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Sensory Science internship at FrieslandCampina Innovation Centre Wageningen

Posted 26 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required languages
English (Fluent)
Dutch (Fluent)
Start date
1 March 2020

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Short description

Highlights:

  • Contribute to the development and improvement of products
  • Have an extensive sensory development experience
  • Experience the dynamics of a team player at FrieslandCampina

A job that matters

At FrieslandCampina, we always strive to develop, to improve. By conducting research and working on development, we are continuously searching for improvements and innovations. Research and Development gives us the chance to reach higher. Aiming for things that matter gets us all in the desired mind-set: it enables us to win in the market together. Our employees around the world have a strong drive to do things that matter and are commercially obsessed with adding value to those things that matter. Moreover, they have an owner’s mind-set, empowering them to make decisions on things that matter.

Job description

You will be responsible for:

  • Independently working on a specific assignment (planning, setup, analysis, reporting). The assignment is based on improving the quality of our sensory/ consumer data and results.
  • Working on an assignment based on statistical analysis
  • Working on sensory/ consumer projects (planning, setup, analysis, reporting)
  • Analysis of sensory/ consumer tests
  • Learn about the program EyeQuestion
  • Assist in bigger projects for sensory and consumer science
  • Prepare sensory tests

Team details

For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it’s not just about what we do, but who we are.

We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our 22,000 employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.

The Global Sensory Development team leads and conducts valuable sensory and consumer research in a multi-disciplinary business environment, delivering excellent guidance to projects throughout the business. As part of this team you will support the development and improvement of new and existing products, as well as contribute to the constant improvement of our sensory and consumer best practices.

Requirements

To be successful in this position, you are/have:

  • A relevant Bachelor’s and/ or Master education
  • Good communication skills
  • English speaking and reading
  • Independent thinking ability
  • Affinity with sensory science (is a pre)
  • Experience in statistics and data analysis (is a pre)
  • Knowledge about the sensory program EyeQuestion (is an advantage)
  • Available from March 2020 until August 2020, 5 days a week
  • Registered at a Dutch university or has EU permit

FrieslandCampina is a purpose driven company focused on winning in the global market for dairy based products. We want to be profitable, so we can make a positive, lasting impact. Not only does FrieslandCampina have iconic B2C brands, a big part of the business is in the B2B market, where we sell ingredients and semi-finished products to manufacturers of nutrition, the food industry and the pharmaceutical sector globally.

FMCG
Amersfoort
Active in 30 countries
20,000 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 35 years

What employees are saying

Robin

Finance Trainee

Robin

“During my Traineeship I collaborated with the finance team of Nigeria to calculate the feasibility of setting up a cow breeding centre in West Africa. It is fantastic that FrieslandCampina strives for better nutrition for the world. I am proud to contribute to projects that achieve a better world.”

Suus

Supply Chain & Operations Trainee

Suus

"I like the construct of a cooperation between member farmers assuring the quality of the milk, and Frieslandcampina turning it into an endless scale of dairy products. I never knew that the extent of possibilities of dairy products was so broad, in so many industries!"