Consumer & Sensory Scientist Intern

About the role

Kraft Heinz is looking for a Consumer & Sensory Scientist intern in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The internship focuses on mayonnaise: consumer attitudes, usage segments, consumption behaviours and the end-to-end user journey, from purchase and opening through preparation, consumption, storage and disposal. It compares core, light and healthier mayonnaise and turns the findings into a clear knowledge document for R&D and cross-functional partners.

Key responsibilities

• Review and catalogue existing consumer, sensory, market and product research on mayonnaise across projects, markets and methodologies.
• Analyse consumer attitudes, beliefs, needs and tensions, usage occasions, host foods and contexts, and expectations and trade-offs around taste, texture and ingredients.
• Compare core, light and healthier mayonnaise, highlighting commonalities, differences and unmet consumer needs.
• Translate the learning into a user-friendly foundational knowledge document for R&D and stakeholders.
• Develop recommendations on how the knowledge base should be maintained and used in future mayonnaise projects.
• Present key findings, implications and next steps to the Consumer Experience team and partners.

Required profile

• Currently pursuing a Master's in Food Science, Sensory Science, Consumer Science, Nutrition or a related field.
• Enrolled at a university for at least 50% of the study load during the internship; non-EU students must be enrolled at a Dutch university for the whole duration.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; Dutch is not required but other languages are a plus.
• Curious, rigorous, hands-on and passionate about food, consumer behaviour and eating experiences.

Required skills

• Basic understanding of sensory evaluation methods and/or consumer research methodologies.
• Familiarity with data collection, analysis or project management tools such as Excel, XLSTAT or EyeQuestion is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across culinary, technical and commercial teams.