Internship - Trade Marketing Assistant

Unilever Food Solutions is seeking a Trade Marketing Assistant Intern to work with iconic brands like Knorr, Amora, and Maïzena in the out-of-home catering sector. This role is for someone passionate about marketing and motivated to learn the ropes within a supportive and dynamic team. The main missions include creating marketing tools for sales and distributors, assisting with trade operations, conducting competitive and tariff analysis, monitoring performance via Power BI, and managing the webshop. This 6-month internship, starting in early January 2026, is based in Rueil-Malmaison, France, and is ideal for a Master 2 student with at least 6 months of marketing experience, who is organized, analytical, creative, autonomous, proficient in Office Pack, and fluent in English.

Must Have

• Create marketing sales support tools (sales arguments, flyers for the sales force).
• Create marketing tools for all distributor supports (banners, inserts, emailing).
• Assist in managing trade operations for brands (from agency brief to warehouse implementation).
• Perform competitive intelligence and tariff analysis.
• Conduct monthly performance analysis of top 4 brands (via Power BI).
• Analyze, monitor, and plan actions on distributor share of voice to optimize investments.
• Analyze and monitor the DN of innovations in the region (via Power BI).
• Manage article and technical sheet updates for the webshop.
• Monitor webshop performance.
• Support the sales force on webshop-related topics.
• Business School background (Master 2 student, gap year, or end-of-study internship).
• Ideally, a first experience of at least 6 months in Marketing.
• Organized, rigorous, with sharp critical thinking, and good communication skills.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, creative, proactive, and proposal-driven.
• Autonomous while enjoying teamwork.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint).
• English proficiency.

Good to Have

• Culinary sensitivity or curiosity.
• Ability to manage marketing projects (360 activation, support development).
• Experience in content production (pre/post-prod follow-up with agencies).

Want to work for iconic brands like Knorr, Amora, Maïzena… in the out-of-home catering universe?

Passionate about marketing and motivated to learn all the ropes of the profession within a supportive team that evolves in a dynamic company?

Then, UNILEVER FOOD SOLUTIONS is waiting for you!

UNILEVER is among the leaders in the food, personal care, and home care sectors and is present in 190 countries worldwide. We reach 2 billion consumers daily thanks to more than 400 iconic brands such as Amora, Knorr, Maille, Axe, Dove, Skip, Sun…

Unilever Food Solutions is Unilever's Out-of-Home Catering division. Present in more than 70 countries, this entity offers professionals in out-of-home catering products and solutions adapted to their needs, with a portfolio of renowned brands such as Knorr, Amora, Maille, TABASCO, Hellmann’s.

For more information, you can consult our website: www.ufs.comopens in a new window .

• Location: In Rueil-Malmaison (92), at Unilever France headquarters.
• Duration and Start Date: 6-month internship starting early January 2026

At UFS, our products are sold via all traditional RHF distribution networks, namely delivered distribution (TransGourmet, Pomona, Pro à Pro, Gedal..) and Cash & Carry (Metro, Promocash…).

As a Trade Marketing Assistant, your main missions will be:

TRADE MARKETING MISSION:

• Creation of marketing sales support tools (adaptation of sales arguments, flyers for the sales force…)
• Creation of marketing tools for all distributor supports (banners, inserts, emailing…)
• Assistance in managing trade operations for brands (from agency brief to warehouse implementation)

ANALYSIS:

• Competitive intelligence and tariff analysis
• Monthly performance analysis of the TOP 4 brands (via Power BI)
• Analysis, monitoring, and action plan on distributor share of voice to optimize our investments
• Analysis and monitoring of the DN of our innovations in the region (via Power BI)

WEBSHOP:

• Management of article and technical sheet updates
• Performance monitoring
• Support for the sales force on the subject

During your 6-month internship, you will have the opportunity to develop many skills:

• Knowledge in Trade marketing management of a brand and its specificities
• Knowledge of the Food Service market and its main players
• Agility, proactivity, and autonomy
• Rigor and prioritization

THE PROFILE WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

From a Business School background, you are a Master 2 student, in a gap year or end-of-study internship, and ideally have a first experience of at least 6 months in the Marketing field.

• You are organized and rigorous with sharp critical thinking, and have a sense of communication
• You have strong analytical and synthesis skills, are creative, proactive, and proposal-driven,
• You are autonomous while enjoying teamwork
• You have a culinary sensitivity (or curiosity)
• You know how to manage marketing projects (360 activation, support development…), content production (pre/post-prod follow-up with agencies)
• You are comfortable with Office Pack (especially Excel and PowerPoint).
• You are proficient in English

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.