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Your role

Responsibilities

During your first project, you will learn what it takes to develop and sustain a growing CPG business and stretch your current skills by delivering, selling, and marketing products to a set group of retailers. You will be responsible for managing business with customers from start to finish, including:

• Delivering consistent sales targets
• Understanding, planning, and executing advertising displays in conjunction with customers
• Performing inventory and cash management on a weekly basis
• Merchandising products for customers
• Building Critical Business Skills

As you progress through your term, you will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge you attained on the frontlines. Sales interns will work closely with the Zone Leadership Team and will be responsible for utilizing strong analytical and communication skills to help the team deliver results to their most important customers. Key aspects of this assignment include:

• Frontline leadership training
• Sales forecasting
• Daily and weekly Area Sales reporting
• Assist Zone Leadership with sales projects
• Market execution projects
• Other unique projects

About you

Qualifications:

• Completion of the second or third year of a Business Degree
• Valid G or class 5 driver’s license, with a flawless driving record
• Reliable and consistent access to a personal vehicle
• High academic achievement along with demonstrated ability to pursue other interests at the same time
• A skilled problem solver who enjoys challenges
• Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to confidently interact with all levels within the organization, from front-line to executive
• A self-starter with the ability to plan work to meet objectives, set priorities, and manage a work schedule

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits designed to fit your unique needs
• A dynamic and inclusive culture that promotes you to bring your whole self to work
• Inspiring positive change for people and the planet with sustainability goals
• A supportive team that will encourage your professional growth and development

Training and development

PepsiCo’s Global Learning Center of Expertise (COE) enables a culture of continuous learning and development. In consultation with PepsiCo leaders, the COE sets priorities for global classroom and online curriculum needs. The curriculum is organized by topic across three categories;

• Global leadership and management programs are rich, hands-on experiences in which participants solve real business problems alongside global peers. Their leaders are actively engaged in the teaching process, supporting learning in both formal and informal settings.
• The Future-Ready Workforce portfolio includes resources for everyone at PepsiCo to build skills and literacy in digital topics like cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more.
• Their functional skills programming includes self-paced and instructor-led learning on state-of-the-art functional capabilities across sales, supply chain, marketing, finance, HR, R&D, and more.

Career progression

Though Pepsico doesn’t guarantee a full-time role after their internship, they love to convert their interns to full-time opportunities, as a matter of fact, in the United States and Canada, as many as 46% convert to full-time employees.

How to apply

Applying for an internship or program is as easy as applying for any job at PepsiCo

1. First, browse job openings that fit your location and career area. 
2. When you find something you like, study the whole job description. 
3. Look at the job responsibilities and make notes on how you have accomplished similar tasks. 
4. Apply online for the job or internship you want using Candidate Zone to enter your details and answer pre-screening questions. 
5. Use Candidate Zone to get private updates and contact their recruiting team.

Sources

• pepsicojobs.com/internshipsprograms
• pepsico.com/our-impact/esg-topics-a-z/employee-learning-and-development
• youtube.com/watch?v=LQeP0W4L64o