Job Application for Data Science & Analytics Intern

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Phoenix Contact's Corporate Management Team is seeking a highly analytical and business-oriented Data Science & Analytics Intern to support strategic initiatives across Product Management, Operations, Sales, and Marketing. This role is ideal for students who enjoy combining technical data skills with business problem solving to identify trends, uncover opportunities, and recommend actions.

Our Fall (Sept – Dec) interns work full time with the opportunity to continue through Spring. We strongly prefer candidates who can work onsite regularly to accelerate learning, collaboration, and business understanding.

What does a typical day look like?

Onsite Day

Meet with Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, Sales, or AEP teams to understand business challenges and decision-making needs.
Analyze customer, product, pricing, operations, supply chain, and financial data to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
Translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical approaches.
Work directly with leadership and subject matter experts to understand product portfolios, operational processes, and customer dynamics.
Build dashboards, predictive models, business cases, and executive-level recommendations.
Present findings, risks, and recommended actions to stakeholders.

Remote day:

Deep analytical work including:
Data mining and exploration
Statistical analysis
Predictive modeling
Data cleansing and transformation
AI-assisted analytics and automation
Develop Power BI dashboards and self-service reporting tools.
Prepare executive-ready presentations and recommendations.
Document assumptions, methodologies, and business insights

What makes this internship unique?

Phoenix Contact is a global technology leader where interns work on real business challenges that impact customers, products, and operations. Unlike many internships focused solely on reporting, you will:

Work directly with Product Managers, Operations Leaders, and Executive stakeholders.
Gain exposure to product management, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, customer trends, and strategic planning.
Learn how data drives investment, pricing, portfolio, and operational decisions.
Apply AI, analytics, and business intelligence tools in a real enterprise environment.
Present insights and recommendations to leadership.
Build a portfolio of meaningful business analytics projects.
Be considered for future Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Product Analyst, Product Manager, or Business Intelligence roles.

Must-Have Qualifications

Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in:
- Data Science
- Analytics
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
- Industrial Engineering
- Statistics
- Applied Mathematics
- Business Analytics
Advanced Excel skills including Power Query, Pivot Tables, and data modeling
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, MicroStrategy, or similar BI platforms
Strong SQL and database fundamentals
Experience with Python, R, or other analytical programming languages preferred
Experience using AI productivity and analysis tools (Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
Strong analytical problem-solving skills
Ability to translate business problems into analytical solutions
Comfortable presenting insights and recommendations to business stakeholders
Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn products, markets, and operational processes quickly

Essential Job Functions

Look at a computer screen for extended periods of time (up to 4 hours)
Sit and/or stand for extended periods of time (2-4 hours at a time)
Commute to Middletown, PA office
Ontime and regular attendance

Application Process

At Phoenix Contact, every application is reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. Selected candidates will be invited to complete a one-way video interview, where they will record responses to a series of questions. These interviews are personally reviewed by the Hiring Manager. Candidates who successfully advance from the video interview stage will then be invited to participate in a live interview with the Hiring Manager.

Interns at Phoenix Contact are employed by Kelly Services.

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