R&D Value creation Intern

During your assignment you will be part of the D&EM (Developed and Emerging Markets) R&D team.Youllbe working in a high performing team alongside peers always trying to reach the next level.Youllbe reportingtoMichel Sturtz Head of R&D Productivity.

As a fully integrated team member we welcome you to take part in the teams activities such as team meetings zoneconnectsand categorymeetings which will give you a real feel for the company and the business. Get ready for a lot of exposure to internal senior stakeholders. The delivery ofIngredient Specification Simplificationwill be your primary responsibility.

Project brief

You willbesupportingidentifyingpotentialto harmonize ingredient specifications across Business Units and to perform project scoping and potentially prototyping. This will entail creating a comprehensive review of the past work done across the different Business Units using our Kraft Heinz systems creating proposals across ingredientcategoriesand aligning them with internal stakeholders across R&D and Procurement and executing trials to hands-on test the harmonization proposals in the Pilot Plant.

Key activities

• Review specification harmonization work done by R&D and other departments

• Identifyand review current specifications between Business Units (Europe and East)

• Suppliers (single-sourced ingredients)

• Volumes

• Point of supply/ origin

• Production technology and suppliers between multiple business units.

• Prioritize ingredients specification harmonization based on opportunities and potential generated costing

• Perform preliminary (on paper) feasibility of potential harmonization (qualitative and quantitative)

• Carrying out a techno-economic evaluation on the outcome generated by findings

• Identifypotential risks

• Present to differentstakeholdersstatus of the project and key findings

Basic Requirements for all:

You should havestrong communicationskills and fluency in English both written and verbal (Dutch is not a requirement but other languages are a plus)

• You are enrolled at a university for at least 50% study load for the duration of the internship.

• Non - EU Students: Need to be enrolled at a Dutch University for the whole duration of the internship.

NOTE: EU working rights are(Either you have EU Citizenship you are studying in the Netherlands or have relevant student work visa)

Team SpecificRequirements

• Currently doing:

Masterslevel in Food Technology Food Processing Technology FoodQualityor food-related engineering(Focus onIngredient Functionality Food Processing Unit Operations ITsavviness)

• Ability to Simplify the complex

We like to keep it simple. And to execute fast. Your ability to simplify will be highlyappreciatedwhen you provide simple solutions dealing with complex challenges.

• Communication Skills

At Kraft Heinz you will easily be exposed to senior management no matter your level. Therefore it isimportantyou have excellent communicationskillsto deal with all kinds of different stakeholders.

• Confident / Ability to give pushback

You are a gogetter;you are not easily thrown off your game not even when you get resistance.

• Curiosity positivity & enthusiasm

Youare curious positive and enthusiastic. People know you as the driver of the team.

• Networking skills

You are able to be interesting and interested in business conversations motivating people to want to be in your network.The stronger the network you have the more easily you can get things done. You highly aware of that are constantly expanding your network.

Recruitment process

CV review We screen applications for key eligibility criteria (e.g. EU working rights).

OnlinePymetricsassessment

Screening interview An initial interview conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Hiring Manager interview

Offer Successful candidates will receive an offer to join the program.

Please note: The recruitment process can take 46 weeksin total from application to offer.

What we offer you

We take interns seriously. You can expect us to give you 1-on-1 mentorship from one of our experienced colleagues. We will work together on your personal learning goals and are keen to hear all thegood ideasyou have! We will give you the space and support to make mistakes and grow. Become a part of a close intern community as well as a young and ambitious work environment (including online).

As a Kraft Heinzinternyoullbe the owner of your own projects and especially of your own career. At Kraft Heinz we provide the playing field. You change the you up for the challenge

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