2025 Summer Internship | Sales - Cerritos, CAAt — Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Southern Glazer’s Internship Program

The Southern Glazer’s Internship Program was established to develop the next generation of Sales, Trade Development, Operations, Technology 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. Being a Southern Glazer’s intern means you’ll be invited to our Leadership Spotlight Series, a Community Service day exclusive to our intern class, as well as access to Professional Development workshops and trainings!
Internship Overview

The Sales Internship is about 70% working with our current sales reps and about 30% based out of our Cerritos office. The interns will experience sales in both on and off premise accounts (grocery chains, liquor/convenience stores, bars, restaurants, hotels, etc.). In the office, the interns will get the opportunity to network with executives and hear from management from other departments, such as Trade Development, Customer Service, and Inside Sales. The interns will also work on sales related projects throughout their whole time that will be presented at the end of the internship.

Primary Responsibilities
· This internship works closely with our different sales divisions to learn about and support the team along the way
· Intern will learn multiple sides of the business, including, but not limited to sales, product knowledge, operations, trade development, and mixology
· Intern will stay up to date with all of the different sales divisions they work with
· Intern will plan and execute a local volunteer project
· Intern will use their knowledge of the sales divisions to create and present their final project

Minimum Qualifications
· Must be a Junior in college and graduating the following year completing a Bachelor’s degree in the following majors: Business, Sales, Marketing, Communications

· Reside in the vicinity of the internship or have ability to obtain housing
· 21 years of age or older at the start of the internship
· Ability to organize and manage multiple projects
· Teamwork approach to accomplishing goals
· Attention to details
· Self-starter & 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

Tasks:

The interns will have two major projects throughout the internship where they will use what they have learned and done throughout the summer to implement new ideas into the business. They will also have a volunteer project to plan and execute. The majority of their time will be spent going on sales calls with our current employees and learning the different account types that we work with. They will also get the opportunity to hear from some of our suppliers and how we partner with them. Overall, they will see every side of the business, from Operations to Sales to Customer Service and beyond.

Training:

They will have their general orientation day one, then day two will be a safety training, their time spent out in the field with our sales reps will be considered sales training. They will also go through workshops for things such as presentations skills, using Microsoft Office, learning about emotional intelligence and personality types, as well as focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, hands on and job shadowing.