Front End Innovation Intern (m/w/d)

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

As a Front-End Innovation Intern (m/f/d), you will maintain the front-end innovation ecosystem, work closely with partners, identify new innovation opportunities, and translate them into measurable business impact. Over the course of 6 months, you will be part of a supportive, diverse, and responsible team that is already excited to meet you.

This role is based in Kemptthal (Switzerland), and you will report directly to the Head of Front-End Innovation.

In this exciting position, you are responsible for:

• Supporting the execution of the front-end innovations (FEI) strategy, as well as managing and coordinating related projects in collaboration with Global Product Management, Category Technical Lead, IP, Legal, Regulatory, Operations, and Procurement.
• Framing and promotion of new business opportunities as a "Venture Builder” to advance startup technologies beyond their current stage of development and align them with business requirements.
• Leveraging knowledge of internal company expertise to position Givaudan as a leading company in the field of front-end innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Supporting the building, maintaining, and further developing innovation ecosystems through active networking with foodtech ecosystems.
• Engaging active partners, including close collaboration with accelerators, incubators, hubs, VCs and extended ecosystem network.

Your profile:

• Completed university degree, ideally in the field of food technology
• Experience in project management or venture-building projects
• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage
• Team player with focus, goal orientation, and the ability to resolve conflicts constructively
• Solid knowledge and expertise in the food industry
• Basic understanding of finance, budgeting, project management, and collaboration
• Ability to handle diverse topics and operate at both strategic and operational levels

Your benefits in Kemptthal:

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development
• 40 hour working week, Flexible working model
• Additional paid days off
• Favorable pension fund contributions
• Subsidized meals in the Staff restaurant / You benefit from a discounted catering offer (incl. lunch)
• Sport and leisure club (amenities/showers on site)
• Discounts at the company shop
• Free Staff Parking and Bike Badge
• Subsidized: REKA vouchers and SBB half fare travelcard
• Worldwide private accident coverage and free choice of hospital
• Additional family/education allowance (if applicable)

Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.