Brand Management Intern
Tillamook County Creamery Association
Portland, ORFresher1h agovia LinkedIn
Posted 14 Nov 2026, 07:47 ET
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year · MBA / PGDM
- Must know
- SalesOperationsData analysisProject managementExcel
- Nice to have
- Product management
- Work
- On-site in Portland · internship
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Sales54%Operations24%Project management10%Data analysis2%of 113 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 14, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
This is a Brand Management Summer Intern position at Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), a farmer-owned cooperative and one of the fastest-growing dairy brands in the US. The internship is a 10 to 12-week program for graduate students.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess long-term strategy for Columbia River Cheese, working with the Category Director, Cheese.
- Navigate the balance of commodity contracts while growing the CRC brand/portfolio, working with the Sales Director and field team.
- Support the Category Manager on cheese innovation by assessing the next line-up of innovation (2031+).
- Help create an approach to model size of prize, feasibility, and commercial risk for innovation.
- Support the Category Manager on base cheese in segment strategy for slices.
- Perform gap analysis and ideate on platform concepts to continue to shrink the gap to Sargento.
- Conduct competitive performance analysis.
- Engage in strategic conversations with Category, Sales, Finance, and Operations leadership to uncover opportunities to integrate commodity cheese within the branded business.
- Perform data analysis to uncover white space within the current portfolio.
- Conduct ad hoc customer analysis.
- Manage competitive cutting logistics.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Data analysis
- Strategy development
- Project management
- Clear and engaging communication style
- Exposure to PPT/Excel is important
Qualifications
- Education level: Graduate student
- Preferred fields of study: MBA, Brand Management/Brand Strategy/Product Management
- Currently enrolled in a graduate program and not due to graduate the semester prior to the internship.