Project briefs · Marketing & Sales
Mars · Summer 2027
Petcare Sales Intern: a project built for this posting
Mars Petcare's strategic sales intern owns one business objective for the summer, such as planning, execution or customer-facing work aimed at growing its brands with shoppers. The 10–11 week program includes a formal mentor, training through Mars University and time with senior leaders.
- Company
- Mars
- Posting title
- Summer 2027 Mars Petcare Sales Internship
- Location
- Franklin, TN
- Season
- Summer 2027
Checked open on the employer's careers site on 2026-10-16. Read the full posting ↗
What this role is really testing
The project
Pet Care Category Sales Growth Pitch Deck
A crisp 6-slide retailer pitch that identifies a growth opportunity for a pet care brand at a major retail account, using publicly available market data to build a data-backed sales recommendation with a clear call to action. This maps directly to the role because it mirrors the exact deliverable a strategic sales intern would own, bringing a real business case to a customer-facing stakeholder.
- Pull one publicly available data point (e.g., pet industry growth stats from APPA or Nielsen press releases, retailer earnings call quotes about pet category performance) and define a specific, narrow opportunity: a product segment underperforming shelf space relative to consumer demand at a named mass or grocery retailer.
- Build a 6-slide deck in Google Slides or PowerPoint structured as: (1) Market Opportunity snapshot with a chart, (2) Shopper Behavior insight, (3) Competitive Gap at this retailer vs. a rival retailer, (4) Recommended Action with a specific shelf or promotional ask, (5) Expected Business Impact with a simple projected revenue estimate, (6) Next Steps, mirroring the structure a Mars sales rep would actually bring to a buyer meeting.
- Add a one-paragraph 'Sales Narrative' in the speaker notes of slide 4 written as if you are verbally presenting to a retail buyer, demonstrating you can translate data into a persuasive, relationship-aware conversation rather than just a slide, the core skill this internship tests on day one.
Free account. Provieo walks you through it and turns it into a page with a link you can put on your application. This posting comes with you.
Questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. For roles like this one, Provieo builds the project as a live case-study page: slides, tables and findings you fill in. You bring the thinking.
Where did this project come from?
Provieo read the Mars posting and generated it on 2026-10-16. If you paste the same posting yourself you may get a different project, so two applicants don't show up with the same one.
Is Provieo connected to Mars?
No. This is an independent project idea based on a public posting. It does not guarantee an interview.