Summer 2027 Mars Petcare Market Insights Internship

Job Description:

At Mars, we work together to build a better world for people, pets, and the planet. From being a socially responsible business, to investing in our Associates, we're always looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter.

As an Associate, you are empowered with the freedom and tools to be yourself, to forge your own path, to build relationships across our global community, to discover the right opportunities for you to grow – all with ample support. Here, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands.

Start your journey at Mars today!

Mars Petcare Market Insights Internship Experience

As a Mars Petcare Market Insights Intern, your focus will be on a special project of interest to senior leadership. Example project areas include:

· Find whitespaces in the pet food category and create strategic recommendations for filling portfolio gaps

· Deliver competitive intelligence focused on understanding competitor strengths, focus areas, and operating model while recommending appropriate activation tactics

· Translate human food trends to the pet food category and quantify the potential value of the space

What we’re looking for:

· We are looking for students with demonstrated ability to analyze data, make appropriate recommendations, think strategically and creatively, and add value with analytic methodologies

· Open to current Masters and/or Undergraduate students (eligible Undergraduate candidates will intern the summer prior to graduation)

· Preference to students pursuing a degree/concentration in Marketing, Business, Business Analytics, Quantitative Management, Data Analytics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, or related field

· The Mars Market Insights internship will be located in our Pet Nutrition headquarter office in Franklin, TN (Metro Nashville)

· Experience with or willingness to learn retail measurement tools (e.g., NielsenIQ, Circana) and comfort presenting findings to leadership

· Open to students legally authorized to work in the U.S., without the need for current or future work status authorization or visa sponsorship for employment

· Employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug & background screening

What can you expect from Mars?

· Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

· Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

· The Mars Internship Experience is a 10–12-week summer program providing excellent depth of experience with real world business problems and opportunities.

· Exciting professional and social engagement activities throughout the experience that provide opportunities to network with your intern peers all the way up to senior leaders.

· Ongoing coaching and mentorship to help you succeed and get the most out of your experience.

· Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

· Some of the perks you will receive are an industry competitive salary & benefits packages, fun freebies, and pet-friendly offices.

About Mars, Incorporated

For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of whom we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.

Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of Snacking, Food, and Petcare products and services, we employ over 140,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. As a $65 billion family-owned business, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, Pringles®, Cheez-It®, and BEN’S ORIGINAL™. and take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses, including AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, and VCA™.

We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive. The Mars Compass, inspired by the Economics of Mutuality, is used to measure the company’s progress in service of its purpose; The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. For more information about Mars, please visit mars.com. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.