Price Risk Solutions Internship Summer 2026 - Wayzata, MN

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.
Cargill is 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. 
This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

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. 

Price Risk Solutions Internship:

Our Price Risk Solutions internship program enables the individual to build relationships with internal and external customers to assess price drivers and navigate risk in commodity markets. It is the blending of skills and knowledge in a fast paced, dynamic working environment. The Price Risk Solutions intern will practice and grow their understanding in economics, communications, customer service, risk assessment, and decision-making.

 

Your work:

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Analyze supply and demand, survey market conditions, and other economic forces in order to assess and communicate customer price risk related to commodity market pricing
• Learn customer segmentation and ways to assess customer risk profiles
• Provide timely and effective communication and interaction with other Cargill teams such as sales, trading, commercial, contracting, and trade product control
• Make occasional plant and external customer visits
• Complete and present a project that is critical to improvements in work processes and customer interaction
• Complete and collaborate on other projects and assignments as needed

 

Key Capabilities for Success:

• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills, even when outcome is uncertain
• Comfortable taking and managing risks and challenging the status quo
• Strong oral and written communication skills; strong persuasion and negotiation skills
• Effective interpersonal skills; working in a team environment; coaching and developing others
• Essential leadership qualities of integrity, conviction and courage
• Motivated and driven to succeed
• Adaptable, flexible and able to work in a fast paced, price-volatile, changing environment
• Willing to relocate and accept challenging responsibilities

 

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 may have the opportunity to travel during their term. 
• Interns who demonstrate outstanding performance and a curiosity to learn more may be offered an internship, co-op or full-