What You Need To Know

Raise a glass to your future! Launch your career in the exciting wine & spirits industry. This isn't a watered-down internship – it's an immersion into career paths across Sales, Trade Development, Operations, Technology, and Corporate functions. Our award-winning early career program is brewing up success, with a 60%+ conversion rate of our interns into full-time careers. Psst... our secret ingredient for success? It's not in the bottle – it's you!

Team Overview - Where Ambition Mixes with Opportunity!

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

2025 Summer Internship | Trade Marketing

Who we are looking for: December 2025 or May 2026 graduates

Dates of Summer Internship: May 19th – August 1st, 2024

Internship Location : Syosset, NY

The Southern Glazer’s Internship Program was established to develop the next generation of Sales, Trade Development, Operations, and Corporate leaders. Each summer, the program offers interns the opportunity to engage in career building activities while simultaneously learning and applying industry-leading practices.

This hands-on experience gives interns the chance to explore and understand the adult beverage industry. The knowledge gained from industry leaders will allow you to build a network of professionals within the beverage alcohol industry and here at Southern Glazer’s.

This internship will work closely with our Commercial teams to assist in utilizing trend data and consumer insights to evaluate SKU, brand, and category performance and trends. If our internship is in-person, some job duties would include grocery store resets, on/off premise sales overview, data analysis, reviewing Nielsen data, attending general sales meetings, and other marketing and administrative duties.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work with a variety of teams to become familiar in all aspects of the Sales Divisions

• Support the Sales departments which include, but are not limited to Category Management, Distribution Warehouse Sales (DWS), Point of Sales (POS), Chain Merchandising Divisions and Graphics

• Participate in training, on-site meetings, and department-wide learning opportunities as available

• Participate in the setup, working off and tear down of any special events, tastings, or functions as directed by the Supervisor

• Assist with our On-Premise Surveys

• Support the team with additional projects as assigned and defined by student's specific learning goals

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

• Responsible for tracking, prioritizing, receiving and transferring inventory to ensure timely supply of products to service our customers. Acts as liaison between commercial, trade development, operations, or any other departments to ensure alignment of forecast and fulfillment.

• Point of contact for purchase order inquiries

• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in ETAs, past due ETAs, and back-order items

• Collaborate with supply chain, trade development, and sales to resolve supply constraints

• Review reports and logs to ensure back-order and out of stock are ordered and ETAs are updated on purchase orders

• Support commercial forecasting activities including adjustments due to supply constraints or other factors to improve forecast accuracy and customer service levels

• Commercial support and communication point of contact for supplemental orders, item status, inventory allocation, and inventory performance reporting and updates

• Assist operations team in prioritizing and processing order schedules and receipts and assist in managing over-inventoried products

• Process in-state (appointed/terminated brands), out-of-state and intra-Company SGWS transfer processes and follow up

• Oversee item destruction and inventory reduction process on behalf of commercial teams

• Drive continuous improvement in the inventory process, identify roadblocks and create action plans to resolve

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Reside in the vicinity of the internship or have ability to obtain housing

• Must be 21 years of age by the start of the internship

• Must be a Junior in college and graduating the following year completing BS/BA in Business, Sales, Marketing, Communication, Retail, or Category Management or similar field

• Self-starter, ability to organize and manage multiple projects

• Teamwork approach to accomplishing goals

• Attention to details

• Demonstrated leadership experience

• Working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint

• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to secure and maintain a valid driver’s license and auto-liability insurance in accordance with state laws

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine

• Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping

• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 40lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.