Category Marketing Intern (m/f/d), fixed term for 1 year

LOCATION: Hamburg or Manchester

REPORTS TO: Category Marketing Manager, EMEA, Bakery, Snacks and Confectionary, and Marketing Excellence Lead

GRADE: Intern (Student)

WORKPLACE TYPE: hybrid         

Company Background:

Ingredion is a global Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that touch millions of lives, every day. With over 19,000 customers in 120 countries, we create solutions that help nourish, comfort, and delight people all over the world. We are proud to source our strength from nature.  That’s why we’re growing sustainably, with an industry-leading product portfolio that includes plant-based proteins, sugar alternatives and clean and simple ingredients that deliver on changing consumer needs while protecting our planet. Although we are best known for our food ingredients, we are much more than a food business. We co-create bespoke solutions with our customers; from cosmetics to paper and textiles, to pharmaceuticals, driven by relentless curiosity. We make it our business to anticipate industry trends, and to bring together the potential of people, nature and technology to make life better.

We don’t just make ingredients. We create possibilities. Be What’s Next® with us.

This role offers you the opportunity to gain valuable experience of marketing communications in a multi-national B2B company in the food and beverages industry. Working within a small team, which is focusing more and more on digital marketing you will be involved in a broad range of projects and activities which will provide you with a solid foundation for developing a career in marketing communications. Based in Hamburg you will work with colleagues across EMEA and will be exposed to a multi-cultural team.

Core Responsibilities:

You will be working closely with the EMEA marketing team supporting the different business areas by, e.g.

• Preparing customer presentations for multi-national players in the food and beverage industry
• Compiling information for strategy development
• Gathering market data and trend analysis for new product development
• Monitoring the competitor landscape
• Supporting in the production of digital assets (images, copy, video) and posting content on our digital channels.

Qualified candidates will have:

Mandatory requirements:

• Studying a business-related degree, ideally with focus on Marketing or comparable
• A passion for analytical work. You are interested in analysing market data, extracting insights and drawing conclusions (experience in market research is a plus)

Required behaviors and skills:

• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
• Flexible, responsive and works well on own initiative
• A meticulous attention to detail
• A team player, highly motivated and eager to learn
• A skilled user of Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel
• You are characterised by a self-sufficient, enthusiastic and motivated working method

Relocation available: No

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, military status, or disability status.

Ingredion offers support to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If an applicant requires accommodation during the application or selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet their needs.

Privacy Notice: The Applicant Privacy Notice explains how Ingredion uses personal data of applicants and what rights an applicant has in relation to the use of this data for recruitment purposes. This notice applies to applications submitted through Ingredion's career websites and through third parties, such as recruitment agencies, job boards and other means, e. g. by post or e-mail. The announcement can be viewed here:

English: https://emea.ingredion.com/legal/candidate_privacy_notice.html

German: https://www.ingredion.de/legal/datenschutzhinweis_fur_bewerber.html

Relocation Available:

No