2022 Diversity Leadership Symposium: Consumer Sensory Insights Internship
2022 Diversity Leadership Symposium: Consumer Sensory Insights Internship
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Job & Event Description
Are you a current undergraduate student who is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion? Are you looking for a Consumer Sensory Insights Internship role? If you've got an appetite for an exciting career, apply now for Nestlé's 2022 Virtual Diversity Leadership Symposium (DLS)! It's a three-day, professional development and hiring event, taking place from August 9-11, 2022, for college students of diverse backgrounds! If selected to participate in the symposium, you will learn about Nestle’s wining culture, network with peers & current Nestlé employees, and interview for our 2023 Consumer Sensory Insights Internship!
What to expect from the 2022 Diversity Leadership Symposium:
- Gain valuable exposure to life and careers at Nestlé and discover how a diverse and inclusive environment fuels career growth
- Network with business leaders and develop relationships with peers from universities across the nation while participating in hands-on culinary experiences
- Interview for our 2023 Consumer Sensory Insights Internship, with a chance to return to school with a job offer in hand
Primary Responsibilities:
- 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 technical tasting and consumer research
- 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
Length of Internship and Hours: 6 Months (Starting dates flexible, ideally in either Jan/Feb 2023 or May/June 2023)
Full-time 40 hrs/week with some overtime
REQUIREMENTS:
MS or PhD candidates in Food Science with a Sensory emphasis preferred. BS students with strong sensory evaluation skills will be considered.
EXPERIENCE:
- Course work and/or internships in Sensory a plus
- Ability to consider and apply appropriate principles of Sensory Science in practice.
- Citation and application of statistical analysis principles relevant to Sensory methods employed.
- Use of statistical software
- Writing, presentation, and communication skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Proactive cooperation, results focus, courage, initiative
- Project management skills and ability to communicate regarding sensory research results
The Nestlé Diversity Leadership Symposium is ideal for students from diverse and minority backgrounds but is open to all candidates, regardless of ethnicity, who can demonstrate that they would make a positive contribution to diversity at Nestlé
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
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