Food Sales & Marketing Intern - Summer 2025

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Your Internship:

Gain real experience. Learn from the best. See how your work matters.

 

Our internships are designed to prepare you for your career journey, not a final destination. When you join our team, you are welcomed into a community committed to providing you with a safe environment to learn, grow and cultivate your skills. With our expansive learning resources, our well-respected leaders, and our carefully curated development courses, you will be equipped to confidently solve tomorrow's global issues. And, truthfully, our future relies on you. Your innovative minds, your intentional collaboration, and your sincere desire to nourish the world. Your work may be local, but at Cargill, your impact will be global. Join our community to cultivate your curiosity, develop meaningful relationships and propel your career.

Food Sales & Marketing Internship:

As a Sales & Marketing Intern for the Cargill Food Solutions Team, you will gain hands-on experience working on business projects within the Food Solutions Americas Team.

 

Food Solutions is one of our key businesses, with about 24,000 employees across the world serving food and beverage manufacturers, foodservice companies and retailers with food ingredients as well as food and non-food applications.

• Gain immediate hands-on work experience in one of the world's largest privately held companies
• Participate in orientation, mentoring relationships and other opportunities targeted toward development
• Network with employees at a variety of levels, functions, and businesses within our organization
• Receive regular feedback on job performance
• Volunteer on community service projects across the Minneapolis/St. Paul communities
• Present a final presentation to respective leadership teams on project outcomes, takeaways and final feedback of the internship activities and experience

Your Work:

• 50% - Sales: prospecting, relationship and sales skill building
• 50% - Marketing: marketing communications, category & product marketing projects

Our Programming:

• With comprehensive learning resources at your disposal, you can take your learning in any direction.
• As employees, interns receive access to volunteer and community outreach opportunities and paid time off for volunteer activities.
• Throughout the internship, interns and co-ops are invited to participate in events that will give exposure to leadership, provide development opportunities, and offer the ability to network with cross-functional interns/co-ops across the U.S.

Internship Details:

• Internships are typically 12 weeks in duration
• Interns are paid hourly for time worked
• Interns are responsible for transportation to and from work
• Interns who demonstrate outstanding performance and a curiosity to learn more may be offered an internship, co-op or full-time position to return the following year

Our Benefits:

No matter who you are or where you are, we have resources to meet your needs. As an intern, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to support you and help you succeed. Eligible programs and incentives include:  

 

• Paid time off
• Mental Health and Wellbeing program
• Digital Lea