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MBA Associate, Chief of Staff to the CEO (Internship/Part-Time)
Why this is a great job
This is your chance to combine your love of cheese with your desire to work directly with a CEO to grow a company.
The nitty gritty
Company Description
Parmela Creamery is an artisanal, plant-based cheese company. The company sells superior tasting and minimally processed cheeses, leveraging a few key ingredients and traditional cheese making techniques. The products are sold through Publix Super Markets, Whole Foods Markets, Wegman’s, and other leading natural and specialty retailers.
Parmela is backed by 25Madison. 25Madison is a startup studio, innovation hub and investment vehicle, dedicated to finding, enhancing and accelerating early stage and new business concepts. For more information, visit www.25madison.com.
Job Description
Parmela is looking for business-savvy, experienced, and innovative MBAs to join us for an exciting and unique experience to help disrupt the plant-based cheese category.
Who Will Love This Job
A doer - You thrive in a fast-paced environment; we move quickly and need a teammate who will too
A clear communicator - you know how to break down difficult concepts and make them easy to understand for all audiences (up, down, and sideways)
A creative problem solver - You have the ability to think outside of the box and maintain a flexible approach to problem solving
An organizer - You have superb organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to execute a plan in a methodical, structured way
A true empath - you have an innate curiosity for, and a unique ability to understand the intrinsic motivations of everybody around you -- colleagues, users, customers, stakeholders
Loves to move fast, and multi task - in this role, you will be the CEO’s right-hand, which means your days will never be the same and you will thrive in that environment
What You’ll Do
Act as the CEO’s right-hand day-to-day in all internal and external responsibilities
Liaise with Parmela leadership to ensure strategic initiatives on track
Support the CEO and CFO on special projects
Get first-hand experience building a company, and all the decisions that go into such a task
Operate autonomously and independently with little to no oversight. A true go-getter
What You Should Have
MBA preferred
3+ years of professional experience
Background in consulting or finance, and start up experience preferred
Success in an entrepreneurial environment, ideally within a start-up or early days at a high growth company
Management consulting or Finance (Investment Banking, Private Equity) experience
Superb communication and relationship skills, including the ability to work with and present to C-level executives
Details
The COS opportunity is for full-time summer 2019 with the possibility of continuing part-time during the 2019-2020 academic year. Recent grads interested in continuing full-time beyond the summer are also encouraged to apply.
Parmela is located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. While the role is intended to be on-site, there is flexibility for remote work as well.
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