Marketing Intern - Pizza, Breads, and Handhelds Category Business Units

Purpose Statement

The intern will be responsible for supporting Rich’s dynamic Pizza, Breads, and Handhelds Business Unit, providing hands-on learning experience and opportunities to apply knowledge in a fast-paced environment across a variety of business and marketing-related projects.

This internship will be aprox 12-20 hours/ week in the spring and fall and up to 29 hours/ week in the summer of 2026 at our world headquarters in Buffalo, NY 

Key Accountabilities and Outcomes

• Marketing Support: Assist with various administrative duties including sample request fulfillment, sample inventory organization, presentation support, coordination of product cuttings, completion of process forms, note taking, etc.
• Customer Support: Coordinate and support Customer visits to WHQ, which includes ordering necessary product samples and setting up product cuttings.
• Trade Show/Events: Support CBU events by coordinating products, meeting space, travel, meeting materials, catering, etc.
• Category Analysis: Support collection and analysis of portfolio and industry data, trends, financials, etc. to inform conclusions and recommendations based on data.
• Competitive Analysis: Evaluate competitive sets, including coordination and documentation of competitive product cuttings and product matches.
• Industry & Category Knowledge: Develop product knowledge across the Pizza, Breads, and Handhelds product categories and key strategic sales channels.
• Product Development and Launch Support: Assist with project team deliverables and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals, including launch communication and support tools.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Students must be enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in marketing, communications or related field in the spring, summer, and fall of 2026 and work onsite at our world headquarters in Buffalo, NY 
• Strong desire to learn along with professional drive.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask. Must be comfortable and confident working in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously with a sense of urgency. Organizational skills are a must.
• Must be resourceful, able to figure out who or where to look for information.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Detail oriented with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote).
• Ideally, some passion or interest in food!

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