Innovation Trainee

Nestlé; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food and beverage company in Singapore is offering an Ice Cream Innovation Trainee position, ideal for those with a degree in marketing, business, or related fields. This role focuses on supporting the R&D team in front-end innovation, conducting consumer research, and engaging in project management tasks. Successful candidates will contribute to exciting product launches in the ice cream category while gaining valuable experience in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Completed National Service in CY2024 and CY2025 encouraged.
• Exposure to consumer research and attitudes towards ice cream.
• Ability to participate in innovation and project management duties.

Responsibilities

• Support markets and business units in front-end innovation work.
• Conduct research to understand the ice cream category.
• Organize and participate in innovation workshops.

Skills

Research skills

Project management

Understanding consumer behavior

Education

Degree in marketing/business/innovation-related studies

Job description

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

Roles & Responsibilities

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

The job scope will include the following:

• 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

Male individuals who have completed National Service in CY2024 and CY2025 are also encouraged to apply.

Qualification

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