Innovation Marketing Intern

Description

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At Lactalis in the USA, we're committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive-whether you're just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we're proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, President specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone's cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi's, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow, Oui, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, :ratio, Green Mountain Creamery, and Mountain High, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun, Gopi, and Arz.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values-Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis American Group, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Innovation Marketing Intern based in Buffalo, NY. This is a 12-month paid internship opportunity, full or part-time with a minimum of twenty hours per week. The Innovation Marketing Intern will be responsible for assisting the Asst Director of Innovation with consumer product line management including analysis of industry data, consumer promotion development and product innovation.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Develop, maintain and promote sales efforts by creating the corresponding sales material such as Point of Sale (P.O.S), power point presentations, and industry data.
• Create/update packaging designs based on new product launch or modifications to current items.
• Conduct market research and analyze industry data.
• Communicate results effectively and maintain a disciplined approach to activity and attitude.
• Work with other departments to achieve overall company objectives when needed.
• Provide support and manage innovation projects, and accomplish tasks as appropriately assigned or requested.
• Share and promote best-practices throughout the organization.
• Behave in a professional manner that always represents the Company in the highest ethical standard.
• Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe working environment.
• This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education

• Candidate will possess or be pursuing a BA or MBA, with a specialization in marketing preferred

Experience

• Ideal candidate will have the following traits: open-mindedness, capacity or understand/analyze data and make fact-based recommendations, creativity, productivity, strong organizational skills and ability to work independently as well as in teams.
• Some practical experience through educational projects, prior internships, or professional experiences desired.

Skills/Abilities

• Strong analytical skills: need to be proficient in Excel and analysis in general.
• Concern for accuracy- must be very detail oriented.
• Open-minded, capacity to understand/analyze/ react.
• Strong communication, organizational skills, teamwork ability: must be able to multi-task and coordinate activities between several departments.
• Proactivity: proactive in tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Proficient knowledge of current software systems including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Interest in learning about all aspects of consumer-packaged goods marketing and product development.

** This internship is expected to start in January of 2026 and continue through to January 2027.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.