In our department Specialized Nutrition, the compliance Team is responsible to maintain the compliance of all recipes in the global portfolio for infant formula. Driven by statistics, and predictive maintenance, we optimize our products. During this internship, you are responsible to study if part of our predictive maintenance systems can be brought to the next level and/or take up case studies to improve compliance of our recipes.Together with the supervisor, you will formulate your exact research question and we'll guide you to the experts and systems to carry out your research.

Also, you'll become part of the R&D department, and the intern pool.Finally, you'll get the opportunity to work in the lab on a regular bases to support and learn from other ongoing projects

What we are looking for:

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

• Currently at your final year of relevant MSc/BSc study, e.g., Food Technology, with good foundation of food technology and food ingredients, and basic knowledge of dairy technology and processes;
• Skillful communicator within R&D and towards colleagues, in English language, both oral and written;
• Independent in project planning and organizational skills;
• Pragmatic, proactive, hands-on mentality, flexible and creative;
• Ambition to pursue a future career in product development. 

What we offer: 

• Building a network.
• We offer an interesting and challenging internship position, providing you the opportunity to develop yourself in your work field. 
• Internship compensation of €500 HBO and €600 WO level on fulltime base.
• Join the interns community within the company and participate with fun activities.

You will be part of the Specialized Nutrition R&D team within FrieslandCampina. 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 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.