Job Description

Join Jack Link's as a Commercial Strategy and Sales Operations Intern during the summer of 2024 in downtown Minneapolis, MN! As an intern apart of our sales department, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience through formal and informal training, managing projects, attending customer meetings, networking with fellow interns, working with key Jack Link’s leaders and team members. At the completion of your internship, you will conduct a final presentation on your internship experience.

As a Commercial Strategy and Sales Operations Intern within Jack Link’s, you will work closely with Category Management, Shopper Insights, & Analytics teams. Interns will work closely with leaders on our Marketing and Sales teams to gain formal and informal training in the following areas:

**** Sales & Category Management experiences:

• Retail visits across various channels
• Prepare and deliver special project assessment to sales alignment
• Participate in aligned sales meetings and customer presentation(s)

Analyst experiences:

• Shadow Business Insights Analysts and Category Managers
• Develop selling story assessments for product/segment/channel/customer
• Assist in Monthly reporting development and updates for Channel alignment
• Manage retail sales dashboards and assessments
• Development and presentation of special project to CatMan/BI/Sales
• Synthesize data and insights across multiple sources
• Prepare and deliver final presentation to leadership team to recap experience

Qualifications

• A junior or senior level student pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or Finance, with an interest in Data Analytics and Consumer Insights
• Ideal candidates demonstrate strong collaborative, analytical, data management and mining skills
• Very good communication skills, analytical thinker, and leadership skills
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints
• Team player with a “can do” attitude
• Ability to adapt in a changing work environment
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite; strong with Power Point and Excel, and familiarity with Power BI preferred but not required
• Quick learner

Additional Information

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors. Travel may be required.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
Jack Link’s provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

E-VERIFY:
Jack Link’s is participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For information about the E-Verify program, please visit: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.