Internship - Strategic Marketing

WHO WE ARE  

Baldwin Richardson Foods, Co. is a global manufacturer of custom food and beverage ingredients and one of the largest African American family-owned and-operated businesses in the food industry. The Company has strong supply relationships with some of the world’s largest Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) and Food Service customers. Iconic, global food brands entrust Baldwin Richardson Foods as their partner to deliver the highest quality products that exceed industry standards. The Company also manufactures and markets Mrs. Richardson’s Ice Cream Toppings and Nance’s Mustards and Condiments. This role will be based in our Westmont, IL facility.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The Strategic Marketing Intern will support the Strategic Marketing Sr. Manager, along with other cross-functional members of BRF with building our scalable data tracking for our industries, categories and customers. Specifically, this intern role will work on:

• Create the repeatable category overview decks for our key categories. Includes templating, data layout, and insights development
• Research and data support for industry and customer overviews
• Support in data analysis for upcoming external-facing cross functional projects
• Create and support internal industry news updates to the enterprise
• Develop competitive tracker with hiring manager

SKILLS YOU’LL DEVELOP

The goal of this internship is to help students gain hands-on experience in strategic marketing and further develop their data analysis, project management, and data storytelling and communication skills. 

• Develop foundational data analysis skills by working with syndicated and secondary data to support category, customer, and industry overviews
• Build experience creating clear, repeatable PowerPoint decks, including basic templating, data layout, and simple insight summaries
• Gain exposure to marketing strategy and category management concepts across foodservice and retail channels
• Strengthen professional and project management skills by supporting recurring updates, cross-functional projects, and senior marketing stakeholders

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• Currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate program pursuing Bachelor’s in various programs related to Business Administration, Strategy, Economics, Marketing, or a related field
• Minimum of completion of two years of program (must be going into 3rd or 4th year)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret and summarize data into actionable insights
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data visualization or project management tools is a plus
• Effective written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in written and verbal, in the English language

Read more about who we are at www.brfoods.com or www.linkedin.com/company/baldwin-richardson-foods

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