Revenue and Growth Management Intern

At Link Snacks , we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands— Jack Link’s® , Lorissa’s Kitchen® , Golden Island® , BiFi® , and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Join Jack Link's as a Revenue Growth Management Intern during the summer of 2027 in downtown Minneapolis, MN! As an intern on our sales team, you will be responsible for working with the Director & Trade Strategy in developing and executing the strategic sales business plan to realize improved gross revenue, net revenue, and operating income. Work with Field Sales to identify and implement profit positive business growth opportunities.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Utilize syndicated data and internal metrics (revenue, spend, ROI) to evaluate and select customer-specific trade rates and slotting approvals with minimal risks.

Responsibilities

Review customer promotional spending plans in MEI for effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance with guidelines and budgets.; Identify specific examples of trade spending effectiveness best practices and share across the Retail Sales team.; Create and deploy tools to track trade spending budgets, while identifying areas to enhance efficiency.; Assist the Director on all major MAPS initiatives (annual planning, core void identification and closure, new item launches budget reconciliation, and customer specific growth projects; Partner with Sales & Marketing to develop customer sell-in stories and new tools that enhance the Sales Teams efficiency.; Assist in the development of the strategic sales and trade plans. Conduct pre- and post-promotional analysis for key accounts and across channel archetypes.; Develop promo event-level guidelines.; Work with Sales to develop ROI-informed promotional calendars/plans.; Maintain promo effectiveness scorecards.; Develop quarterly promo effectiveness reviews.; Run analytics to understand effectiveness of trade terms (e.g., incremental margin or growth per dollar invested in a given account) and make recommended changes.; Partner with Trade Strategy team to develop, implement, and manage trade spend architecture by channel.

Requirements

Working towards a bachelor’s degree in Sales & Marketing / Business Admin and completed at least one year of coursework.; Ability to work well under pressure with strong ability to multi-task.; Highly detailed with strong organizational and operating skills.; Proficient computer knowledge: Microsoft Office, Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Power Bi.; Communications skills- writing and communication skills, and be able to interact and persuade individuals levels senior to him or her, as well as actively participate in meetings and group discussions with individuals from various parts of the organization (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Finance)