Product Development Intern - All Family and Affordable Milks

Position Snapshot

Location: Konolfingen, Switzerland
Company: Nestlé Product & Technology Center (NPTC) Nutrition
Act. Rate: 100%
Type of contract: Internship, 6 months
    
Start date: May 2025 

What we offer at Nestlé 
 
Exciting opportunities to develop your career your way; across different brands, businesses, functions, and regions. 
Flexible working arrangements - facilitating creativity and collaboration 
A culture of respect, with diversity, equity and inclusion at its core. Learn more here. 
A dynamic international environment empowering you to learn, develop and grow. 

Position Summary  

We at Nestlé Research & Development in Konolfingen near Bern / Switzerland develop for Nestlé worldwide new products, processes, and packaging concepts in the areas of Dairy and Nutrition. 

Within the Product Development Department of NPTC Nutrition, and more specifically in the All Family and Affordable Milks Team, we are looking for an open-minded and entrepreneurial intern working with us to support development projects that aim at nutrition solutions, dairy and plant-based products, for school-age children in critical transformation stage at the age of 3 years and above.
 
Don’t hesitate to connect with us during the recruitment process to learn more.

A Day in the Life of a Product Development Intern

• Give support to development projects under the supervision of Product Development Specialists
• Get into our labs, pilot plants to support more experienced colleagues in the innovation & renovation of our affordable nutrition brands
• In collaboration with Nestlé colleagues, define the areas to explore and the experimental trial pla
• Plan, prepare and run kitchen/benchtop/prototyping trials and/or pilot plant trials
• Organize raw materials, product analytics, release of samples, sensory and keeping quality tests
• Participate and organize internal team discussions and regular updates. Bring your own ideas to the table!
• Document, report and present project results internally to relevant Nestlé colleagues

What will make you successful

• Master’s degree student in Dairy/Food Technology/Food Science/Food Engineering requiring first working experience while still enrolled at University during time of the internship or freshly graduated (less than one year). 
• Strong interest in hands-on experience in product development 
• Proactive, curious and result focused combined with an innovative mindset
• Good communication skills and ability to work well with diverse teams 
• Fluent in English (oral and written), at ease at networking in international environment 

We are offering you challenging tasks in an international team, if you have a strong interest in product development, and if you are able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Your service orientation is a key criterion for your success. If you are passionate about people, cultures, and communication, like complex environments and want to make a difference to our company’s performance, please apply and in English.

Nestlé is committed to the accessibility of its recruitment process. If you require an adaptation during the recruitment process, please do let us know so we can support you effectively. All information will be treated confidentially.

At Nestlé Research and Development in Konolfingen near Bern / Switzerland, we develop for Nestlé worldwide, new products, processes and packaging concepts for a broad range of products of our Nutrition, Dairy, Health Science and Coffee businesses. In addition, we also provide technical assistance to our factories.