Product Data Strategy and Operations Intern

Product Data Stategy and Ops Intern

Product Information Management Schumacher &Co. |  6-Month Full-Time Internship | NYC - Hybrid

About Schumacher

Schumacher & Co. is an innovative interior design company that is disrupting the $150 billion-dollar global interior design industry. We are a technological leader on the design frontier, constantly pushing boundaries and striving for excellence. With over 500+ employees and growing, we are driven by a shared belief that design transforms life. We are dedicated to the mission of helping our customers “celebrate the feeling of home.” Schumacher designs and produces some of the most beautiful fabrics, wallcoverings, trims, furniture, and accessories in the world. Our portfolio of products is broad, but they are united by a passion for design, a thirst for what is next, an appreciation for what’s come before, a drive to make our products with enormous care and attention for detail. Schumacher is a globally recognized company with a myriad of showrooms both domestically and internationally.

Our competitive advantage in the industry is the people. We believe that our employees are our most important assets. F. Schumacher & Co. is deeply anchored in our company core values:

• Preserve Our Entrepreneurial Spirit

• Take Ownership & Accountability

• Be Solutions-Oriented

• Demonstrate Courage

• Practice Adaptability

• Embrace Collaboration

We empower our employees to live these values daily because we understand how it will positively impact the customer’s journey. F. Schumacher & Co., also known as FSCO, is the parent company to many brands within our portfolio.

About the Role

Schumacher & Co. is implementing a new Product Information Management (PIM) system to centralize and streamline product data across our portfolio.We’relooking for a detail-oriented Data Management Intern to support the data cleanup, entry, and validation work critical to a successful launch.

This is a hands-on role with real impact — you’ll be working directly with our product, portfolio development and technology teams on a high-visibility and impact initiative. You’ll report to the Product Management Team and partner closely with the PIM project lead throughout the engagement. By the end of six months, your goal is a measurable improvement in attribute completeness and accuracy across the catalog, supported by a documented, repeatable process the team can carry forward.

What You’ll Do

• Clean, standardize, and enrich product attributes in our PIM system across a catalog of 20,000+ SKUs spanning Fabric, Wallcovering, Trim, and Furniture, efficiently using batch tools and lookups to work efficiently at scale. 

• Review and validate data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency against established rules and standards

• Reconcile product data across source systems to identify and flag discrepancies

• Communicate with vendors and internal stakeholders to source missing attributes and confirm data accuracy

• Partner with the Portfolio Development, Design and Data teams to resolve data gaps and quality issues

• Work within Excel-based taxonomy and classification templates to support data preparation and handoff

What We’re Looking For

• Strong Excel / spreadsheet skills — comfortable working with large, structured datasets and confident with lookups (VLookup / XLookup), pivot tables, filtering, and deduplication

• Exceptional attention to detail and genuine ownership and accountability for data accuracy

• Ability to follow detailed process documentation and flag exceptions clearly

• A pattern-spotter who notices when a rule is producing bad output and proposes a better approach

• A self-starter who has good judgement about when to decide independently versus when to escalate 

• Strong intuition for what to batch-fix versus what needs a human eye, sustaining precision at volume

• Enthusiasm for using AI tools to accelerate and improve repetitive data work

• Clear, professional written communication

• Interest in product data, eCommerce, or digital operations

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with PIM, ERP, or eCommerce platforms

• Experience in home furnishings, luxury goods, or retail

• Exposure to data entry, QA, or operations workflows

Why Join Us

You’ll own and execute the data foundation that the entire PIM launch depends on, work that is visible to leadership and directly shapes how customers experience our catalog. Along the way you’ll learn how product data flows through a real enterprise system and work side by side with cross-functional teams across technology, portfolio, and operations. F. Schumacher & Co. has led luxury home furnishings for over 130 years; this is a chance to leave a concrete mark on how we operate next.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.