Sales Intern

Walmart Poultry Sales Year-Round Intern

Job Description Summary:

Are you ready to jumpstart your career at Tyson Foods? We are seeking a driven and passionate intern to join our Walmart sales team and contribute to meaningful projects that drive our business forward. This year-round internship offers hands-on experience supporting our largest customer, with a firsthand look at how Sales, Category Management, Analytics and Insights, Innovation, R&D, the Business Unit, Supply Chain, and Customer Service work together. Interns learn by working alongside team members on real projects, both during the school year and over the summer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analytics & Reporting: Support the sales team with data analysis and ad hoc reporting that uncovers insights and informs business decisions. Use data and reporting tools to identify sales performance trends and growth opportunities, track product launches, and flag pricing gaps, missing authorized items, and out-of-stocks. Help automate portions of weekly reporting and prepare materials for customer meetings.
• Customer Support & Engagement: Assist with ad hoc customer requests, including sample ordering, tracking, and management, and take end-to-end ownership of customer support tickets from intake to resolution. Support product cutting and line reviews, with the opportunity to engage directly with the customer in these settings.
• Product, New Item & Retail Execution: Create and maintain product specification catalogs and documentation, ensuring supplier guidelines and processes are consistently met. Assist with new item setup, costing, and retail audits. Support retail execution by monitoring shelf availability, modular compliance, pricing and promotional execution, and product quality and presentation.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the groups our sales team works with every day, including Business Units, R&D, Innovation, Customer Service, Supply Chain, and more, to get work done in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Embody Tyson Foods’ RIGHT Behaviors (Results, Integrity, Growth, Humility, and Teamwork) while building a holistic understanding of how sales works with these groups to deliver best-in-class partnership to the customer.

Program Highlights:

• Skill Development: Enhance your technical, analytical, and leadership skills through hands-on experiences and project-based work.
• Year-Round Experience: Build continuity and deeper ownership of your work by staying with the team through both the school year and the summer.
• Competitive Pay: Receive competitive compensation for your contributions.
• Networking Opportunities: Connect with professionals across various departments and gain insights from multiple business units.
• Focus on Sustainability: Be part of a company committed to responsible business practices and making a positive impact on the world.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Education: Actively enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited university, with at least one semester remaining. Incoming juniors, seniors, and graduate students will be considered first. Business majors with an interest in sales are preferred but not required.
• Experience: Previous work experience in any field is preferred. Sales or customer-facing experience is strongly preferred but not required.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Computer Skills: Strong computer skills with a working knowledge of Excel and familiarity with Word and PowerPoint.
• Special Skills: Ability to multitask, motivated self-starter, collaborative, and eager to learn from others.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Must include a resume to be considered. Candidates considering further education after degree completion must highlight this on their resume to ensure full consideration.

*This position is a year-round internship located in Springdale, AR. The selected candidate should anticipate working in person 20 hours per week during the school year and in person 40 hours per week during the summer.

**Must be within a commutable distance (60 miles or less) to the location.