Job Summary

Are you ready to spend your summer as a part of something special? Imagine being with a company whose reputation for excellence paves the way for endless success. At Genuine Parts Company (GPC), people build long-lasting, highly satisfying careers and make a real difference in the community. Our 10-week summer internship program will be in person in Atlanta and run from May 24 – July 30, 2027. 

As a Transformation Intern, you will support the Transformation Office in advancing strategic initiatives, improving business processes, and strengthening visibility into enterprise priorities. This role offers hands-on experience in project coordination, data analysis, change management, and executive communications while partnering with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate is curious, organized, analytical, and eager to learn how organizations turn strategy into measurable results.).  

Our internship program is designed as a cohort experience, bringing interns from across the organization together to learn, grow, and build connections throughout the summer. While gaining hands-on experience within your team, you'll also be part of a community of fellow interns sharing the journey alongside you. 

As an intern at GPC, you can look forward to: 

Meaningful Work: Contribute to projects that support key business priorities and showcase your impact through a final presentation to senior leaders. 

Professional Development: Participate in development experiences designed to build your skills, confidence, and understanding of the workplace. 

Leadership Exposure: Hear from and connect with leaders across the organization, including senior executives, to learn more about our business, leadership, and career growth. 

Connection & Community: Build relationships with fellow interns and employees through networking, social events, and collaborative experiences. 

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, tracking, and reporting of strategic transformation initiatives. 

• Gather, organize, and analyze project data to identify trends, risks, dependencies, and opportunities. 

• Assist in maintaining project plans, status updates, meeting notes, action items, and transformation tracking tools. 

• Assist with preparing presentations, dashboards, summaries, and communications for leaders and cross-functional teams. 

• Coordinate meetings and follow up with stakeholders to support timely completion of commitments. 

• Document current-state processes and help identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, or improve ways of working. 

• Support change management activities, including stakeholder analysis, communications, training materials, and adoption tracking. 

• Conduct research and synthesize findings into clear recommendations. 

• Contribute to special projects and other Transformation Office priorities as assigned. 

Qualifications

• Currently a rising junior or senior pursuing an undergraduate degree in business, finance, operations, analytics, information systems, industrial engineering or other related field required. 

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills. 

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with careful attention to detail. 

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a collaborative environment. 

• Interest in business transformation, strategy execution, project management, process improvement, or change management. 

• Prior internship, campus leadership, project, or relevant work experience is preferred but not required. 

• Basic skills with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, required.  

Preferred Qualifications

• 3.25 GPA or above preferred. 

Leadership Skills

• Embodies the following values: serve, perform, influence, respect, innovate, team. 

• Effectively communicates by motivating and inspiring others through clear and proactive communication.  

• Delivers results and drives customer success by committing and focusing on outcomes to deliver results and making the customer the center of decisions.  

• Makes balanced decisions and thinks strategically by being a forward thinker. 

Physical Demands / Working Environment

• Expected to operate in a professional office environment.  

• The 2027 program will run from May 24 – July 20, 2027 

• The work week is 40-hours  

• Working hours are M-F 8:00AM – 5:00PM with a 1-hour lunch break.  

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GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.