Internship Research & Development Unilever Internship in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Unilever is a Dutch-British transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, and is also the world's largest producer of food spreads, such as margarine. It is Europe’s seventh most valuable company. Unilever is one of the oldest multinational companies; its products are available in around 190 countries.
Unilever owns over 400 brands, but focuses on thirteen brands with sales of over one billion euros: Axe/Lynx, Dove, Omo, Becel/Flora, Heartbrand ice creams, Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Lux, Magnum, Rama, Rexona, Sunsilk and Surf. It is a dual-listed company consisting of Unilever N.V., based in Rotterdam, and Unilever plc, based in London. The two companies operate as a single business, with a common board of directors. Unilever is organised into four main divisions – Foods, Refreshment (beverages and ice cream), Home Care, and Personal Care. It has research and development facilities in the United Kingdom (two), the Netherlands, China, India and the United States.
Unilever was founded in 1930 by the merger of the Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie and the British soapmaker Lever Brothers. During the second half of the 20th century the company increasingly diversified from being a maker of products made of oils and fats, and expanded its operations worldwide. It has made numerous corporate acquisitions, including Lipton (1971), Brooke Bond (1984), Chesebrough-Ponds (1987), Best Foods (2000), Ben & Jerry's (2000), Alberto-Culver (2010), and Dollar Shave Club (2016). Unilever divested its speciality chemicals businesses to ICI in 1997. In 2015, under leadership of Paul Polman, the company gradually shifted its focus towards health and beauty brands and away from food brands showing slow growth.

Internship Research & Development Unilever Job Description

Come join Unilever’s Research & Development Center as an Intern!
Our teams are recognized and respected as some of the world's best. They bring ideas to life to make our brands bigger, bolder and more exciting. Collaborating with leading international experts, academic groups and other third parties ensures that we are connected with the very latest scientific thinking.   Two examples of departments within R&D are:
The Skin Category on the Packaging Department has an ambitious growth agenda, and strong brands such as Dove, Dove for Men, Axe, Vaseline, Duschdas, Radox, Zwitsal and Pond’s.   Unilever Spreads Development Centre in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands, is responsible for product development of spreads and cooking products for global projects within this key strategic Unilever category. Our core product range includes high- and low-fat spreads, as well as cooking liquids, wrappers and creams. Key brands of the category are Becel, Flora, Rama, Blue Band, Bertolli, Country Crock, etc. Application of our products are in the area of Spreading, Cooking and Baking.  

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• help in any of the above mentioned activities under supervision   Packaging
• analyze existing packaging (Unilever or Competitor); 
• perform validations of packaging components on the packlab; 
• write packaging specifications; 
• contribute in any way to packaging related strategic projects such as sustainability for example.
• study the influence of ingredients on the stability and taste keep ability of new product designs.   Spreads Development Centre:
• study the behavior of ingredients (e.g. starch) during processing; 
• study the effect of dosing order of ingredients; 
• study the effect of different process conditions; 
• set-up test protocols for the various product applications; 
• measurement and evaluation of crystallization kinetics of fats. Please note that the responsibilities mentioned below are applicable for the department that relates best to your studies.

Internship Research & Development Unilever Job Requirements

Requirements

• Education level HBO or WO (3rd or 4th year): Industrial design Engineering or product development, packaging engineering, material technology
• Duration of internship: Approximately 6-9 months; can be discussed
• Start date: preferably January/February 2013
• Fluency in English is required and basic knowledge of the Dutch language will be an advantage.   

• Growth Mindset 
• Bias for Action 
• Accountability & Responsibility 

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