Compliance Intern- Summer 2027

Meijer; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer invites you to join our 11-week Compliance Internship, designed to deliver hands-on, real-world corporate compliance experiences and meaningful projects.

You will work across environmental, food safety, workplace safety, recalls, product and fuel compliance, gaining executive-level presentation skills and opportunities to interact with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Progress toward a bachelor's degree in business, accounting, economics, finance, management, or a related field.
• A very high level of internal integrity
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent reading and research skills
• Independent thinker, with strong critical reasoning and problem-solving skills - ability to thrive working in gray areas
• Self-starter, able to manage ambiguity and courage to try new things
• Capable of building new relationships and possessing emotional intelligence
• Comfort in a corporate environment, including being amongst senior business executives
• Dedicated to exceeding customer expectations
• A passion to compete
• Microsoft Office experience, with the flexibility and desire to learn additional technology skills for using varied systems and tools

Responsibilities

• Support the Compliance team in multiple areas: Environmental, Food Safety, Workplace Safety, Recall, Product Compliance, Fuel Compliance, and Nutrition programs.
• Effectively communicate and project manage in a fast-paced legal environment
• Develop knowledge in the history and evolution of corporate compliance programs
• Learn how to design and evaluate a modern corporate compliance program
• Conduct research and provide recommendations on government enforcement trends in responsible sourcing
• Conduct risk-based data analysis
• Gain executive-level presentation skills and present in internal meetings
• Learn the specialized skillset to become a compliance professional and build business relationships

Skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Integrity

Independent thinking

Self-starter

Relationship building

Emotional intelligence

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree progress

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Meijer offers an 11-week internship program that challenges interns to deliver innovative solutions to real projects that impact the business. Throughout the course of the internship experience, we deliver diverse personal and professional development opportunities that further develop skillsets that can be implemented both during and after the program. The internship program will allow for interaction with other interns and Meijer senior leaders.

The internship program includes:

• Challenging and impactful projects
• Final presentations delivered to senior executives
• Executive speaker series
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Networking and community events to drive engagement
• Intern roadshow highlighting key areas of the business

What you will be doing as a Compliance Intern

The Meijer Compliance Department's mission is to listen and partner with our fellow Meijer team members to achieve their business goals using proactive, strategic, and creative solutions.

The corporate compliance intern will learn from a variety of practical, real-world corporate compliance experiences including the following:

• Opportunity to support the team in one or more of the following compliance areas.
  • Environmental
  • Food Safety
  • Workplace Safety
  • Recall
  • Product Compliance
  • Fuel Compliance
  • Compliance with state and federal food nutrition programs (SNAP/WIC)
  • Alcohol & Tobacco compliance
• Effectively communicate & project manage in a fast-paced legal environment
• Develop knowledge in the history & evolution of corporate compliance programs
• Learn how to design & evaluate a modern corporate compliance program
• Conduct research and provide recommendations regarding latest government enforcement trends in an emerging legal area - responsible sourcing
• Conduct risk-based analysis of data
• Gain executive-level presentation skills and present in an internal meeting
• Learn the specialized skillset needed to become a compliance professional - including the art of building business relationships and providing strategic advice

Qualifications

• Progress toward a bachelor's degree in business, accounting, economics, finance, management, or a related field
• A very high level of internal integrity
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent reading and research skills
• Independent thinker, with strong critical reasoning and problem-solving skills - ability to thrive working in gray areas
• Self-starter, able to manage ambiguity and courage to try new things
• Capable of building new relationships and possessing emotional intelligence
• Comfort in a corporate environment, including being amongst senior business executives
• Dedicated to exceeding customer expectations
• A passion to compete
• Microsoft Office experience, with the flexibility and desire to learn additional technology skills for using varied systems and tools

We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we're a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin. Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request. Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.