Summer Intern 2025 - Workforce Planning, Store Operations

At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! Just ask any of our over 20,000 associates who work at Five Below and they’ll tell you there’s no other place like it. It all starts with our purpose and then, The Five Below Way, which is our values and behaviors that each and every associate believes in.

It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace!

Five Below Summer Internship Program is ON! Our limited open positions for Summer 2025 focus on company strategic initiatives in the exciting environment of value-driven, fun-focused retail. We are seeking energetic, responsible go-getters with innovative ideas, ready to actively participate in company initiatives.

We LOVE our interns! Our internship is curated to deliver a rich learning experience for both personal and professional growth. Our program is hands-on, engaging in meaningful work directly contributing the company’s missions and ultimate success. You are an active contributor and valued as a part of your team!

Location:

In conjunction with WoWToWN’s current Ways of Working, we intend to offer a hybrid program for our interns, ensuring both a flexible and immersive experience. All applicants should plan to be in the Philadelphia area and transportation/access to our Home Office throughout the entirety of the program.

Internship Details:

• 10 weeks:  June 2nd- August 8th

• Full time – 40 hours/wk

• Paid – $17/hr

• Greater Philadelphia location: approximately 3 days per week in our home office, located in Old City, Philadelphia

• Hands on, results driven projects. No coffee fetching here!  

• Strategic Project focused, coupled with day-to-day responsibilities and development programming

Highlights:

• Interactive experiences with Senior Leadership Team

• Professional Development Sessions

• Lunch & Learns

• Insight and participation into companywide initiatives

• High exposure/small group

• 100% intern satisfaction rate

• High intern conversion rate! (On average, we hire 2-3 of our intern alumni each year)

• And of course – some fun product!

Position Overview:

As a Summer Intern in the Store Operations Department at Five Below, you will play an integral role in enhancing the operational efficiency and effectiveness of our store teams. Your primary focus will be working with our Workforce Planning team to help develop our Activity-Based Labor Model.  This will include developing governance around key data elements and documentation on all process changes.

Key Responsibilities:

Review Current Labor Standards

• Analyze and evaluate the data sources used to drive labor standards at Five Below.

Develop Process Change Governance

• Collaborate with the Store Operations process team to create and implement a formal process for documenting and governing all process changes.

• Build a repository for approved process changes to ensure consistency and alignment across stores.

Maintain LaborPro

• Assist in the management of the LaborPro system, ensuring that all changes and updates to store processes are reflected and maintained in the system.

• Learn how labor management systems support store operations and efficiency.

Time Study Updates

• Work with the Workforce Planning team and Store Process team to conduct time studies in stores, measuring labor standards for processes undergoing improvement.

• Use data to update labor standards, supporting store productivity and cost management.

Collaborate Across Teams

• Partner with cross-functional teams such as Finance, IT, and Logistics to ensure smooth data handoffs and governance processes.

Qualifications:

• Must be actively enrolled as a rising Junior, Senior, Grad Student or recent Grad with a background in Industrial Engineering, Business Process Innovation, Data Analytics or related field.

• Minimum 3.0 GPA

• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office products & remote meeting software

• Must have availability for the full 10-week program as space is limited

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