Strategy Intern
Are you applying to the internship?
Job Description
About Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is a company dedicated to nourishing people and the planet, and believes in nurturing future talent. They offer a 10-week paid summer internship program based in Austin, Texas, where interns work on meaningful projects that impact both internal and external stakeholders. The program emphasizes a supportive environment where interns are valued and provided with opportunities for growth and development. Interns are not expected to perform menial tasks but rather contribute meaningfully to the company’s success.
Job Description: Strategy Intern
Whole Foods Market is seeking a strategy professional to define and champion critical components of their future strategy. This intern will work closely with leadership and key teams across the organization to support long-term growth and enterprise strategy priorities, ensuring alignment with Whole Foods Market’s Core Values and Leadership Principles.
Responsibilities:
• Own the definition and evaluation of assigned initiatives supporting Whole Foods Market’s growth and profitability priorities.
• Partner with key teams across WFM and Amazon to develop robust business case and investment strategies for assigned initiatives.
• Support decisions on key investment opportunities and initiatives, from strategy alignment to proof of concept and pilot, to scaling decisions.
• Frame tradeoffs and choices that allow the team to optimize and iterate on business ideas and concepts to achieve strategic objectives.
• Build go-to-market, pilot and scaling plans for new business ideas.
• Prioritize opportunities that align with Whole Foods Market’s Mission/Values and where WFM has a unique right to win.
• Prepare “executive ready” project deliverables and manage alignment and communication with key stakeholders.
• Earn trust, establish credibility, and build partnerships with senior-level leaders across the organization.
• Operate as a change agent, with a high degree of resiliency, emotional intelligence, and ability to navigate ambiguity.
Qualifications:
• Experience in management consulting, corporate strategic and financial analysis, strategic planning, business development, and/or related business unit leadership with extensive knowledge of grocery, retail, customer, and digital/e-commerce workstreams.
• Proven track record of developing effective strategy.
• Strong quantitative background with experience determining insights to inform key business decisions; connects customer analytics to financial outcomes.
• Ability to think beyond the P&L to arrive at true value and drive impactful decisions.
• Strong oral, written and formal presentation skills including ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple way.
• Excellent Amazon-style business writing skills.
• Experience operating in the context of a large, complex, retail organization; experience partnering with multiple business functions.
• Strategic mindset with strong critical thinking skills and ability to craft compelling business cases.
• Aligned to Whole Foods Market’s Higher Purpose/Mission, Core Values and Leadership Principles.
Education & Experience:
• Current 1st year MBA student preferred
Program Details:
• Paid for 10-weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) between June 2, 2025-August 8, 2025.
• Based in Austin, Texas and are not open to remote candidates at this time.
• Weekly Summer Event Series: Weekly events for interns to connect with one another and get immersed in the Whole Foods Market culture.
• Intern Buddy: Opportunity to be paired with a Whole Foods Market team member outside of the team that can be a go-to resource during the summer.
• Team Member Coffee Chats: Network 1:1 with Whole Foods Market team members in your field or area of interest for a 20 – 30-minute coffee chat.
• Internship Expo: End of internship presentations where you can share what projects you worked on during the summer with the entire company!
Application Review:
• Our internship applications will be open November 2024. We will review applications on a rolling basis so next steps and interviews may not be communicated until December 2024.
