques
• Applies a data driven approach with analytical rigor to deliver actionable intelligence to stakeholders including reports, visualizations and analyses
• Conduct quantitative analysis on large data sets with manager and team support
• Find patterns or anomalies by building out visualizations
• Answer key business questions through exploration data analysis and discovery
• Proven strengths in data science and analytics development with large datasets
• Collecting data via SQL queries

Required Education and Experience

• Pursuing a Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or Computer Science
• Experience working with relational databases (SQL)
• Understanding of Machine Learning techniques
• Minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Problem solving skills.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication, presentation, and team skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Self-motivated with a high level of initiative, able to work well independently.
• Skilled in R or Python and SQL
• GitHub exposure
• Date engineering/modeling knowledge

Working Conditions

• Work is performed in an office setting.

• Occasional exposure to industrial operations including: temperature extremes from approximately 35°F to 100°F; noise levels in excess of 85 dB; moisture and moving machinery.

EEOC & Disclaimer

Great Lakes Cheese is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.