Sales Internship Opportunity

Developing the skills and knowledge necessary for growth.

Nestlé Purina is an industry leader and learning organization, which seeks to create a challenging, stimulating environment in which associates can thrive. We not only provide a wide array of resources to help you grow both professionally and personally, but we focus on finding a fit for associates into the innovative, collaborative culture at Nestlé Purina. If the following opportunity excites you, if it matches your career interests and if you are willing to make the effort to contribute to a high performing organization that raises the standards and expectations of its employees, this program may be the perfect fit.

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The Sales Internship program is a 10 week program that will challenge you with varying tasks and projects. During this time, you will be given responsibility and ownership of your projects, in order to provide you with a deeper understanding of our Company and industry. These tasks are designed to help professionally develop our entry level associates, as well as form a mutually rewarding internship at Nestlé Purina PetCare or a Nestlé Retail Operations Center.

Responsibilities: As a Nestlé Purina intern, you will contribute as a full member of our sales team, with several key responsibilities:

• Develop knowledge, awareness and understanding of the Consumer Products and PetCare industries
• understand the consumer and or pet owner
• know our brands and the competition
• identify and analyze segment trends
• Identify opportunities at retail
• learn and practice selling skills
• merchandise and optimize shelf conditions at the store-level
• monitor competitive activity
• focus on incremental sales and volume
• Participate in Marketing and Customer events that strengthen our brands and market share
• Cultivate internal and external working relationships that provide exposure to multi-disciplines, account management and customer teams
• Assist on special projects that focus on delivering results against our business plan
• Assist with our Customer Team on business analysis projects

Who we are looking for: When evaluating internship candidates, Nestlé Purina PetCare looks for people who are:

• You must be available to complete a full-time 10-week paid internship during the upcoming summer.
• Successful degree completion required within 1 year following the end of the internship.
• Energetic and outgoing individuals with knowledge and/or desire for consumer goods sales experience
• Based on the needs of the business and the opportunities available within the organization, successful internships may result in regular, full-time sales positions in retail sales, as well as future roles in business analysis, account management and leadership.

Opportunities are available in the following locations:

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