When you intern at Land O'Lakes, you're joining a Fortune 250 agribusiness and food production leader with more than 100 years of operations as a farmer-and member-owned cooperative. With business units spanning crop insight and inputs, animal nutrition, dairy foods, and sustainability solutions, you will get a hands-on, purpose-driven internship experience.
You'll have opportunities to network with industry leaders, view our state-of-the-art facilities, and be challenged with a business-critical project, all while gaining the skills necessary to be successful as you continue your career trajectory. Launch your career with us by applying to an internship with one of the nation's most well-known cooperatives.
Dairy Food Sales, Marketing & Analytics Internship
Step into the world of a Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) company and represent some of America's top dairy brands. Gain valuable experience by completing rotations on the Sales, Marketing, and Research, Insights, & Analytics teams.
What will I learn? Gain exposure to Sales, Marketing, Insights & Analytics, and other cross-functional teams to understand how a CPG company operates. Learn about the Retail and Foodservice business from multiple perspectives including channels, formats, retailers/operators, competitors, and shoppers/patrons. Learn category management techniques, develop an analytical thought process and build your presentation skills. Work in a Team environment, including working closely with past interns. Develop group presentation skills and build your personal confidence.
What are my rotations as an intern?
Sales Rotation: Support key customers like Target, Kroger, Walmart, Publix, Stop & Shop, Sysco, and more.
Project examples: Analyze a customer's product assortment to present an opportunity for increased distribution, Create a presentation for a buyer with a promotion strategy recommendation.
Marketing Rotation: Support the brand marketing team and help grow some of America's top food brands.
Project examples: Analyze an emerging segment in food and provide insights around the 4 P's; Provide input to the innovation by pipeline by analyzing competitive items and identifying gaps.
Analytics Rotation: Support the Research, Insights, and Analytics team by leveraging data and insights to grow the business.
Project examples: Learn category management techniques, data visualization, and data analysis skills on the Customer Insights & Analytics team, create a data-driven selling story to support new item innovation, analyze promotion and pricing to provide a recommendation, utilize market research in the restaurant industry to identify opportunities for innovation.
Enterprise Engagement
Get involved in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion projects with exposure to our ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) which include Women Leadership Network, African Ancestry, Asian Affinity, Pride Alliance, and many more.
What is the next step after the internship?
Join Land O'Lakes full-time as a Dairy Foods Analyst supporting Sales, Marketing, or the Research, Insights, & Analytics team. Further develop an analytical thought process, presentation skills, and support cross-functional teams. The Land O'Lakes Mentor Program will expose you to future roles within the organization and begin to build the critical knowledge and skills required for those roles.
Experience-Education (Required):
Current Junior (graduating May 2026 or December 2025) pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Analytics, Sales, Business, or related field.
Desire to pursue a career in Sales, Marketing, or Research, Insights, & Analytics
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (ex. Charting, Pivot Tables, VLookUp)
Exposure to analyzing data/market research
Competencies-Skills (Required):
Demonstrate Integrity
Execute with Focus & Accountability
Demonstrate Agility
Make Insightful Decisions
Strong written/verbal communication skills
Strong planning, organization, and self-management skills
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
Experience (Preferred):
Experience working in a selling role or in a retail/foodservice environment.
Previous internship in a related field
Community/organization involvement and leadership
Competencies-Skills (Preferred):
Ability to influence and persuade
Advanced skills in Excel and/or other analytical tools/databases (PowerBI, Tableau)
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.
Neither Land O'Lakes, nor its search firms, will ever contact you and ask for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you receive a call or email like this, please do not provide the information being requested.
