As a leader in the science of nutrition, Nestlé Health Science believes in empowering healthier lives for patients and consumers through a rich product portfolio featuring top brands such as Garden of Life®, Nature’s Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Nuun®, Persona Nutrition®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more, as well as through Aimmune Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to prevent, manage and treat food, GI and metabolic-related diseases.

Our team members are challenged to make a genuine impact and play an integral role in driving the business forward. We embrace a dynamic culture that always puts the consumer first, and where ownership, accountability and agility are celebrated at every level. To help our people thrive, we offer expansive career growth potential, the opportunity to work alongside and learn from talented colleagues with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and a range of best-in-class benefits.

We have more than 11,000 employees around the world, and products available in over 140 countries.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

2023 Nestlé Health Science Consumer Sensory Insights Internship

What to expect:

This 10-week Consumer Sensory Insights Internship provides the support, coordination, and facilitation, of all functions of the Consumer Sensory Insights Team within R&D Nestle Health Science. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Support, coordinate and facilitate the key activities of the Sensory Laboratory within the Consumer & Insights Area.
• Collaborate with and function as a part of the Sensory team to support and/or lead appropriate testing including the design, planning, set-up, data analysis and reporting phases
• Assist with the design and implementation of discrimination and consumer testing
• Support the documentation and development of protocols for Sensory tools and methods
• Support the development of new Sensory tools and methods
• Work on independent research projects per the specific needs of the group (e.g. the development of a performance-monitoring program for Discrimination and/or Descriptive respondents). 

Preferred Experience Requirements:

• Proficiency and knowledge of the utilization of Sensory Software
• Basic univariate and multivariate statistical analysis training
• Quantitative testing methods
• Knowledgeable of Nutrition

Skills:

• Ability to consider and apply appropriate principles of Sensory and Consumer Science in practice
• Citation and application of statistical analysis principles relevant to Sensory methods employed
• Writing, presentation, and communication skills
• Organizational and time-management skills
• Proactive cooperation, results focus, courage, initiative
• Project management skills and ability to communicate sensory research results

Education Requirements:

• Candidates enrolled in a M.S. or Ph.D. in Food Science with a Sensory and/or Consumer emphasis preferred. B.S. students with strong sensory and consumer science skills will be required.

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

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This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.