
Customer Development Analyst Summer 2027 Internship (Part-time)
Part-timeSaint Louis Park, MNPart-time / Full-time$11.41/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The Customer Development Analyst Intern supports Dairy Farmers of America’s Sales and Customer Development teams by helping bring products to market, analyzing industry trends, and supporting retail customers. The part-time summer internship offers hands-on exposure to sales, category management, customer development, retailer data, and consumer insights in the consumer packaged goods industry.
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Looking to gain hands-on experience with a leading dairy food manufacturer? As a Customer Development Analyst Intern, you'll work alongside our Sales and Customer Development teams to help bring products to market, analyze industry trends, and support key retail customers. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your business, analytics, and category management skills while gaining real-world experience in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. This part-time summer internship is ideal for students who are curious, analytical, and eager to learn how products move from manufacturing facilities to store shelves and into consumers' hands.
What You'll Do:
Create customer-facing sales materials, including sell sheets and product presentations.
Research and analyze market and industry trends to support business decisions.
Develop and maintain product catalogs for warehouse and DSD (Direct Store Delivery) channels.
Assist with category reviews and data analysis for regional and national retail accounts.
Conduct competitive analyses and product deep dives to identify market opportunities.
Participate in retail store visits with sales representatives, support category reset projects and assist with in-store product sampling.
What You'll Gain:
Exposure to sales, category management, and customer development within the food manufacturing industry.
Experience working with retailer data, market trends, and consumer insights.
Opportunities to collaborate with cross-functional teams and industry professionals.
Practical, hands-on experience that builds a strong foundation for a career in sales, marketing, analytics, or consumer packaged goods.
Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university with Junior or Senior standing at the time of the internship.
Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Sales, Consumer Insights, Data Analytics, or a related field.
Coursework or experience in data analysis, market research, consumer insights, or business analytics is preferred.
Available to work full-time during Summer 2027, with an anticipated start date in late May or early June and completion in mid-August.
Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience working with data visualization or analytics tools is a plus.
Local candidates are preferred.
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans
EEO/AA/Female/Minority/Disabled/Veteran
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Experience Required
None
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$11.41 / Hourly
Postal Code
55416
Job Type
Part Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
38235
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 53,094 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$11.41/hr
- Minnesota median$17–20/hr270 hourly ranges
- US median$18–21/hr8,860 hourly ranges
This rate, $11.41/hr, is 38% below the Minnesota median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Sales hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 994 open Sales jobs in Minnesota and 53,094 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- Accenture41 open
- Home Depot41 open
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- Experience
- Sales postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 6 years (29,274 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 11,121 of the 53,094 open Sales jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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