Brand Management Summer Intern

Come join the Tillamook Team, one of the fastest-growing dairy brands in the US, where we Play to Win to create over 200 dairy products in 6 different categories: cheese, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, butter and cream cheese. Our Uncompromising Quality has led us to become the #1 Cheddar, #2 Cream Cheese and #3 Family Size Ice Cream brand, but we’re not stopping there. We’re loading up for our best years to come and want you to join us.

As a farmer-owned cooperative since 1909, we know that being Good Stewards for our stakeholders and doing a little extra always pays off. We’re looking for team members with a One Team and Genuine Care mindset who are inspired to share the delight of the Tillamook brand with each other and others every day.

About the TCCA Summer Intern Program

Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA)’s Summer Internship Program is a 10 to 12-week program for graduate and undergraduate students to join the Tillamook team to connect to our 115-year-old heritage. Our interns play a significant role in solving real-world business challenges and enjoy bites of our ice cream, cheese and beloved dairy products every step of the way. As a farmer-owned cooperative, we invite interns to visit the farms of our farmer-owners so they can see what cow care, environmental stewardship and the daily operations of a dairy farm look like, up close. In addition to the farm tour, we host multiple enriching experiences throughout the duration of the program, that include being an honorary Tillamook taste bud for the day with our immersive cheese and ice cream tastings, “college-inspired” cooking class with our executive chef, resume & interview workshop, sales market tours and so much more!

This role is based out of our Portland, Oregon office

How this work makes an impact

Any project on cheese will continue to better leverage our current assets and continue to increase brand accessibility/grow the brand. Potential projects likely to be focused around optimizing our portfolio to ensure consumer relevance and long term positive impact to our bottom line.

The application window will be open until the position is filled or until we reach our cap of 100 applicants. We will review applications and move selected candidates through our interview process with the goal of having all interns identified no later than the end of the year.

What you will do

Potential projects could include

• Working with Category Director, Cheese to assess long term strategy of Columbia River Cheese; working with Sales Director and field team on how to navigate the balance of our commodity contracts while growing CRC brand/portfolio

• Support Category Manager on cheese innovation in assessing next line up of innovation (2031+) - helping create an approach to model size of prize, feasibility and commercial risk

• Support Category Manager on base cheese in segment strategy for slices - performing gap analysis and ideating on platform concepts to continue to shrink gap to Sargento

Here’s a day in the life

• Competitive performance analysis

• Strategic conversations with Category, Sales, Finance and Operations leadership to help uncover opportunities to integrate commodity cheese within branded business

• Data analysis to uncover white space within current portfolio

• Ad hoc customer analysis

• Competitive cutting logistics

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Education level: Graduate student

• Preferred fields of study: MBA, Brand Management/Brand Strategy/Product Management

• Data analysis, strategy development, project management

• Clear and engaging communication style

• Exposure to PPT/Excel important

• Currently enrolled in a graduate program and not due to graduate the semester prior to the internship.

We are committed to creating a diverse culture and inclusive conditions where all employees are heard, valued and feel a sense of belonging. We rely on different perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures to inform our work, to help us be better as a brand and as an employer and to fuel our success. We are seeking talent from a wide range of diversity, perspectives, and backgrounds to join our exceptional organization and help us build our future.

Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a Drug-Free Workplace. EEO/AA

TCCA prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability status (including those related to pregnancy and childbirth), protected veteran status, membership/non-membership in a labor organization, or any other characteristic protected by law.