The Canteen Operations Summer Internship is a PAID structured 8-week program designed to strengthen your leadership skills & business acumen and give you the opportunity to test drive a career in Operations. When you join our Internship Program, you'll acquire highly marketable skills and experience pertaining to every aspect of running a successful business. You'll soon discover that every day is different because it is filled with so many new, exciting, rewarding and often unexpected challenges

This Internship Program is a great way to jumpstart your career. Interns will work in one of a number of key areas in Canteen’s Operation team, based in Appleton, Wisconsin, which could include:

Areas of focus:

• Assist in new store openings and training sessions
• Conduct monthly audits to ensure merchandising standards
• Assist with market refreshes (updated signage, raffles with supplier participation)
• Participate in market Re-Grand Openings
• Analyze market data to improve customer experience at the point of sale, ex: product changes, price adjustments, shrinkage, and spoilage.

Upon successful completion of the internship, and with your unit’s recommendation, you may be offered a position to join us in your career after graduation as a Manager in Training Program Trainee

Education and Experience:

To be eligible for our internship, you should be in your junior year, on your way to earning a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university. A cumulative 3.0 GPA minimum is preferred. All majors will be considered for this opportunity.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to read, write and interpret instructional documents such as reports and procedure manual

Mathematical Skills:

Above average mathematical skills, including the ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and the ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to promote teamwork through problem-solving and managing complex relationships

Other Qualifications:

• Valid driver’s license and good driving record
• Ability to work in a fast paced distribution environment while meeting established distribution quotas and standards
• Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, self-motivation, professional business ethics, assertiveness, and an aptitude for helping others solve problems.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on the unit’s needs.

Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company whose history can be traced back over 60 years. As a FTSE 100 listed company we generated an annual revenue of £17.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2015, operate in around 50 countries, employ over 500,000 people and serve over 4 billion meals every year.