Dairy Foods Sales, Marketing & Analytics Intern

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Dairy Foods Sales, Marketing & Analytics InternWhen you intern at Land O’Lakes, you’re joining a Fortune agribusiness and food production leader with more than years of operations as a farmer-and member-owned cooperative.

With business units spanning crop insight and inputs, animal nutrition, dairy foods, and sustainability solutions, you will get a hands-on, purpose-driven internship experience.

You’ll have opportunities to network with industry leaders, view our state-of-the-art facilities, and be challenged with a business-critical project, all while gaining the skills necessary to be successful as you continue your career trajectory.

Launch your career with us by applying to an internship with one of the nation’s most well-known cooperatives.

Dairy Food Sales, Marketing & Analytics Internship

Step into the world of a Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) company and represent some of America’s top dairy brands. Gain valuable experience by completing rotations on the Sales, Marketing, and Research, Insights, & Analytics teams.

What will I learn? Gain exposure to Sales, Marketing, Insights & Analytics, and other cross-functional teams to understand how a CPG company operates.

Learn about the Retail and Foodservice business from multiple perspectives including channels, formats, retailers / operators, competitors, and shoppers / patrons.

Learn category management techniques, develop an analytical thought process and build your presentation skills. Work in a Team environment, including working closely with past interns.

Develop group presentation skills and build your personal confidence.

What are my rotations as an intern?

Sales Rotation : Support key customers like Target, Kroger, Walmart, Publix, Stop & Shop, Sysco, and more.

Project examples : Analyze a customer’s product assortment to present an opportunity for increased distribution, Create a presentation for a buyer with a promotion strategy recommendation.

Marketing Rotation : Support the brand marketing team and help grow some of America’s top food brands.

Project examples : Analyze an emerging segment in food and provide insights around the 4 P’s; Provide input to the innovation by pipeline by analyzing competitive items and identifying gaps.

Analytics Rotation : Support the Research, Insights, and Analytics team by leveraging data and insights to grow the business.

Project examples : Learn category management techniques, data visualization, and data analysis skills on the Customer Insights & Analytics team, create a data-driven selling story to support new item innovation, analyze promotion and pricing to provide a recommendation, utilize market research in the restaurant industry to identify opportunities for innovation.

Enterprise Engagement

Get involved in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion projects with exposure to our ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) which include Women Leadership Network, African Ancestry, Asian Affinity, Pride Alliance, and many more.

What is the next step after the internship?

Join Land O’Lakes full-time as a Dairy Foods Analyst supporting Sales, Marketing, or the Research, Insights, & Analytics team.

Further develop an analytical thought process, presentation skills, and support cross-functional teams. The Land O’Lakes Mentor Program will expose you to future roles within the organization and begin to build the critical knowledge and skills required for those roles.

Experience-Education (Required) :

Current Junior (graduating May or December pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Analytics, Sales, Business, or related field.

Desire to pursue a career in Sales, Marketing, or Research, Insights, & Analytics

Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel (ex. Charting, Pivot Tables, VLookUp)

Exposure to analyzing data / market research

Competencies-Skills (Required) :

Demonstrate Integrity

Execute with Focus & Accountability

Demonstrate Agility

Make Insightful Decisions

Strong written / verbal communication skills

Strong planning, organization, and self-management skills

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) basic skills

Experience (Preferred) :

Experience working in a selling role or in a retail / foodservice environment.

Previous internship in a related field

Community / organization involvement and leadership

Competencies-Skills (Preferred) :

Ability to influence and persuade

Advanced skills in Excel and / or other analytical tools / databases (PowerBI, Tableau)

Grade : Intern

Intern