Jobs at Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Leads enterprise and business-unit strategy across supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, distribution, consumer products, and digital transformation. Advises senior leaders, evaluates growth and operating-model opportunities, develops business cases, establishes performance measures, manages strategic risk, and guides high-priority initiatives from assessment through implementation planning. Builds cross-functional alignment, facilitates executive decision-making, and prepares board-ready recommendations. The role requires strong strategic, financial, analytical, communication, and people-leadership capabilities.

Represents Purina Animal Nutrition products to dealers, co-ops, and producers across South Carolina and Georgia. Builds customer relationships, develops territories, identifies and closes sales opportunities, manages accounts and inventory insights, and uses Salesforce, Power BI, and sales analytics to drive growth. Requires animal nutrition knowledge, strong communication and organizational skills, a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science or a related field, and typically 3–5 years of relevant sales or animal nutrition experience. Overnight travel is approximately 10–20%.

Coordinates the design, installation, commissioning, and startup of process control, electrical, network, equipment, and plant construction projects across manufacturing facilities. Develops project scopes, estimates, specifications, timelines, and implementation plans; selects contractors and drives process improvements. Focuses on PLC systems, process optimization, equipment reliability, safety, operator collaboration, and compliance with product specifications. Requires substantial travel to manufacturing plants, including extended installations and weekend work.

Manages category strategy and customer insights for Butter, Cheese, and Refrigerated Desserts across major retail customers. Engages internal and external stakeholders, analyzes syndicated and omnichannel data, identifies trends, develops actionable recommendations, tailors sales materials, presents to customers, and supports national category managers with reporting and special projects. Requires strong communication, business judgment, category management, data storytelling, pricing, assortment, negotiation, and sales experience in the CPG industry.

Leads enterprise-wide strategic planning, market and competitive analysis, business development, performance measurement, organizational alignment, and strategic risk management. Partners with executive leadership, business units, board members, investors, and external stakeholders to identify growth opportunities, guide strategic initiatives, and support long-term organizational direction. The role requires significant corporate strategy or consulting experience, people leadership, strong analytical capabilities, and exceptional communication skills.

Supports Purina animal nutrition sales with national retail and farm-and-ranch accounts. Responsibilities include executing sales-growth projects, participating in sales calls, conducting market research, and traveling extensively to assigned territories. The intern must be able to travel up to 75%, lift 50 pounds, traverse uneven ground, and maintain a valid unrestricted driver's license. The position runs from May through August 2027 and is virtual, with proximity to an airport required.

Leads natural cheese R&D across retail and B2B platforms, managing scientists and providing technical direction throughout the cheesemaking lifecycle. Partners with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and operations teams to improve formulation, process control, consistency, functionality, flavor, yield, and cost. Builds long-term technical strategy, mentors talent, applies analytics and AI tools, and drives product innovation, scale-up, root-cause analysis, and manufacturing capability improvements.

Provides strategic employee relations guidance for California locations, conducting complex workplace investigations, advising leaders on employment law, performance, accommodations, risk, and compliant resolutions. The role partners with Legal, Labor Relations, Security, and HR; facilitates training; analyzes case trends; improves processes; and manages confidential matters. Bilingual English and Spanish proficiency, California employment law expertise, and travel to field locations are required.

Manages regulated product artwork, including labels, packaging, and related materials, from creation through approval and production release. Coordinates regulatory, branding, quality, supply chain, production, procurement, and vendor stakeholders. Reviews proofs, ensures compliant language and brand standards, maintains version histories and artwork databases, tracks timelines, and improves processes to reduce rework and cycle times.

Supports high-impact corporate strategy and business development projects, including strategic analysis, competitive research, growth opportunity evaluation, and recommendations for senior leadership. The intern will analyze quantitative and qualitative information, collaborate cross-functionally, present project findings, and participate in mentorship and professional development activities throughout the 10-week hybrid internship.

Supports and grows the equine and companion-animal feed business across a defined territory. Responsibilities include visiting farms and facilities, evaluating feeding programs, recommending products, managing an existing book of business, developing dealer relationships, conducting educational events, executing sales and marketing initiatives, and recording activities in CRM and analytics systems. The role requires frequent local travel, overnight travel, independent territory management, customer presentations, animal evaluations, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Sells cattle, small-ruminant, and lifestyle animal feed products within a Harrisonburg, Virginia territory. Evaluates farm feeding programs, recommends nutritional solutions, manages an existing customer portfolio, develops dealer and producer relationships, and generates new business. The role includes farm visits, product demonstrations, educational events, sales strategy execution, CRM reporting, and collaboration with Purina experts. Requires daily regional travel, occasional overnight travel, outdoor farm work, public speaking, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Manages and grows an equine-focused feed sales territory by evaluating animal feeding programs, recommending nutrition solutions, developing dealer and customer relationships, conducting farm visits, and creating new business. Responsibilities include sales calls, product launches, educational events, demonstrations, CRM activity tracking, market development, and collaboration with internal experts. The role is remote and field-based, requiring frequent local travel, overnight travel, public speaking, outdoor animal interactions, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

A 24-month rotational talent program offering two 12-month assignments across supply chain and operations functions, including manufacturing, logistics, quality, engineering, sourcing, merchandising, and continuous improvement. Participants complete formal training, strategic projects, career development, and networking while gaining experience across Land O’Lakes divisions. Successful participants may qualify for future supply chain leadership and operational roles. Relocation to available locations and travel are required.

Participate in a two-year rotational sales program focused on seed, crop protection, crop nutrients, and agronomic services. Build relationships with growers and retailers, develop business and sales skills, conduct field trials, analyze data, present product insights, and support total-acre solutions. The role requires significant travel, relocation between rotations, physical work in farm environments, extended hours during peak seasons, and operation of a company vehicle.

Marketing Brand Management MBA Intern supporting Dairy Foods and Animal Nutrition projects. Responsibilities include market opportunity assessments, consumer insights, marketing mix strategies, pricing, distribution, promotions, competitive analysis, product or packaging development, brand strategy, and social activation. The intern will analyze data, solve business problems, develop recommendations, present findings to leaders, and build marketing and professional skills during a 10-week hybrid internship.

Sells cattle and small-ruminant feed products within an assigned territory. Evaluates farm feeding programs, recommends nutritional solutions, manages an existing customer portfolio, develops dealer and producer relationships, and generates new business. Conducts frequent farm visits, product demonstrations, educational events, and sales calls. Coordinates marketing initiatives and product launches, uses Salesforce and Power BI, and travels throughout the territory while working autonomously.

Leads enterprise employee engagement, inclusion, listening, and employee community strategies. Builds and governs ERGs, develops ERG leadership, translates workforce data and external trends into talent recommendations, and advises senior leaders on inclusive workplace practices. Partners across HR and business functions to embed engagement throughout the employee lifecycle, drives enterprise programs and governance, measures outcomes, and represents the organization through external partnerships and benchmarking networks.

Supports Forage Genetics International marketing and sales initiatives through marketing materials, communications, campaigns, branding, market analysis, and data analytics. Assists with research and development, sales operations, account-manager shadowing, sales calls, sales meetings, territory management, and field-day planning. The intern applies marketing and agronomy knowledge while developing customer and market insights during an 11-week summer internship.

Summer 2027 sales internship supporting WinField United agricultural products and total-acre solutions. Interns engage growers and retailers, develop customer relationships, build business-development and sales skills, learn seed, crop protection, and nutrient products, and conduct field trials to identify yield potential. The 11-week internship includes regional travel and may lead to a full-time rotational associate program.