AI Solutions & Value MBA Intern

About Ingredion:

Join Ingredion where innovation impacts lives worldwide! Without even realizing it youve experienced our work in your favorite chocolate your pets 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 youre just starting your career or bringing years of experience theres 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 Ingredions 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 solutionsquantifying 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 commercialgaining exposure to how enterprise AI strategy is set governed and converted into measurable financial value.

What you will do:

• Design and build agentic AI solutionsframe 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 valuedevelop 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 adoptionhelp 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 designspartner with functional teams (demand planning manufacturing finance commercial and others) to convert business needs into clear AI/agentic solution specifications.
• Shape governance and best practicescontribute to standards intake templates and stage-gate controls for how AI projects are proposed valued approved and delivered.
• Communicate to executivessynthesize analysis into executive-ready recommendations and presentations explaining AI concepts trade-offs and value to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Scan the marketresearch emerging AI/agentic capabilities tools and vendor offerings and assess their applicability and differentiation for Ingredions 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 skillsstructured problem framing hypothesis-driven analysis and the ability to move from ambiguity to a clear prioritized solution.
• Financial and analytical acumencomfort 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 plushands-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 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 Ingredions culture.
  • Involvement in Ingredions Business Resource Groups the conscience of the organization and an integral part of Ingredions 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.

  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 disabilitymental or physicalmarital 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 applicants 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 .