Mead Johnson Nutrition is a long-established and renowned multinational infant and children nutrition brand. The vision of the company is to be the world’s leading provider of science based paediatric nutrition and specialized nutritional products and services. Mead Johnson Nutrition is highly dedicated in creating nutritional brands and products trusted to give infants and children the best start
in life. With over 400 employees, Nijmegen regional Supply and Innovation Centre, supplies super premium infant nutrition, manufactured in the Netherlands, for the largest market in the world, Greater China. Quality, reliability, innovation, and ethics are considered of importance at Mead
Johnson. The R&D department consist of the following disciples: Product-, Process- and Packaging Development (located in Nijmegen and Guangzhou, China) and Regulatory- and Nutritional Science (located in China). Our R&D division is looking for an enthusiastic Product developer intern.
The goal of this internship is to develop and conduct sensory trainings for the expert taste and odour panel of Mead Johnson. Expert panellists should be trained on different topics, such as on raw
materials and on detecting off-flavours. In this way, panellists will become more familiar with Mead Johnson products; infant and children formula and specialized nutrition. You will analyse these sensory results to improve our products and to improve the performance of the panel. During this internship, you will also help with regular sensory sessions. This internship will help to improve our expert sensory panel, which ultimately enhances the consumer experience of our products.
Tasks
• Prepare sensory trainings for the expert panel (with the help of literature).
• Conduct sensory trainings for the expert panel.
• Help with the preparations for regular sensory sessions.
• Analyse sensory results and give recommendations based on these results.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams with product developers, lab technicians and other disciplines.
Your profile
• Enrolled as a student (University of Applied Science (HBO)/ University Master (WO)) in the study Food Science, Food Technology, Dairy or Chemical Science.
• A proactive and independent student.
• Good at organizing/planning of your tasks.
• Experience with lab work.
• Able to work in teams with different levels and functions of organization across diverse cultures.
• Professional working proficiency in English (both oral and written), as this is our business language.
What do we offer interns
• 5-6 months full-time internship (in consultation)
• Internship allowance
• Work in an innovative, open, and international environment
• A great possibility to gain knowledge and food technology experience in a business setting
• Start date: September 2024
Will you take the next step?
Then please send us your cover letter and resume now! This can be done very easily via the ‘apply’ button. For more information about the position, you can contact Elsemieke Jonker via email (Elsemieke.Jonker@mjngc.com).
