Student Assistant, Product Innovation - Aarhus
As our new student assistant, you will join a small team of student assistants who supports all product categories within innovation. You will take on a broad role and your tasks will vary from practical tasks to more administrative tasks.
We are looking for a new student assistant to support several teams within Product Innovation. At Arla Innovation Centre, we develop dairy and plant-based products for Denmark and the global markets. We do innovations within cheese, early life nutrition, milk-based beverages, fresh dairy, butter and spreads and more. You will support our product developers in their daily work.
About the job
As our new student assistant, you will join a small team of student assistants who supports all product categories within innovation. You will take on a broad role and your tasks will vary from practical tasks to more administrative tasks.
In particular, you will:
- Assist with packaging of samples to be sent out globally.
- Prepare samples for consumer studies, tastings and sensory assessment.
- Assist teams in application testing of products.
- Document application testing.
- Digitalization in regards to scanning of documents for our database and transcribe handwritten notes from workshops etc.
- Desk research and data analysis on competitors and ingredients.
- Take part in weekly clean-up of kitchens.
- Help out with and participate in events, from ordering products to coordinating with stakeholders.
- Assist with ad hoc tasks.
Who are you?
Using your energy and drive, you plunge into all tasks with enthusiasm and a smile. Not only should you be curious of mind, but you should also be ready to work in an ambitious environment where the agenda might look different when you turn up for work the next time. To succeed, you do not hold back when it comes to reaching out to colleagues for assistance - if that is what it takes to solve a challenge.
Further, we assume that:
- You study a relevant education within the area of food and have a genuine interest in food science.
- You have a “can do” attitude - no task is too big or small for you.
- You are happy to share tasks with the team of student assistants.
- You have strong communication skills, fluent in English (verbally and written).
- You are detail-oriented and proactive as you ensure things are on track and on time.
- You will be studying for at least 2 more years – please indicate in your CV when you expect to graduate from your final education.
- You will be able to work approximately 10-15 hours per week, with due consideration to your studies.
Application and contact
We process applications continuously and close the job opening once the right candidate has been found. For additional information, please e-mail NPD Manager, Salvador Donat Luis on salui@arlafoods.com.
We have a purpose for Good
At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?
