Jobs at Ingredion Incorporated

Corporate Finance Intern supporting monthly and quarterly financial reporting, standardized SG&A reporting, Power BI dashboards, ad hoc analysis, document validations, and SAP ERP reporting. The intern will identify process improvements, develop procedures, support timely and accurate reporting, and collaborate with internal partners. Candidates must be enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s program, have unrestricted U.S. work authorization, and work onsite three days per week during the summer internship.

Manage plant storeroom operations, including receiving, inventory control, materials issuance, audits, job kitting, stock-level optimization, and obsolescence reviews. Lead teams and contract workers while improving inventory accuracy, service levels, working capital, and operational performance. Partner with maintenance, procurement, and plant stakeholders, using SAP or CMMS platforms, data-driven metrics, Lean Six Sigma, and reliability-centered maintenance practices.

Supports integrated marketing communications across digital initiatives and U.S. tradeshows. Responsibilities include coordinating agency and internal deliverables, developing briefs and timelines, creating messaging and content, supporting creative assets and events, writing and editing copy, using Adobe Express, and measuring campaign results. The intern will also contribute to marketing strategy, competitive research, stakeholder collaboration, and a final communications campaign presentation.

Leads the global strategy, roadmap, governance, and investment portfolio for CRM and commercial platforms. Oversees product management, customer experience capabilities, knowledge, AI, automation, and service workflows. Partners with senior stakeholders across commercial, sales, marketing, supply chain, and technology functions while managing a global multidisciplinary team and balancing enterprise standards with regional needs.

The Process Lead provides leadership and technical solutions in operations, managing tasks to meet safety, quality, cost, and delivery goals, while analyzing processes, coordinating maintenance, and training personnel.

Manage more than $50 million in corn protein feed and oil byproduct sales, including pricing, freight optimization, customer relationships, market analysis, contract and spot sales, prospecting, and negotiations. Collaborate with plant and commercial teams, support forecasting and process improvements, optimize netbacks, assist with logistics, and attend customer meetings and trade shows. The role requires strong agricultural commodity market knowledge, sales experience, and customer relationship management.

Leads Ingredion’s global Insights Center of Excellence, transforming customer, consumer, market, competitive, and business intelligence into growth strategies and actionable recommendations. The role guides innovation, portfolio, investment, commercialization, and go-to-market decisions; builds AI-enabled insights capabilities; leads global teams; and partners across Marketing, R&D, Commercial, Strategy, and regional organizations to drive evidence-based decision-making and profitable growth.

Leads continuous improvement initiatives for a manufacturing plant by implementing Lean and IPS management systems, monitoring OEE and KPIs, facilitating Kaizen and root-cause analysis, supporting cost, safety, quality, and productivity improvements, and driving digital process enhancements. Provides training, coaching, technical process support, and change leadership. The role requires engineering knowledge relevant to corn wet milling operations and collaboration with plant leadership and cross-functional teams.

Leads a multi-million-dollar capital project portfolio and a team of seven project engineers in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include capital planning, financial analysis, engineering design, project execution, stakeholder alignment, management of change, reliability improvements, root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and operational governance. The role develops investment strategies, mentors engineering talent, removes execution barriers, and ensures projects meet safety, schedule, budget, quality, and performance objectives.

Prepares plant accruals, expenditure analyses, variance reports, reconciliations, forecasts, budgets, yield and corn accounting, inventory adjustments, and monthly close reporting. Supports physical inventory counts, audits, SOX controls, and process improvements across plants. The role collaborates with operations, finance, and functional managers to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, while analyzing costs and identifying improvement opportunities.

Supports Global Engineering knowledge management by documenting processes and standards, creating digital learning materials, interviewing subject matter experts, maintaining knowledge repositories, and analyzing usage feedback. The intern will gain exposure to manufacturing processes and equipment while improving technical knowledge accessibility and retention. Candidates must be enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, have unrestricted U.S. work authorization, possess strong communication skills, and be familiar with PowerPoint, Articulate, or SharePoint.

Supports commodity pricing and risk management through GrainSmart and Triple Point system analysis, corn position monitoring, sales volume hedging, futures allocation, hedge tracking, contract reconciliation, and yield-loss analysis. The intern also identifies process improvements, develops automation solutions, collaborates with IT, and maintains reporting. Candidates should be enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, preferably studying agribusiness or a related field, with analytical coursework and strong Microsoft Office and database skills.

Supports Digital HR, HRIS, process improvement, workflow automation, technology, and analytics projects. Responsibilities include analyzing HR business issues, documenting current and future-state processes, defining technology requirements, creating test plans, testing solutions, supporting project planning, tracking progress, conducting people analytics, developing reports, and presenting business insights. The role provides hands-on experience with Workday, ServiceNow, and Power BI.

Supports FP&A reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, scenario modeling, and financial planning for the Food & Industrial Ingredients USCAN Finance team. The intern monitors OPEX and SG&A spending, assists with monthly and quarterly reports, analyzes sales and cost relationships, and contributes to capital and growth initiative modeling. The role is hybrid in Westchester, Illinois, and includes process improvement and ad hoc financial analysis responsibilities.

Supports global internal audit activities by documenting processes and controls, performing audit testing, evaluating evidence, preparing workpapers, and using data analytics to identify risks and anomalies. The intern will assess financial and management controls, verify compliance with policies and regulations, and help develop analytics-based audit procedures. The role provides exposure to SAP, Concur, cross-functional collaboration, and process improvement initiatives.

Supports global talent management initiatives, researches performance and learning strategies, analyzes leadership and talent data, designs development sessions, creates communications plans, and generates reports. Collaborates with global ITEX stakeholders and HR partners to support talent assessments, succession planning, performance enablement, and scalable employee development programs.

Supports global supply chain and operations through data cleaning, exploratory analysis, machine learning forecasts, anomaly detection, KPI analysis, predictive modeling, and dashboard development. The intern uses Excel and Power BI to create reports and visualizations, identifies data quality issues, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and presents actionable recommendations to stakeholders and management.

Supports the design, development, testing, and deployment of AI and machine learning solutions for business applications including forecasting, manufacturing optimization, demand planning, and automated decision-making. Builds prototypes, evaluates AI/ML frameworks, works with large datasets, documents best practices, monitors solution performance, researches emerging techniques, and communicates results to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Supports Ingredion’s AI for Business Excellence team by designing and prototyping agentic and generative AI solutions, developing ROI and value models, translating business requirements into solution specifications, coordinating pilots and adoption, contributing to AI governance, researching emerging tools, and presenting recommendations to executives. The role partners with business, technology, and functional leaders across finance, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial operations.

Provides analytical support across compensation, equity, benefits, recognition, and total rewards programs for US and Canada. Responsibilities include compensation reviews, annual incentive and merit cycle analysis, regulatory compliance projects, benefits enrollment and audits, executive committee and proxy materials, reporting tools, process improvements, and HR business partner training. The role collaborates with international service centers and supports multiple total rewards disciplines.