2024 Summer Internship | Trade Marketing- Indianapolis, In

What You Need To Know
Who we are looking for: December 2024 or May 2025 graduates
Dates of Summer Internship: May 20nd - August 2th, 2024
Internship Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is North America's preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with roots that go back to 1933. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.
Southern Glazer's offers a competitive compensation package with an hourly pay rate of $22 / hour. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.
At Southern Glazer's, you'll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you're looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.
Overview
The Southern Glazer's Internship Program was established to develop the next generation of Sales, Trade Development, Operations, and Corporate leaders. Each summer, the program offers interns the opportunity to engage in career building activities while simultaneously learning and applying industry-leading practices.
This hands-on experience gives interns the chance to explore and understand the adult beverage industry. The knowledge gained from industry leaders will allow you to build a network of professionals within the beverage alcohol industry and here at Southern Glazer's.
This internship will work closely with our Commercial teams to assist in utilizing trend data and consumer insights to evaluate SKU, brand, and category performance and trends. If our internship is in-person, some job duties would include grocery store resets, on/off premise sales overview, data analysis, reviewing Nielsen data, attending general sales meetings, and other marketing and administrative duties.
Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the initial point of contact for Trade Development & Marketing team on all marketing activities
• Assist in the development of programs and presentations
• Populate and maintain various program and activity trackers, calendars, and brand information for the Trade Development team locally and on SharePoint
• Coordinate meetings and conference calls, draft and send communications and follow up
• Order, maintain and track necessary supplies for the trade development team(s) as needed including coupons, POS, brand information and other sales tools
• Ensure all programs fall in line with standards regarding tracking and execution
• Manage purchasing, supplier shipment, and local delivery of assigned-supplier portfolios
• Maintain an understanding of supplier brand strategies, pricing, promotions, and shelf positioning
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Reside in the vicinity of the internship or have ability to obtain housing
• Must be a Junior in college and graduating the following year completing BS/BA in Business, Sales, Marketing, Communication, Retail, or Category Management or similar field
• Self-starter, ability to organize and manage multiple projects
• Teamwork approach to accomplishing goals
• Attention to details
• Demonstrated leadership experience
• Working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to secure and maintain a valid driver's license and auto-liability insurance in accordance with state laws

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement
Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.