Rich's, also known as Rich Products Corporation, is a family-owned food company dedicated to inspiring possibilities. From cakes and icings to pizza, appetizers and specialty toppings, our products are used in homes, restaurants and bakeries around the world. Beyond great food, our customers also gain insights to help them stay competitive, no matter their size. Our portfolio includes creative solutions geared at helping food industry professionals compete in foodservice, retail, in-store bakery, deli, and prepared foods, among others. Working in 100 locations globally, with annual sales exceeding $4 billion, Rich's is a global leader with a focus on everything that family makes possible. Rich's®-Infinite Possibilities. One Family.

PURPOSE STATEMENT

This internship in Strategic Insights will provide a hands-on learning experience in a dynamic environment. You will gain exposure to a variety of research and insights projects, data, and tools.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/OUTCOMES

As a member of our small and fast-paced team, you will collaborate with team members from innovation, product business units, customer marketing, demand creation, and other stakeholders. In this role, you will work with the Strategic Insights team and other business stakeholders across innovation research, market trends and customer-facing insights. You will be developing insights that will help create and market better products for the future. You will enjoy this role if you love research and data analysis, identifying insights that make a difference, and telling a data-driven story for actionable business strategy.

• Monitor trends through trade publications and key strategic resources, summarizing for internal programs, presentations, and/or customer-facing materials
• Provide primary research support including survey programming and analyzing survey data
• Extract key category findings across articles and reports to pull together a compelling data-driven story
• Analyze category data sets and report findings to the team and stakeholders
• As needed, prepare insights and materials for demand creation campaigns, conduct competitive searches, and optimize knowledge infrastructure / knowledge management in order to enable teams across Rich's to better leverage our research
• Support research and innovation projects, including research brief development, innovation session planning, RFP construction, and project management

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in the Buffalo area and majoring in Marketing, Business, Analytics, Social Sciences, or related field
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, prioritize, and be able to successfully handle several projects at once. Organizational skills are a must along with attention to detail
• Resourceful and able to figure out who or where to look for information
• Possessing investigative curiosity - enjoys digging through unstructured data to find insights
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and independently
• Able to work individually and be part of a team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Basic statistical understanding
• Strong PC proficiency to include Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Market research experience a plus #CORP123

Rich Products Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Rich's"), are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Rich's. Please contact Rich's Human Resources department at [email protected] if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

BRINGING YOUR BEST SELF TO WORK.

As a family-owned company, caring for our associates-their whole selves-is a top priority. That's why we provide benefits and tools to help our people balance the integration of work and life:

• Competitive compensation
• Health & financial benefits
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Family planning support
• Flexible work policy
• Associate resource groups
• Volunteering & community impact opportunities
• Holiday gatherings
• In-house taste tests (we are a food company after all)!

It's all part of how we support our family of associates. Because in the company of family, all things are possible.

MEET RICH'S.

Rich's, also known as Rich Products Corporation, is a family-owned food company dedicated to inspiring possibilities. From cakes and icings to pizza, appetizers and specialty toppings, our products are used in homes, restaurants and bakeries around the world. Beyond great food, our customers also gain insights to help them stay competitive, no matter their size. Our portfolio includes creative solutions geared at helping food industry professionals compete in foodservice, retail, in-store bakery, deli, and prepared foods, among others. Working in 100 locations globally, with annual sales exceeding $3.8 billion, Rich's is a global leader with a focus on everything that family makes possible. Rich's®-Infinite Possibilities. One Family.