Marketing Internship Foodservice Portfolio Strategy

Position Title: Global Snacking - Marketing Intern - Foodservice Portfolio Strategy

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time

Grade:Grade 01

Requisition ID:41500

Global Snacking Marketing Internship Foodservice Portfolio Strategy.

Oakbrook IL

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

This internship presents an exceptional opportunity to join McCain Foods the global leader in potato & snacking foodservice. Our North American Snacking Marketing team is seeking a motivated intern to collaborate with us starting in May 2026.

As an intern you will contribute strategically to our evolving foodservice snacking portfolio engaging in high-impact projects that will drive meaningful commercial transformation and help shape the future direction of our brands.

This position is based at our Oakbrook IL office with an expectation of working on-site three days per week as part of our hybrid work model.

What youll be doing:

• Engage in a comprehensive analysis of our business and competitive landscape benchmarking McCains portfolio against leading industry competitors.
• Leverage consumer and operator demand spaces as well as internal and external data sources to identify unmet needs and develop insight-grounded recommendations to drive growth for McCain.
• Learn how Brand Marketing sits at the hub of cross-functional teams including Sales Culinary R&D Communications Insights Supply Chain and Finance to own a product portfolio and manage a P&L.

• Assist in developing commercial tools and materials to present and sell new strategies to our sales teams.

• Contribute to the launch of new product innovation and renovation based on identified market gaps evolving regulatory landscape and growth opportunities.

What youll need to be successful.

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Marketing (or a related field).
• Demonstrated interest in food and emerging food trends.
• Strong analytical abilities and a talent for translating data insights into business actions.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within teams.
• Passion for diving deep into data and uncovering meaningful insights.
• Ability to commute to the Oakbrook IL office for a hybrid schedule (three days per week in-office).

About the team.

This intern will join the McCain North American Snacking Foodservice Marketing team. The team is composed of Marketing professionals in the US and Canada who own the foodservice channel portfolio for snacking products including offerings such as cheese onion vegetable and pepper appetizers. The team is responsible for delivering market-leading solutions for our customers operators and consumers while shaping the future of snacking in foodservice.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

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Compensation Package: $23.00 - $26.00USD hourly wage equivalent paid as a non-exempt salary.

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education and training and other organizational needs.This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Benefits: At McCain were on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Due to the duration of this role you will not be eligible for traditional benefits through our programs. McCains early careers programming offers a multitude of learning experiences aimed at advancing your career in the future.

Your well-being matters to us and were here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us knowand we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCains Global Privacy Policyand Global Employee Privacy Policy as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information isbeing handled here.

Job Family:Marketing
Division:Global Snacking
Department:Marketing Foodservice Snacking
Location(s): US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace

Company:McCain Foods USA Inc.