What are the responsibilities and job description for the Future Opportunities Field Sales Intern - Southeast position at The Hershey Company?
Location: Charleston, SC or Columbia, SC, Charlotte, NC, Gainesville, FL or Knoxville, TN
Duration: May – December 2026 (Full time in the summer, part time in the fall)
We are seeking top talent that has a passion for winning and making a difference. The Intern, Field Sales position at The Hershey Company provides the opportunity to work with our customers and build upon your business acumen skills.
Responsibilities:
Your introduction to the consumer products industry and selling will be delivered through real world experience with our grocers, convenience, and mass merchandiser customers. You will sell and negotiate distribution of Hershey products through the use of weekly sales figures and market data with a territory of high volume chain grocers, convenience, and mass merchandiser customers.
Training is on the job and focused on developing skills in driving business at retail. As an intern with our field sales organization, you will be responsible for supporting the sales team’s efforts covering a geographic territory of established retail accounts.
Qualifications:
Our interns possess strong selling and communication skills. In addition, critical thinking, leadership, and organizational skills are key to planning, prioritizing, and executing our business plan. Successful job performance comes from a commitment to generating results.
We offer a competitive hourly wage based on years of college completed and reimbursement for business mileage.
The qualified, successful candidate will possess the following:
Hershey also will not provide immigration-related sponsorship (such as H-1B) for entry-level roles should you later apply for one of those roles in the future.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.
You may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application process as a result of a disability.
You can request an accommodation via phone or email.
To request an accommodation via phone, please call 1 877-804-1794 and leave a voicemail with your contact information. You may also email a request for accommodation to ApplicationHelp@hersheys.com. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Needed” in the subject line. This will ensure that your email is routed to the appropriate contact who will handle your request.
Duration: May – December 2026 (Full time in the summer, part time in the fall)
- Must reside in the Charleston, SC or Columbia, SC or Gainesville, FL or Knoxville, TN area from May - December 2026
- Must be able to participate in the full internship timeframe listed above
We are seeking top talent that has a passion for winning and making a difference. The Intern, Field Sales position at The Hershey Company provides the opportunity to work with our customers and build upon your business acumen skills.
Responsibilities:
Your introduction to the consumer products industry and selling will be delivered through real world experience with our grocers, convenience, and mass merchandiser customers. You will sell and negotiate distribution of Hershey products through the use of weekly sales figures and market data with a territory of high volume chain grocers, convenience, and mass merchandiser customers.
Training is on the job and focused on developing skills in driving business at retail. As an intern with our field sales organization, you will be responsible for supporting the sales team’s efforts covering a geographic territory of established retail accounts.
Qualifications:
Our interns possess strong selling and communication skills. In addition, critical thinking, leadership, and organizational skills are key to planning, prioritizing, and executing our business plan. Successful job performance comes from a commitment to generating results.
We offer a competitive hourly wage based on years of college completed and reimbursement for business mileage.
The qualified, successful candidate will possess the following:
- Valid driver’s license in good standing
- Reliable transportation to complete multiple sales calls per day
- Willingness to learn and motivation to succeed
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and entering your Junior or Senior Year
- This internship is going to cover a territory in Charleston, SC or Columbia, SC, Charlotte, NC, Gainesville, FL or Knoxville, TN and will require a commitment of 40 hours per week during the summer and 15-20 hours per week during the fall semester. Candidates must reside in the area for the duration of the internship.
Hershey also will not provide immigration-related sponsorship (such as H-1B) for entry-level roles should you later apply for one of those roles in the future.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.
You may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application process as a result of a disability.
You can request an accommodation via phone or email.
To request an accommodation via phone, please call 1 877-804-1794 and leave a voicemail with your contact information. You may also email a request for accommodation to ApplicationHelp@hersheys.com. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Needed” in the subject line. This will ensure that your email is routed to the appropriate contact who will handle your request.