Category Leadership Internship - Summer 2027

Johnsonville, LLC.; Sheboygan Falls (WI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite fitness center

Onsite medical clinic

Job summary

Johnsonville, LLC. invites students to join the Category Leadership Internship for Summer 2027 in Sheboygan Falls, WI.

You will work alongside sales, marketing and retail teams to generate data-driven insights, support category growth, and develop tools for selling capability. This full-time internship emphasizes hands-on learning, onboarding, and real-world impact on Johnsonville’s sausage category strategy.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications or related field.
• Minimum 3.5 GPA strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop customer-specific analyses to explain trends and opportunities.
• Provide syndicated POS, panel, and customer data to drive growth.
• Create and analyze marketing and sales reports with diverse tools and data sources.
• Leverage pricing and assortment tools to forecast volume and share.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Data storytelling

Communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree (in progress)

GPA 3.5+

Job description

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Category Leadership Internship - Summer 2027

Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI, US, 53085

Job Posting Date: Sep 8, 2026

Requisition ID: 53870

Shift: First Shift

Employment Type: Office Tech

Full-time

Johnsonville will place you, as an intern or co-op student, into a fun and challenging position where you can make real contributions to real projects, applying your knowledge and creativity. In addition to hands‑on experience in your field, you’ll have the chance to work with Members from a variety of functional areas, in a team‑based work environment and a culture that celebrates growth and learning. We value the enthusiasm, fresh ideas and desire to learn and grow that you’ll bring to the organization. You’ll have a one‑of‑a‑kind experience at Johnsonville and be able to say you helped make a real difference at a great, global company.

Position Overview

The Category Leadership Intern will help us sell sausage by working closely with sales, marketing, and our retail customers, providing data insights and analysis, information support, and training. This position focuses on:

• An extensive onboarding and training program
• Utilizing data to identify insights
• Using data‑driven insights to tell stories that help drive category and brand growth
• Sausage category leadership and development
• Sausage selling capability and tool development
• Opportunity to apply technical and communication skills learned to customer‑facing work
  

Responsibilities

• Develop customer specific analyses that explain trends, identify distribution opportunities, develop promotion recommendations, etc.
• Provide syndicated POS, panel, and customer card data to drive Johnsonville and category growth
• Create and analyze marketing and sales reports using a variety of reporting tools and data sources
• Leverage Johnsonville pricing and assortment tools to accurately forecast volume and share based on price, promotion, or assortment changes
  

Education

• Candidate must currently be working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications or a related field from an accredited university; junior or senior status preferred
• 3.5 minimum GPA strongly preferred
  

Experience

• Prior work experience preferred

Skills

• Excellent computer skills (Excel and PowerPoint required)
• Excellent communication, organization and presentation skills (written and oral)
• Ability to tell a story with data
• Genuine curiosity and desire to ask, what's next?
• Ability to contribute to strong team environment with positive and constructive input
  

Other Requirements

Start Date: May 24, 2027

Must be at least 18 years old

• Travel: Minimal

Benefits and Compensation

Johnsonville offers access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, and onsite medical clinic! Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the country where this job is located, without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

About our Company

Since 1945, our family‑owned band of sausage‑makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave‑able sausage. Today, we are 4,000+ Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability.

We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.

Our culture, called the Johnsonville Way, guides the way we behave, operate and treat one another. We truly believe that here at Johnsonville, we have a moral responsibility to create and maintain an environment that requires each Member to fully develop their God‑given talents and help others to do the same. We achieve this by living the Johnsonville Way.

Our owner is famous for saying that, "Other companies use their people to build a business, but at Johnsonville, we use the business to build our people." We are proud to offer endless opportunities for continued learning and growth here at Johnsonville.

Nearest Major Market: Sheboygan
Nearest Secondary Market: Green Bay

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability. We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.