• Job Description

  Req#: R26677

  Are you looking for an internship opportunity where you can utilize your newly acquired education, skills, and experience to help get your career started? Veritiv is looking for qualified candidates who are interested in gaining on-the-job training, mentoring, and real-world experience in their field of choice.

  Veritiv’s Summer Internship Program offers competitive pay and provides a chance to put your education into action while obtaining real, marketable skills at a growing company. Interns will participate in team projects, social events, volunteer work and professional development training. This position is a full-time (40 hours/week), hybrid internship that will begin on June 3, 2024 and conclude on August 2, 2024.

  Veritiv Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, is a leading full-service distributor of Packaging, Facility, and Print Solutions, as well as a provider of Logistics and Supply Chain Management services. The company is proud to have a workforce that is inclusive, diverse and resembles the communities we serve.

  Job Summary and Scope:

  The Data Science Intern will be working on data science projects that drive digital commerce sales, and improved customer experience. This role applies industry-leading analytical methodologies for working with large datasets to extract meaningful business insight and creatively solve business problems. Based on the specific data science project, this role would work on domains such as classification, text mining, recommendation, search, or NLP.

  The role will be part of the Business Insights and Advance Analytics team which is a group of talented strategy analysts, market research analysts, business analysts, and data scientists. The team is responsible for reporting and analytics needs of the commercial excellence functions such as Marketing, Product Management, Corporate Strategy, and Pricing.
  

  Job Responsibilities:

  • 80% Solution Development - Design and develop algorithms and models to use against large datasets to create business insights; Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences and revenue.

  • 20% Communicating Results - Effectively communicate insights and recommendations to both technical and non-technical leaders and business customers/partners; Present recommendations in a confident manner in order to influence execution of recommendation.

  Qualifications/Knowledge & Experience:

  • Masters in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Math, Statistics, etc.) is strongly preferred.

  • 2+ years of experience in computer science or data science modeling

  • Knowledgeable in Prescriptive Modeling like Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Recommendation, Search, or NLP

  • Proficiency in Python or R

  • Strong knowledge in SQL

  • Proficient utilizing statistical techniques to identify key insights that help solve business problems

  Veritiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
  EEO Policy US | EEO Policy Mexico
  This description does not attempt to define the job's essential functions as defined by applicable disabilities law.

• About the company

  Veritiv Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, GA and a Fortune 500 company, is a North American business-to-business distributor of packaging, facility solutions, print and publishing products and services; and also a provider of logistics and supply chain management solutions.

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