Work Location Type: Remote 

 

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we’re dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.

 

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

 

 

Position Details:

The Grainger internship program is based on the University of Wisconsin - Madison campus. Our program provides a holistic experience that exposes our interns to project management, opportunities for learning sessions with our Executive Leadership team, professional development sessions, and team building. Interns will receive performance reviews from their manager, which is a great opportunity to grow your skillsets. At the end of the program, you will also provide a final presentation to their department leadership team about their project and recommendations for the future.

 

As a Grainger Campus Intern your role will be to raise awareness of Grainger to all academic and administrative departments on campus as a preferred source to purchase MRO products & services.  Grainger Campus Interns work closely with our customers onsite at the department level by giving them a better understanding of Grainger’s offerings, internal systems and processes.  If specific Grainger contracts or agreements are established for your campus, your role will be to raise awareness and promote the use of them to those same departments. You will focus on building lasting relationships with departmental MRO buyers within the University in order to increase Grainger business and identify larger MRO opportunities.  This is a fun and dynamic experience that compliments any business discipline.  Our Campus Interns are given a fair range of autonomy and responsibility as they build skills in enterprise account management

 

You Will:

Skillset Development: Receive ongoing coaching to enhance communication, presentation, and selling skillsets. Leadership Exposure: Meet with executive leaders to learn about different areas of the business. Mentorship: Throughout the program, interns receive direct feedback from a peer-mentor, their manager to help them in their professional development. Network: Interns will grow their network.

Qualifications:

You are a current student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison Expected graduation with a Bachelor's degree in Sales, Business, Marketing or related field between December 2025 – June 2026 Does not require sponsorship

 

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

 

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment.  With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.