Commercial Summer Internship Reading 2022

Are you excited by the opportunity to work with some of the most loved and iconic consumer brands?

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $64 billion in net revenue in 2018, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Walkers, Gatorade, Doritos, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. “Winning with Purpose” reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.

We're looking for undergraduate students with a can-do attitude who are curious to experience how a multinational company operates, to join our commercial team for 10 weeks in Summer 2022. No matter what your degree area, this is an exciting and unique opportunity to become a member of our Sales or Marketing teams and make a real difference to the PepsiCo business. A tailored commercial training and induction, Head Office group challenge and networking with key PepsiCo employees from a number of different functions, including Sales, Marketing, Finance, and HR, will stretch your ability and enhance your skills.

You’ll be included within an action-packed induction schedule where you’ll be equipped with extensive company knowledge and techniques that’ll help you along your way. As you’ll be working independently for much of the time, you'll need to be self-motivated with great time management skills.

If joining the Sales team

You’ll work independently during the internship; negotiating the deals and selling our amazing products to real customers. Once training is complete you’ll manage your own geographical area and visit local cafes or newsagents to increase the distribution of our products. You’ll also be rotated around other areas of the sales team completing individual and group tasks such as Ecommerce, Out of Home, and Grocery.

If joining the Marketing team

You’ll work as part of one of our brand teams; learning how to plan campaigns and sell our amazing products to consumers. You will meet our agency teams and be responsible for creating ideas and assist in executing a real-life project into the market for consumers to see.

Location

They’ll be internships available in Reading, London, and across the UK (if in Sales, you’ll be out based for half of the internship), and you’ll be given the option to state your preferred location further on in the application process. If out based within the Sales team, we'll give you a small company car with all the marketing and sales tools you’ll need and support you all the way.

Your internship experience will be coupled with continued support and guidance from experienced PepsiCo employees in the form of mentors and buddies. You’ll enhance your commercial skills and business acumen throughout the internship and learn to analyze data, negotiate, create, build and maintain business relationships.

During your time spent at our Head Office in Reading, you’ll embark on a group challenge amongst other activities, network with other departments in the business, and have the opportunity to hear about the career journeys of some of our senior leaders. PepsiCo is known for developing top-notch leaders and an inspiring place to work and this internship can be a fantastic start to a potential career with us. Many of our best summer interns have gone on to be offered a place on our Future Leaders Programme upon graduation.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Full UK Driving License (essential)
• 2nd-year students in their penultimate year of study
• Disruption. Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to challenge accepted ways of doing things
• Passion. For our company, our customers, your development, and for sustainability.
• Ambition. Eagerness to learn and grow your career and aspire to be our future leaders.
• Creativity. Bring your new thinking and fresh ideas to our brands.
• You! At PepsiCo, we bring ourselves to work and embrace diversity and inclusion. We believe our differences are what make us special.
• Independent and pro-active individuals who can work alone with minimal supervision
• Exhibits a "can-do" attitude and a willingness to take on significant challenges
• Demonstrates perseverance and resilience in the pursuit of goals
• Displays responsible and ethical behavior towards customers, suppliers, and others in the organization

This is a 10-week summer internship starting mid-June 2022, with a competitive salary of £330 per week. You’ll be given a car for your role that you’ll need to be comfortable driving, and also must have a full, UK driving license.

Application Closing Date – 1st November 2021

Application

Our application window is scheduled to close on the above date, however, in the event of a large response, we will close applications early. We would therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Assessment centres will be held from the week commencing 6th December 2021, so please take this into consideration when applying for the role.

Please note: only applications received via Be Applied will be considered. What does this mean for you? As an applicant, you will no longer submit a CV for review. Instead, you will answer a selection of hypothetical, skills-based questions alongside verbal and numerical reasoning tests.

Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable

At PepsiCo we care about diversity. That’s why all of our student opportunities are being advertised & recruited using Be Applied, a platform that uses anonymized applications and skills-based hiring to reduce bias.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.