Job Description
The Future Talent Program features internships that last up to 12 weeks and will include one or more projects. These opportunities in our Animal Health Division can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals.
Internship Duration: 10 weeks
As an intern, you will:
- Enable Sales and Marketing to make data-driven decisions to run the business daily.
- Own the relationship with cross-functional team members across multiple levels of the organization, both within the US market and globally.
- Communicate findings and recommendations to business stakeholders, including senior leadership.
- Learn best practices in leveraging tools and systems, including SQL, Excel, Dataiku, and PowerBI.
Potential projects may include:
- Supporting Sales and Marketing operations through developing target lists for specific marketing programs, coordinating with both Inside and Field Sales Reps to drive effectiveness, etc.
- Developing new analytical models and dashboards. This would follow a typical product development process of gathering requirements, working with Business Operations and IT teams through implementation and prototyping, testing and refining, etc.
- Participating in new product launch activities.
Required Experience/Skills:
- Canidate must be enrolled as a STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics)
- Candidate must have proficiency in Microsoft Office with Intermediate to Advanced skill in Excel.
Preferred Experience/Skills:
- Candidate should have experience in SQL or other coding languages (Python, R, etc.)
About Animal Health and the US Commercial Business Unit
Our Company's is a leading animal health organization with an innovative product portfolio supporting multiple species of animals globally. The US commercial business focuses on the health of ruminants, swine, poultry, aqua, dogs, cats, and equine animals in the US. The team consists of Sales, both inside and field sales, Marketing teams aligned to each major therapeutic area, and additional business operation support teams.
About the Animal Health NORAM Insights Team
The 6-person team focuses on delivering the most impactful business intelligence and data insights to the Sales and Marketing teams. Key responsibilities include gross-to-net analytics, program, promotion and loyalty analytics, market intelligence and customer analytics and pricing analytics as well as other business unit strategic projects.
Please note that this position may be closed before the posted end date or may remain open longer, at the discretion of the company.
Salary range:
The salary range for this role is $39,108 through $111,111.
FTP2027
AH2027
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
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Employee Status:
Intern/Co-op (Fixed Term)
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship:
No
Travel Requirements:
No Travel Required
Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid
Shift:
1st - Day
Valid Driving License:
No
Hazardous Material(s):
N/A
Job Posting End Date:
10/16/2026
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