R&D Product Development Intern

Position Snapshot 
 
Location: Konolfingen (BE), Switzerland
Company: Nestlé Product & Technology Center (NPTC) 
Act. Rate: Full-Time 
Type of contract: Internship, 6 months 

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. 
 
Don’t hesitate to connect with us during the recruitment process to learn more.

Position Summary  

The Nestlé Product Technology Centre Coffee (NPTC Coffee) is the leading R&D organization that discovers, develops and deploys coffee and beverage products and technologies for in-home and out-of-home consumption. It consists of units in Konolfingen (CH), Marysville (USA), Orbe (CH) and Singapore and provide new products and processes to all Nestlé markets worldwide.

Our mission – to delight the consumer wherever, whenever, however by delivering moments of genuine pleasure and indulgence - drives the need for us to attract, select and develop the right people for the right jobs throughout the value chain of our business.

We are looking for a R&D Product Development Intern to strengthen our Powder Creamer Team, located in the Nestlé Research & Development in Konolfingen near Bern. You will be working on the development of new solutions to optimize the powder physical properties for innovation in the powder creamer category. 

We offer a dynamic, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us and work with different teams in an agile and diverse context.

A Day in the Life of a R&D Product Development Intern

• Provide support to development projects under the supervision of Product Development Specialists
• Perform design of experiments to identify powder creamer solution(s) with defined properties  
• Organize preparation of prototypes as needed to present outcome of developed solutions 
• 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
• Effectively manage scope changes through proactive and open communication 
• Anticipate issues and provide alternative solution(s) 
• Assessment of sustainability impact of solutions being developed with support from project manager  
• Share regularly results of internship within the group 
• Create synergies through effective networking with all relevant stakeholders within the NPTC as needed for the effective completion of the internship 
• Close interaction with group team members
• Document, report and present project results internally to relevant Nestlé colleagues

What will make you successful

• Bachelor or Master diploma in progress or completed, in the field of Science and Technology/Food Science/food Engineering with a preference for Material sciences, Chemistry, Physics
• Communication skills and ability to build personal relationships based on trust  
• Networking capabilities and experience in multidisciplinary teamwork  
• Strong interest in innovation and a mindset open to taking risks 
• Fluent in English. German is a strong asset.

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.