Retail Sales Intern

Position Snapshot
Business area:
Nestlé Canada

Job title:
Sales Intern

Location:
First 2 months will be Field Based in the Greater Montreal Area, and for the second 2 months will be working virtually from home

A Little Bit About Us
While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work each day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We're a team of changemakers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, that take risks that will help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

Position Summary
We are looking for a Sales Intern to join our team from May to August 2026. This role is an hybrid role that will provide you with both retail sales field experience and customer development experience within the sales organization. During May and June, you will engage in full-time work in the field within the Greater Montreal Area, where your responsibilities will include selling and interacting directly with store-level customers. In July and August, your work will shift working virtually from home and during this period where you will collaborate with one of our Account Teams.

A Day in the Life of a Sales Intern
For the first half of your internship as a Retail Sales Intern, you will work on a variety of initiatives for different retail accounts and product categories. This role offers the opportunity to manage relationships with retail stores, achieve sales objectives, and present your territory's results to Senior leadership. In the second half of your internship with the Customer Development team, you'll be provided with many opportunities to support the customer development team across categories aimed at maximizing the visibility and profitability of Nestle's products. This role will provide an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to gain experience across multiple projects within the customer development team.

You will also:

• Execute all in store priorities within the framework of Nestle's planification process
• Manage a variety of stores within a territory with the objective to build and develop both Nestlé's and the customer's business across all categories.
• Plan and direct the achievement of volume and profit targets within your territory using effective merchandising, promotions, and selling skills.
• Work with our sales operations team to develop actionable high value selling stories.
• Assist with analytics, reporting, and various special projects for a customer account team.
• Gain exposure to front line account experiences (merchandising, building rapport with various Nestlé clients, etc.).
• Present your findings in front of an audience (Manager, Senior Leaders..)
• Be flexible and work from the Nespresso Sales Office, as needed.

What will make you successful?
As the successful candidate, you will be a self-starter and have excellent interpersonal skills coupled with experience working cross-functionally with sales and marketing. You will have proven problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to gain insights and develop recommendations. You will need to be results focused, detail oriented and thrive in a fast-paced environment managing several complex priorities.

Also, you are/have:

• Ability to fluently speak English and French, required
• Currently enrolled in 3rd or 4th year University degree program (BA or Business Administration)
• Maintaining a GPA of 3.0 and above is considered an asset.
• Previous Sales experience is an asset, but not mandatory.
• The ability to build great relationships with internal stakeholders from various backgrounds and work collaboratively on multiple projects.
• Able to showcase excellent communication and organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Passionate to build and grow brands and business, with 'can-do' attitude, and a willingness to challenge the status quo
• Involved in extracurricular activities, which demonstrate initiative and leadership.
• Self-motivated, results focused, agile, innovative, and intellectually curious.
• Fast learner, and must be comfortable working within a dynamic, challenging environment.
• A results and detail-oriented professional with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong computer proficiency (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Proof of valid G class driver's license is required, and access to a personal vehicle is strongly preferred. You will be compensated for business mileage.

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression – this really could be a move towards the exciting Sales career you've always wanted.

Benefits

• Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
• Up to 50% off – Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
• Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
• Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

What You Need To Know
Applications close on
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don't delay in submitting your application. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don't delay in submitting your application.

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran's status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.