Food Service Ingredients Sales and Marketing Intern

About the role

Sargento is seeking a talented, goal-driven individual with a strong passion for sales and marketing professions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in Innovation, R&D, and Culinary. We are looking for a leader who possesses emotional intelligence, analytical skills, and critical thinking abilities. This is an opportunity to explore the challenging world of B2B sales and marketing and build a career after graduation.

What You Do

• Engage in Customer Discovery to gain unique insights that will help lead to new business opportunities
• Support inside sales activities with a high level of independence – new item set up, customer request fulfillment and cross functional collaboration
• Support strategic customer presentations and meetings
• Support development & execution of innovation campaigns including the synthesis and communication of impactful insights, innovation product attributes and benefits for customer presentation
• Build marketing communication materials to drive customer interest aligning with key strategic initiatives
• Validate proof of concept with the appropriate SME (subject matter expert) and present materials in a strategic manner

Skills You Will Develop

• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Cross-Functional
• Professionalism
• Leadership
• Technology
• Time Management

Your Education And Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, sales or other related field, having completed junior year prior to the start of internship or pursuing an MBA with year one completed prior to the start of the internship
• Passion for learning and growing in the sales field
• Ability to multi-task and take initiative
• Bring energy and enthusiasm for winning
• Strength with strategic and analytical thinking
• Proficiency in MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Valid driver's license, vehicle insurance, and vehicle required. There is no mass/public transit system to/from corporate housing location to company locations

Benefits

• Lead and own real and relevant projects aligned with business objectives
• Gain valuable skills and experiences to be prepared for entry level opportunities
• Mentorship and career development to learn and grow personally and professionally
• Volunteer in community service activities
• Social professional networking experiences
• Flexible work week onsite Mondays through Thursdays and optional remote Fridays; plus, half day Fridays
• Nationally competitive compensation
• Paid relocation and housing
• 5 unpaid days off for interns and 10 unpaid days off for co-ops
• 401(k) employer contribution top 1% in the nation
• Discounts at the company cheese store and local attractions/events