IT Business Intern

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago. 

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it. 

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks. 

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks. 

Join Jack Link's as an IT Business Intern for Summer 2027!  

As an IT Business intern, you will have the opportunity to gain relevant, hands-on experience while being embedded within Jack Link’s global, collaborative, and exciting IT Team! You will work with both IT and Business stakeholders, focusing either on Sales or Finance, improving business processes, surfacing challenges, and helping deliver IT projects and process-based solutions. Working with world-leading enterprise software solutions such as Salesforce, SAP, PowerBI, and others, you will shepherd IT work from concept to delivery, partnering with global business and technical teams across the U.S, Canada, Europe and Latin America!  The role is typically a blend of system support and data management, partner assistance and training, and project work.  Business acumen and people skills are more critical than technical ability. 

Depending on the intern’s area of interest, projects may focus on automating manual processes, working with Salesforce or SAP enhancements, building reports to deliver new ‘Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to business leaders, gathering business requirements and evaluating software solutions and related work. At the completion of your internship, you will deliver a final presentation on your internship experience to many of the IT, Business and Executives that you worked with during your internship.   

 Primary IT Business Intern responsibilities include: 

• Provide project and functional support for Sales and/or Finance Teams in the deployment or support of enterprise software systems such as SAP, Salesforce and similar. 

• Collaborate with IT Business Relationship Managers and various business partners to document requirements and user stories, organize and perform systems testing, develop and maintain training materials and process documentation, and related activities. 

• Work as part of a development team to support existing technology and deliver new functionality and enhancements. 

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as necessary. 

• Deliver a final presentation to the Link Snacks leadership team, summarizing your experience and highlighting your contributions. 

Experience with the following is preferred: 

• Academic focus in Business, Applied Mathematics, Information Technology, Finance or Analytics 
• Sales and/or Finance and/or Accounting interest and aptitude 
• Team player with a “can do” attitude 
• Strong verbal and written communications skills 
• Able to think critically to break large problems into smaller, quicker, achievable wins. 
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints. 
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic work environment. 
• Exposure to or a willingness to learn, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), testing and documentation using applicable methodologies. 
• Ability to work with an iterative, incremental and professional IT environment. 
• Strong preference for candidates within a commutable distance to Minneapolis, MN 

The hiring range for this role is $22 to $24 per hour for a Bachelor's degree candidate and $29 per hour for a Master's degree candidate. Actual wages will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. 

LINK SNACKS CORE VALUES:

Company values: Be Real, Speed Matters, Stewardship, Relationship Driven, Self-Discipline, and Show Awesome Character.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the Team Member is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The Team Member is occasionally required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The Team Member must occasionally lift and/or more up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant/office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet/slippery floors. However, the vast amount of work is conducted in a climate-controlled office. Travel may be required.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
Jack Link’s provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

E-VERIFY:
Jack Link’s is a participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.  For information about the E-Verify program, please visit:  http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Disclaimer:

This job description is intended to generally describe the nature and level of work to be performed by employees in this position. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skills required of employees performing this role.