Ice Cream Innovation Trainee (GRIT - GRaduate Industry Traineeship) [6-months]

NESTLE R&D CENTER (PTE) LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company in Singapore is seeking a trainee for their Ice Cream R&D Unit. The role offers exposure to the end-to-end innovation process, including research on consumer behavior, project management, and participation in innovation workshops. Ideal candidates are fresh graduates from relevant fields and must be Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents graduating in CY2024 or CY2025. Join us to develop innovative ice cream products and make a significant contribution to the team.

Qualifications

• Degree or background in marketing/business/innovation-related studies or relevant work experience.
• Fresh graduates from universities or polytechnics graduating in CY2024 or CY2025.
• Completion of National Service for male individuals in CY2024 or CY2025.

Responsibilities

• Understanding the ice cream landscape through desktop and in-field research.
• Participating in consumer research to understand consumer behavior towards ice cream.
• Organizing front-end innovation workshops and crafting concepts.
• Participating in projects that develop new innovations with markets.

Skills

Research skills

Project management

Consumer behavior analysis

Education

Degree in marketing or business

Job description

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

Ice Cream R&D Unit

We are a small team of around 10 people, responsible for developing new ice cream products for markets out of Asia, North America and Latin America regions. The responsibilities for this R&D team comprises of supporting markets and business units in front-end innovation work, product development and project management for launches, as well as technical support in sensory profiling and other engineering and manufacturing assistance.

Traineeship Description

The trainee will have an exposure to the end-to-end innovation process that the R&D Ice Cream unit undertakes.

Specific Responsibilities

• Front-end Innovation
• Understanding the landscape of ice cream through research (desktop and in-field). This will include learning about the ice cream category, adjacent categories, as well as the market landscape that we operate in. There will also be in-field research to understand the ice cream category
• Exposure to consumer research to learn more about consumer behavior and attitudes towards ice cream, via social listening and specific consumer researches
• Organizing and participating in front-end innovation workshops, as well as related work such as crafting concepts and running concept tests
• Learning about ice cream by organizing and creating new online training modules for ice cream
• Innovation Process towards Market Implementation
• Participating in projects where new innovations are developed in collaboration with markets
• Engaging in simple project management duties such as stakeholder engagement, timeline management

Qualification

Degree or background in marketing/ business/ innovation-related studies or work experience would be ideal.

Eligibility Criteria

Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs); and

• a. are fresh graduates from universities (including private and overseas institutions), Polytechnics, and Institutes of Technical Education (ITEs), graduating in CY2024 and CY2025.
• b. this includes male individuals who have completed National Service in CY2024 and CY2025.