Sales Intern

Winland Foods, Inc., based in Oak Brook, IL, is a global manufacturer of private label and branded foods for retail and co-pack customers. We use only the finest ingredients and ensure every product we make meets the highest standards of taste, quality and accessibility. Across all our food categories, we offer customers a range of premium and value solutions to meet the evolving needs of the consumers. We work closely with our customers to offer consumer-loved brands and custom private label products, and also create new innovative products. We specialize in pasta, sauces, syrups, dressings, jams and jellies, pie fillings, pita chips, dry dinners, dry baking ingredients, and more. We are proud to share we have manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada, and Italy.

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Oak Brook

Job Type:

Administration

Job Posting Title:

Sales Intern

Job Description:

Schedule: (Hybrid) Monday and Friday are remote, while Tuesday-Thursday are in office
Work Location: 2015 Spring Road Suite 400, Oak Brook, IL 60523
Salary: $25.50 per hour, with an additional one-time lump sum payment to support expenses
Duration: May to August 2026 – Summer Internship

Job Summary:

Winland Foods is looking for students who are passionate about learning with a desire to work in manufacturing and sales!  Our summer intern will complete tasks assigned by their manager, which may include identifying business opportunities, pulling reports, analyzing key product and customer data, participating in meetings, and assisting the Sales department.

Our ideal intern will have a strong attention to detail, take direction well, and be a self-starter who is eager to learn. During your internship you’ll gain hands-on experience working on challenging, meaningful projects with guidance from a mentor and other members of our team.

Position Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with cross-functional departments to create plans- accelerating sales with key customers

• Analyze raw data and providing useful insights

• Update documents, to include sales records

• Reviewing sales performance against targets

• Identifying potential weaknesses, while offering suggestions for process improvement

Experience you will gain:

• An understanding of manufacturing and sales in the food industry

• Exposure to various systems and processes, with opportunities to shadow a leader on our sales team

• Active participation in projects allowing you to:

  • Establish relationships with peers and leaders

  • Learn fundamentals

  • Partner with a mentor while receiving feedback from your internship manager

  • Present to your peers, manager(s), and members of the Senior Leadership Team

• High-level, but comprehensive understanding of our commercial organization

Qualifications:

• Full-time student in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in business or related field, entering Junior or Senior class status

• Requires an overall and within major GPA of 3.0 or higher

• Self-motivated and good communicator with the ability to communicate with broad groups of people

• Teams, MS Office, PowerPoint, word, and excel experience/knowledge

EEO Statement:

Winland Foods seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool, and as a global company we believe our success is enhanced by fostering equity and inclusion in the workplace. Therefore, Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.