Business & Growth InternDuration: 6 Months

Start Date: Immediate

Location: Kolkata

Company: PopLotus (Nutralike Superfoods Pvt. Ltd.)

Role SummaryPopLotus is a growing Indian snacking brand focused on building the next generation of premium, better-for-you makhana products. As a Business & Growth Intern, you will work closely with the core team across multiple functions of the business and gain hands-on exposure to how a consumer brand is built and scaled.

This is a high-ownership, cross-functional role designed for someone who wants to understand the complete business rather than work within a single function. Your responsibilities will span e-commerce and quick commerce, exports and foreign trade, business analytics, marketing and brand building, general trade, logistics, and HR/business operations.

You will be expected to take ownership of projects, work with data, identify opportunities, coordinate with external partners, and contribute directly to business decisions.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means becoming someone the core team can rely on to independently take a problem, analyse it, execute a solution, and measure the outcome.

By the end of the internship, you should have developed a strong understanding of how a consumer/FMCG business operates across online, offline, domestic and international channels, while having contributed tangible results to PopLotus' growth.

Responsibilities

- Support the growth and management of PopLotus across e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms, including marketplace operations, catalogue management, pricing, promotions, inventory and platform performance.
- Analyse sales, customer, SKU and channel-level data to identify trends, opportunities and areas for improvement, and translate insights into actionable business recommendations.
- Assist in developing and maintaining data-driven dashboards and reports to track sales, margins, inventory,



channel performance and other key business metrics.
- Support foreign trade and export development, including identifying potential buyers and distributors, researching international markets, generating leads, coordinating samples, and assisting with export documentation and follow-ups.
- Research international markets data to identify potential opportunities for Indian makhana and better-for-you snacking products, including competitor, pricing and market analysis.
- Contribute to brand building and marketing initiatives, including campaign planning, content coordination, market research, consumer insights and competitor tracking.
- Assist in expanding PopLotus' general trade and distribution network, including distributor research, retailer mapping, lead generation, outreach and sales coordination.
- Develop an understanding of the Indian makhana and FMCG snacking ecosystem, including sourcing, grades, pricing, competitors, distribution models and consumer trends.
- Coordinate with logistics partners, warehouses, vendors and internal teams to support inventory movement, order fulfilment, dispatches and operational efficiency.
- Assist with vendor and partner coordination across different business functions and ensure timely follow-ups and execution.
- Support HR and people operations, including recruitment coordination, candidate screening, onboarding, intern coordination and other day-to-day HR activities.
- Conduct market and competitor research across products, brands, pricing, distribution, consumer behaviour and emerging trends.




- Take ownership of ad-hoc strategic and operational projects that contribute to the growth and development of PopLotus.
- Work closely with the founding/core team and provide regular updates on project progress, findings, challenges and recommendations.

- Qualifications

- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Management, Commerce, Economics, Marketing, Finance or a related field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to work comfortably with numbers and data.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets; familiarity with data analysis and dashboards is an advantage.
- Solid research skills and the ability to independently find, interpret and present information.
- Interest in FMCG, D2C brands, e-commerce, quick commerce, exports, consumer businesses or startups.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where responsibilities can evolve quickly.
- Proactive mindset with a willingness to take ownership rather than wait for instructions.
- Ability to communicate professionally with customers, vendors, distributors, logistics partners and other external stakeholders.

What You Will Gain
- Hands-on exposure to building and scaling an FMCG consumer brand from the ground up.
- Exposure to e-commerce, quick commerce, general trade and international markets.
- Practical experience in exports and foreign trade.
- Experience working with real business data and making data-driven decisions.
- Direct interaction with founders and senior stakeholders.
- Cross-functional exposure across sales, marketing, operations, logistics, analytics and HR.
- An opportunity to take ownership of projects with measurable business impact.

📌 Business and Growth Intern (Kolkata)
🏢 Poplotus
📍 Kolkata