Marketing Intern - GPN

Date: Sep 25, 2024

Location: Downers Grove, IL, US, 60515

Company: Glanbia

Marketing Intern – GPN

  

Company Summary:

 

Glanbia is a global nutrition company, grounded in science and nature and dedicated to providing better nutrition for every step of life’s journey. The company takes pure and clean ingredients including milk, whey and grains and using expert knowledge and capabilities produces high quality nutritional ingredients and branded consumer products for customers and consumers worldwide.

 

Established as one of the world’s largest sports nutrition companies, we’re now developing innovative products for the lifestyle market, too. We are on a journey to actively improve lives globally and invite you to do the same. You’ll have the chance to work with great brands, such as Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, Amazing Grass, think! and SlimFast, as well as exciting development opportunities.  Join us and pursue a meaningful career within a category that can truly change lives for the better.

 

Glanbia Performance Nutrition is a wholly owned subsidiary of Glanbia headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois. GPN manufactures and markets the full range of performance nutrition products including protein, pre-workout, muscle gainers, and general health. Products are sold through a variety of channels including specialty retail, the internet, and gyms in a variety of formats including powders, bars, and Ready-to-Drink beverages. GPN has a global and expanding footprint with a current in-market presence in 24 countries.

 

Job Summary & Responsibilities:

In this role, the ideal candidate will be a key contributor to our GPN Marketing Team and gain valuable hands-on experience. Our Internship will provide you with exposure and connectivity with individuals across the business,  opportunities to help grow our key brands position in the sports nutrition, healthy lifestyle, and weight management category, and networking with other GPN Interns. You will own a key project for the summer that you will shape, develop, and present to the larger organization. Outside of the main project, you will be a key contributor to a variety of marketing tasks throughout the summer. Through our program, you will partake in several developmental workshops and build connections with your Intern class and our business leaders through social and networking events.

 

Expected Outcomes:

  • Gain a holistic understanding of the GPN business and culture and experience of day-to-day marketing tasks.   
  • Develop your marketing and brand management skills.
  • Gain an understanding on how brands come to life within the retail landscape.
  • Develop skills to convert data findings into insights, actions, and recommendations.
  • Learn how brand and product strategies are developed and executed focusing on a target consumer.
  • Gain exposure to brand management, innovation development, and consumer insights teams.
  • Develop cross-functional team management.
  • Active participation in all Pure Ambition program activities.

 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Candidates should be current junior undergraduate students studying Marketing, Business, or a related area of study.
  • Clear written communication and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Self-starter and highly motivated individual with the ability to work independently.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

  

Where and how you will work  

The opportunity will be based in Downers Grove, Illinois withhybrid working arrangements available through ourSmart working modelwhich allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.  

  

About Glanbia  

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.  

  

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

 

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

 


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