2027 Summer Intern: Field Sales

Field Sales Internship (Nationwide)

This posting may appear tied to a specific location, but placements for this role are nationwide and assigned based on business needs across various field locations. This is a fully field-based role and does not involve a remote or corporate office setting.

PepsiCo’s Field Sales internship offers a fast-paced, hands-on environment where learning by doing is the norm. You will gain firsthand exposure to sales operations, route execution, team collaboration, and leadership. Field presence is essential for success in this internship.

Responsibilities

During your internship, you will:

• Own a customer-facing project with measurable impact on sales performance
• Learn and apply PepsiCo’s fact-based selling techniques to deliver exceptional customer service
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills to coach, develop, and influence various teams, including frontline associates
• Travel throughout your territory to interact with store managers, frontline associates, and local PepsiCo teams
• Support execution of promotions, displays, and new product launches
• Lead or support meetings with customers, sales representatives, and team leaders
• Evaluate data and generate actionable insights to improve business outcomes
• Gain experience with sales technology, route planning, and merchandising execution
• Spend your days in stores, warehouses, and in the field

A field-based internship experience with regular travel in your assigned territory includes direct exposure to sales leadership and frontline operations, internal campus networking, learning sessions, and final project presentations. This role provides a realistic preview of a full-time Field Sales career at PepsiCo.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• Passion for sales, leadership, and hands-on problem solving
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven leadership and customer-facing sales experience through academics, part-time jobs, internships, or campus organization involvement
• Motivation to work in a physical, active, customer-facing environment
• Availability to work early mornings, evenings, and weekends as needed
• Flexibility for relocation
• Willingness to travel within a defined local territory (commuting distances may vary)
• Majors in Management, Business, Organizational Leadership, Communications, Professional Selling, or similar fields preferred

Minimum Qualifications

• Indefinite right to work in the United States
• Valid, unrestricted United States (state-issued) driver’s license held at least three months prior to the start date and access to reliable transportation for the duration of the internship
• Graduate with a Bachelor’s degree OR a Bachelor’s to Master’s (3+2 or 4+1) dual program degree between December 2026 and June 2027
• Minimum GPA standing of 2.75

Additional Information

Work Environment

You will be on your feet, engaging with stores, lifting products, and supporting route operations.

Internship Duration

Typically 10–12 weeks during summer 2026.

Full-Time Opportunity

High-performing interns will be considered for full-time offers in Field Sales.

Compensation

The expected hourly pay ranges for hires into our 2027 campus intern openings is $21.09–$34.00 per hour. Role, degree discipline, degree level, and location are considered in determining actual starting salary for positions. Hourly pay for campus hires is pre-determined and non-negotiable.

PepsiCo loves to convert interns to full-time opportunities. Full-time positions include a comprehensive benefits package, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), and a Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. A company car or reimbursed mileage may be provided as applicable.

Original Posting Date: July 13, 2026. While subject to change based on business needs, PepsiCo reasonably anticipates this requisition will remain open for at least 5 days with an anticipated close date no earlier than 5 days after the original posting date.