GRIT Trainee, Strategic Planning, Commercial

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Get to Know the Team

The Singapore Merchant Team partners with restaurants, retailers, and service providers to help them grow on our platform across Food, Mart, Payments, and Ads. We focus on merchant acquisition, onboarding, and long-term success through data-driven account management, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration.

Get to Know the Role

This is a 6 months full-time onsite role based in Singapore as part of the GRIT Programme.

This traineeship offers a unique opportunity to support the Singapore Merchant Team while collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Marketing, MexOps, Food, and Payments Business Units. As a trainee, you will gain hands-on experience in daily operations, strategic planning, and project management across various business units.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Strategic Planning & Business Analysis
  • You will assist in market trend analysis, and performance tracking to support data-backed decision-making.
  • You will contribute to team strategies, marketing plans, and operational optimizations for key business initiatives.
  • You will support the Merchant team in competitive benchmarking, opportunity mapping, and long-term business planning.
• Project Management
  • You will support end-to-end project execution by coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
  • You will support sales pipeline updates and operational workflows to ensure seamless project delivery.
• Data Analytics and Insights
  • You will learn SQL basics and apply data-gathering techniques to obtain relevant insights.
  • You will contribute to performance tracking and reporting to aid decision-making.
• Administrative and Operational Support
  • You will develop organizational skills through tasks such as data entry, business performance preparation, and report generation.
  • You will assist the Merchant team in daily operations.

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with complex data sets.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Familiarity with financial modeling and data analysis software, such as Excel, google sheets or SQL.

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer our Interns:

• Comprehensive Medical Insurance: We got you covered with medical insurance plans.
• Leave Entitlement: Enjoy a range of leave options including Annual Leave, Medical Leave, and Hospitalization Leave.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Benefit from a flexible work schedule that allows you to balance your academic commitments and personal life.
• Community Involvement: Get involved in community service through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) programs.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For At Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique