It’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS, we’ve made it our mission to find out . Our people have been raising the bar since day one, thinking fast and acting even faster to make an impact that’s felt around the world. JDE is the home to some of the most well-known coffee brands in the world .For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 100 countries around the world through iconic household names including: Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, TiÓra, Super, Kenco, Pilao & Gevalia." We’ve built our business on the belief that everyone deserves the coffee they love – no matter who you are, where you live or how you take it.

At JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS we are inspired by our belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. We are driven by the vision that everyone deserves the coffee they love.

Are you a student looking for an Internship starting around October 2020? Are you looking for an internship that will offer you an assignment in one of our running projects and that will challenge you with a wide ranging variety of work and opportunity? Are you living in Europe and enrolled in a European University? If you are, then keep reading! We pride ourselves on being able to offer interns a challenging experience in our daily work.

As the global Sensory & Consumer Science R&D team for JDE, our team is responsible for delivering a great variety of sensory & consumer studies, e.g. in the areas of roast & ground, cold coffee, and single serve coffee.

In your role as a Sensory & Consumer Science R&D intern, you will support the JDE sensory & consumer scientists in designing and delivering key innovations and renovations. Activities comprise:

• Support in the set-up & briefing of sensory & consumer studies
•  Analysing sensory & consumer studies
• Reporting & presenting sensory & consumer studies
• Work on a personal project to be confirmed within the first 3 months of placement based on interest and current project work

To be successful in this role you need to:

• have background in Sensory and/or Consumer Science/Food Science
• have good organisational skills (organising, reporting, etc.)
• have good communication skills
• be fluent in English (spoken and written)

You will be able to independently plan and execute experiments related to your project areas, as well as produce technical reports/presentations and periodically communicate key findings to stakeholders. You will be a part of one of the teams within R&D, but also have the opportunity to interact with your peers in other departments within and outside of R&D. In addition, at busy times, you may be expected to support other ongoing project activities outside of your immediate team and, for some disciplines, occasional international travel may be required.

This role is for Master students in the final phase of their studies for a 5/6 months internship at our Utrecht Research and Development Center.

To be successful in this role you need to be enrolled at a University for the whole duration of the internship preferably in one of the following degrees: Food Science, Sensory and/or Consumer Science. You are highly motivated, an excellent communicator, fluent in English, inquisitive, analytical and prepared to work in a fast-paced, dynamic international environment.

The monthly internship allowance is € 450,- for a HBO student or € 500,- for a WO student, based on a full-time 40 hour workweek. The internship starts around October 2020, and is for a period of 5/6 months.

Take a glimpse at how it feels to work at JDE here:

https://www.jacobsdouweegberts.com/careers/The-Associate-Experience/ 

Your application at JDE 

If you are interested in this career opportunity at JDE, hit the “I’m application we will do our utmost to give you quick feedback. Part of interested” button and upload your application. After receiving your the recruitment procedure at JDE will be an online assessment, followed by interviews. A pre-employment check can be part of the recruitment process.

The recruitment process contains an online assessment test and virtual interview.