AI Solutions & Value MBA Intern at Ingredion

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion, where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it, you’ve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate, your pet’s food, the paper you write on, and your everyday snacks. As a global powerhouse across more than 60 industries, we harness the potential of natural ingredients to transform lives. Whether you’re just starting your career or bringing years of experience, there’s a place for you here to make a real difference. Be part of our team that values a wide range of perspectives and is committed to shaping a better world with every product we create.

Location: Westchester, IL / Bridgewater, NJ

Workplace type: Hybrid

The AI Solutions & Value MBA Intern will join Ingredion’s AI for Business Excellence (AIBE) team to help identify, design, value, and deliver AI and agentic solutions that drive digital transformation across the enterprise. Sitting at the intersection of business strategy and applied AI, this role is focused on translating ambiguous business problems into well-scoped AI solutions—quantifying the value at stake, shaping the design of agentic and generative-AI-enabled workflows, and helping steward those solutions from concept through implementation and adoption.

This role will partner with cross-functional business, technology, and functional leaders to prioritize a portfolio of opportunities, build the business case for each, and support the hands-on design and configuration of solutions. The intern will work alongside AI/ML engineers, solution architects, product owners, and value-stream leaders across functions such as Order-to-Cash, Record-to-Report, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial—gaining exposure to how enterprise AI strategy is set, governed, and converted into measurable financial value.

What you will do:

Design and build agentic AI solutions—frame business problems and prototype agent-based workflows (e.g., order processing, forecasting, financial reconciliation, batch processing) using platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, agent-builder tooling, and others.
Assess and quantify project value—develop business cases and ROI models for candidate AI initiatives, sizing benefits across cost reduction, revenue generation, and working-capital improvement, and supporting prioritization within the AI portfolio.
Support AI implementation and adoption—help translate designs into deployed solutions, coordinating across technical and business stakeholders to pilot, test, and scale, and to track realized value against the business case.
Translate requirements into solution designs—partner with functional teams (demand planning, manufacturing, finance, commercial, and others) to convert business needs into clear AI/agentic solution specifications.
Shape governance and best practices—contribute to standards, intake templates, and stage-gate controls for how AI projects are proposed, valued, approved, and delivered.
Communicate to executives—synthesize analysis into executive-ready recommendations and presentations, explaining AI concepts, trade-offs, and value to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Scan the market—research emerging AI/agentic capabilities, tools, and vendor offerings, and assess their applicability and differentiation for Ingredion’s use cases.

What you will bring:

Progression toward an MBA, currently enrolled and completing the program (between the first and second year of study).
Strong business problem-solving skills—structured problem framing, hypothesis-driven analysis, and the ability to move from ambiguity to a clear, prioritized solution.
Financial and analytical acumen—comfort building business cases, ROI/value models, and prioritization frameworks to evaluate competing opportunities.
Genuine interest in applied AI and agentic solutions, with an understanding of how generative AI and autonomous agents can be applied to enterprise processes.
Technical fluency is a strong plus—hands-on exposure to tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, agentic frameworks, MCP, and Power Automate, and/or familiarity with data and analytics concepts (SQL, Python, cloud platforms). Deep engineering experience is not required.
Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional partners and present to senior leaders.
Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative, cross-functional team, managing multiple workstreams to deadlines.
Prior experience in strategy, consulting, corporate development, product, technology, or a related field is a plus.

To be eligible for consideration, candidates must:

Currently possess unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. Ingredion does not intend to sponsor work visas with respect to this position or to provide this position as OPT or CPT.
Be currently enrolled in a full-time MBA degree program, between the first and second year of study (returning to complete the degree following the internship).
If you have completed your degree, please consider other opportunities with Ingredion, posted at www.ingredion.com/careers.

Why Join Ingredion?

Discover why Ingredion is the ideal place to advance your career with our exceptional rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive. Create the future with us and enjoy:

Total Rewards Package – competitive salary based on your degree program. Housing stipends offered to students relocating 51+ miles from the Ingredion work location.
Internship Program Events & Activities – programming catered toward career exploration, networking, and professional development – including the annual Capstone Summit at Ingredion HQ in Westchester, IL.
Intern Mentor Program – pairing with a mentor to guide development and integration in Ingredion’s culture.
Involvement in Ingredion’s Business Resource Groups – the conscience of the organization and an integral part of Ingredion’s Inclusion & Belonging strategy.
Employee Recognition Program – a culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally.
Employee Discount Program – provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel.

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Pay Range: $31-34 USD/hr

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Ingredion seeks to provide a work environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. We will not tolerate any form of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, handicap or disability—mental or physical—marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability resulting from military service, or any other classification protected by law (“protected classifications”). We are committed to establishing and maintaining a work environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Ingredion uses AI-enabled tools to support parts of the recruitment process, including resume screening and interview scheduling. These tools help match candidate skills to job requirements and streamline communication. All AI-assisted decisions are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable laws. By applying, you acknowledge that AI may be used to support your application journey.

Relocation Available:

Yes, Within Country

This pay rate is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Final base salary will be determined based on several factors which may include but are not limited to responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable bargaining agreement (if any).

Benefits:

Full-time roles are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage as well as a 401(k) plan with a competitive company match .