Business Intelligence Report Developer Intern

Brief Description

WHO WE ARE:

Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Schofield, Wisconsin, Wausau Supply Company has a history of providing top-quality building materials to authorized retailers across the United States. As a proud 100% employee-owned company, we are dedicated to not only serving our customers but also ensuring that our employees have a direct stake in our success. We distribute building materials from the industry’s leading manufacturers to authorized retailers from the western Rocky Mountains to the east coast. In addition to our distribution capabilities, Wausau Supply Company is known for its high-quality manufactured brands, including Diamond Kote Siding System, Waudena, ChamClad and Taylor Entrance Systems. These brands reflect our commitment to innovation, safety, service and integrity. Our territory continues to expand as we continuously strive to meet the demands of our customers with nineteen distribution centers and five fabrication and finishing facilities across the United States.

At Wausau Supply Company, we are driven by a passion for excellence and a dedication to service, ensuring that we remain a trusted partner in the building materials industry for generations to come.

INTERN BENEFITS We Offer

• Competitive Compensation
• Relocation Assistance for interns moving more than 50 miles to Wausau, WI.
• 401K Retirement Fund - opportunity for employee to contribute
• Executive-Led Book Study Focused on Leadership & Career Development
• Mentorship & Coaching
• Exposure to ESOP culture and business fundamentals
• Company Swag Package
• Opportunity to earn academic credit (if applicable)
• End-of-internship presentation to senior leadership
• Potential for future full-time opportunities based on performance
  
  

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What This Role Will Be Doing

The Business Intelligence Report Developer Intern will help design, build, and validate Power BI reports and datasets that deliver actionable insights to the business. You’ll work closely with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, and IT, learning BI development standards, data governance, and our request intake process while contributing real value on priority reporting use cases. This internship also offers exposure to Microsoft Fabric, as our team transitions to this unified analytics platform.

What You’ll Do

• Build reports & dashboards: Develop Power BI reports/dashboards aligned to business needs; write basic DAX measures; apply visualization best practices.
• Model & prepare data: Assist with dataset creation, dataflows, and transformations using Power Query.
• Support Fabric transition: Participate in early adoption tasks such as migrating datasets, validating pipelines, and documenting Fabric workspace standards.
• Follow governance: Triage report requests via Zendesk; adhere to BI governance (certification, workspace standards, documentation).
• Validate and QA: Perform data validation, reconcile figures with source systems, and document testing results.
• Document work: Maintain data dictionaries and business glossaries for transparency and reuse.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Translate requirements into report specs; demo deliverables; incorporate feedback.
• Learn and grow: Participate in BI team trainings on Power BI and Fabric practices; leverage recommended resources.
  
  

Qualifications

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• Education: Currently pursuing a degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Technical skills: Foundational experience with Power BI (or similar BI tool), basic SQL, and data visualization principles.
• Soft skills: Curious, analytical, organized; able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  
  

Nice-to-Have: Exposure to ERP systems (Infor M3), Azure data services, and report lifecycle concepts.

Example Projects

• Convert a legacy KPI view into a certified Power BI report with documented semantic model and RLS.
• Build an operational dashboard with slicers and navigation for end users; publish to the appropriate workspace.
• Assist with migrating a Power BI dataset into Fabric and validate pipeline performance.
• Partner with Finance on daily/weekly sales checks—execute validation steps and capture exceptions.
  
  

Culture

Wausau Supply is an employee-owned company with a strong growth mindset. Our BI team values collaboration, data stewardship, and service excellence.