Sales Support Operations Intern

Work Location Type: Hybrid 

Imperial Supplies, a Grainger Company, is a national distributor of quality maintenance products. Serving the fleet maintenance industry since 1958, Imperial has formed lasting relationships with customers by tailoring our services to meet their changing needs.

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

Sales Support Operations Intern – Summer 2027 

Our downtown Green Bay headquarters is full of dynamic and fun people who want to share their knowledge!

As an intern at Imperial, we’ll help you design an experience that meets your learning objectives while helping you explore how the areas of our business relate and interact. You’ll enjoy a variety of day-to-day work assignments, cross-functional meetings, exposure to executive leadership, and soft skill development.

Imperial Supplies is a growing distributor of fleet maintenance products. We’ve been based in Green Bay since 1958 and have a strong history of double-digit annual growth!

Internship details

• Paid internship starting in Summer 2027
• Duration of 12 weeks, up to 20 hours per week, depending on student interest and availability
• Expectation to work from the Green Bay office periodically to support collaboration, facilitation, and team engagement
• Willing to provide supporting documentation for students seeking school credit

Potential learning outcomes and responsibilities:

• How to build a dynamic PowerPoint presentation
• How to conduct customer research through use of data platforms and web research
• Understand the importance of “Big Data” in business
• How to build Excel spreadsheets, pivot tables, graphs and charts to visibly engage internal and external customers
• Understand how cross-functional teams operate in an agile environment
• Understand how sales teams navigate through the selling process
• Learn about Imperial’s core markets and how to influence the sale
• Learn how to manage projects with multiple initiatives while managing priorities

Internship requirements

• Active enrollment in a 2- or 4-year accredited college in a relevant course of study
• Strong oral and written communications skills, and be able to work effectively and build relationships with others
• Good organization and planning skills

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work 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, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.

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