Category Leadership Internship (Marketing)

Johnsonville • Sheboygan Falls, WI

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Johnsonville will place you, as an intern or co-op student, into a fun and challenging position where you can make real contributions to real projects, applying your knowledge and creativity. In addition to hands-on experience in your field, you’ll have the chance to work with Members from a variety of functional areas, in a team-based work environment and a culture that celebrates growth and learning. We value the enthusiasm, fresh ideas and desire to learn and grow that you’ll bring to the organization. You’ll have a one-of-a-kind experience at Johnsonville and be able to say you helped make a real difference at a great, global company.Position OverviewSummer 2026

The Category Leadership Intern will help us sell sausage by working closely with sales, marketing, and our retail customers, providing data insights and analysis, information support, and training. This position focuses on:

An extensive onboarding and training program
Utilizing data to identify insights
Using data-driven insights to tell stories that help drive category and brand growth
Sausage category leadership and development
Sausage selling capability and tool development
Opportunity to apply technical and communication skills learned to customer-facing work

Requirements

• Candidate must currently be working towards a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications or a related field from an accredited university; junior or senior status preferred
• 3.5 minimum GPA strongly preferred
• Prior work experience preferred
• Excellent computer skills (Excel and PowerPoint required)
• Excellent communication, organization and presentation skills (written and oral)
• Ability to tell a story with data
• Genuine curiosity and desire to ask, what's next?
• Ability to contribute to strong team environment with positive and constructive input
• Must be at least 18 years old
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the country where this job is located, without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer specific analyses that explain trends, identify distribution opportunities, develop promotion recommendations, etc.
• Provide syndicated POS, panel, and customer card data to drive Johnsonville and category growth
• Create and analyze marketing and sales reports using a variety of reporting tools and data sources
• Leverage Johnsonville pricing and assortment tools to accurately forecast volume and share based on price, promotion, or assortment changes

Benefits

• Members have potential for a 401k with a company match.
• Johnsonville also offers access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, and onsite medical clinic!
• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern