Trading Food Credentials Internship - 6 months contract

Musgrave is one of the Europes most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place. We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. Role Purpose: To gain an understanding of a Food Wholesale Business specifically in the areas of Product Development, Food Innovation, Seasonal activities and Store Operations events & projects. This position will provide valuable work experience including opportunities to develop practical experience in key projects across Sales, Trading, Operations and Marketing. This role will provide an opportunity to enhance culinary skills, product development and launch to market, customer relations, communication, organizational, reporting and inter-personal skills. Role Scope: This role will engage and support different functions within the business specifically: Food Service Customer Support Demonstrations (In our Food Service Emporiums and on site at customers premises) Customer Solutions Supplier Demonstrations Training Retail Customer Support Supporting our National and Key Account customers Innovation and menu development Group insight and innovation team support Trading Support- Supplier EPD and NPD Mitigate availability issues by introducing new suppliers- benchmarking Vs incumbent supplier Mitigate pricing issues by introducing new suppliers- benchmarking Vs incumbent supplier Supporting supplier NPD Trading Support- Quality Assurance Completing own brand QA checks with Trading Completing QA complaint checks Marketing & PR Recipes and solutions for Food Service Flyers SME, Retail and Foodservice Photo shoot content, from design, stylism to picture Branch Event planning and execution Food service event planning and execution