Category Management Intern
Date: Oct 20, 2025
Location: La Crosse, WI, US, 54603
Company: Kwik Trip Inc
Already a Kwik Trip Coworker? Follow this link to apply: myapps.kwiktrip.com
Location: Department 680
Shift: Daytime
Experience: None
Pay Range: $14.90 to $20.16
Actual pay will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, proficiency for the role, and internal equity. In addition to base pay, Kwik Trip gives 40% of pre-tax profits back to our coworkers with bonuses ranging from 8-12% of each coworker’s gross annual wage depending on company profitability and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, 401k, paid time off, and more.
This intern will assist the Retail Food Service Category Management team by performing various duties.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensure adequate inventory levels
- Assist in the search for vendors who make like items we need or are short of
- Maintain good vendor relationships
- Process damaged, spoiled, and recall issues
- Assist with general administrative tasks such as answering, routing, directing incoming and outgoing phone calls, filing and data entry
- Prepare e-mails, interoffice memorandums, and correspondence
- Analyze trends, forecasting, and promotional activity
Qualifications:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Superior organizational and documentation skills
- Mathematical acumen
- High numerical aptitude
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks while meeting deadlines
- Ability to solve complex problems
- Self-motivated
- Accurate / detail-orientated
- Team player
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office products
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel
- Work in a fast-paced, safety conscious environment
- High level of confidentiality is a must
Work Schedule: This is a paid internship opportunity that will vary in duration, depending upon business needs and graduation date of intern. Interested students must be willing to work approximately 20+ hours per week (primarily Monday through Friday during school) and work 40 hours during the summer and school breaks. It is important to note that we offer flexibility with school scheduling.
Deadline to Apply: Monday, November 3rd
Kwik Trip, Inc. OVERVIEW:
For over 60 years, Kwik Trip, Inc. has operated friendly, clean, trusted, family-owned, local convenience stores in communities throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, South Dakota and Illinois. With a commitment to generosity, Kwik Trip, Inc. is dedicated to treating coworkers and guests like family. We continue to look for ways to improve our guest shopping experience and product offerings, as well as to ensure we provide a safe and fun work environment for our coworkers. We offer competitive wage and benefits and continue to invest in our family of coworkers and provide them with career advancement and growth opportunities.
Kwik Trip, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Function: Purchasing - Procurement; Admin - Clerical; Customer Service; Distribution - Shipping; Finance; General Business; Manufacturing; Supply Chain
Nearest Major Market: La Crosse
Nearest Secondary Market: Winona
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