Sales Effectiveness Intern (Summer 2025)

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Brand

Looking to pursue an internship that can launch your career in your field of study? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in a growing, mission-driven, consumer-centric organization? Post Consumer Brands offers a robust 12-week summer immersive & transformative internship experience that will present you with a meaningful business problem to ideate and collaborate cross-functionally that will lead to you presenting recommended solution(s) to improve the business. Post Consumer Brands is unique as our core values & mission is at the forefront of our efforts. Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

Are you interested in learning more about the sales process that impacts company growth? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in a growing, mission-driven, consumer-centric organization? Post Consumer Brands is looking for a Sales Effectiveness (Pet) Intern for a 12-week summer 2025 immersive & transformative internship experience. Post Consumer Brands is unique as our core values & mission is at the forefront of our efforts. Consider joining our team to launch the success story of your career journey and help us deliver our purpose of: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all.

To fully realize the value of diversity of talent, experience, strengths, and backgrounds each of us brings to Post Consumer Brands, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on these behaviors:

• Be open to new ideas

• Listen attentively as a partner

• Model collaboration

• Be accountable

• Respect all viewpoints

JOB FUNCTION

The Sales Effectiveness Intern for Pets will work on various projects with the Pet Sales teams. Assignments may include work such as:

• Assist in improving capabilities, documenting current and new processes, and that will help streamline work to drive and promote business growth.

• Support creation and management of business materials including reports, processes, weekly and ongoing communications and trainings.

• Learn the Trade Planning System and support the Pet Sales team by leveraging reporting and analytics.

• Help with requesting and tracking sample requests.

• Prepare materials such as category reviews, trend reports, and consumption analytics for Pet Sales teams.

• Analyze customer slotting and conversion requests to ensure favorable payback through the Distribution App.

• Present findings & plan recommendations to Sales Leadership Team.

Specific project and operational roles will be identified 30-60 days prior to the start of the internship, based on business need and intern interests.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be pursuing a four-year undergraduate or graduate degree in Marketing or Business at an institution with an accredited program graduating December 2025 or May 2026.

• Proven leadership, problem-solving and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work independently and in teams

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes initiative to identify areas of opportunity and take action

• A high level of competence in computer applications and the ability to use technology as a decision-support tool

• Ability to identify and evaluate tactical methods to achieve objectives, identify deviations from the plan, and facilitate resolution

• Ability to handle confidential information and use discretion within and outside of the organization

• Previous internship or work experience (strongly preferred)

• Interest in the consumer packaged goods / manufacturing industry with the desire to start a career with Post Consumer Brands after graduation (strongly preferred)

• We are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future

Additional Program Information & Perks

• Offering competitive compensation

• Access to a dynamic internship event program including development, networking, & social activities

• Eligible for subsidized housing & $2,500 relocation stipend

• Cereal galore - enjoy a variety of cereal and oatmeal options in our break room, for free. Free milk, coffee, and conversation included as well. We promise you won't be disappointed.

Please note that this position will be posted until October 15th. Applications will be reviewed in the following weeks and candidates will receive a status update by October 31st.