R&D Internship development of novel textured pet food

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Description:

The intern will join the Global Future Capability team within the wet Global Innovation Center.

Texture is an important property of successful wet pet foods to serve the needs of the pet as well as their pet parents.

About Mars: Mars is a family-owned business with more than $50 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA and Pet Partners.Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 150,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

• Develop novel textured wet pet food by reviewing literature
• Planning, pursuing and evaluating innovation kitchen trials
• Recommend which concepts should be scaled-up to continuous pilot plant production
• Plan, pursue and evaluate pilot plant trials and present the results R&D internally
• Get to learn about wet pet food, state of the art processes and how to turn an idea into a tangible product
• Experience team work and celebrate successes in an international environment.

• Your Profil:
• Master students that want to pursue their thesis within Mars R&D
• Study subjects should be food science, food processing, mechanical engineering, process engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, chemical engineering, technical biology, biotechnology, technical microbiology, nutrition or related subjects
• Curiosity, international communication skills and eagerness to learn are essential competencies we are looking for
• International experience is very welcome