Food Commercial - Assistant Product Developer 

If you’re studying for a food science or food related degree and thinking about starting your career in the food industry, there’s nowhere better than Sainsbury’s. 

Ensuring our food always tastes delicious whenever it lands in our customers baskets is an important task, and one that falls to us in Sainsbury’s Brand. Over the years, we’ve built up quite the reputation for quality, taste, welfare and sustainability, so everything we do, we do with that in mind. As a passionate foodie, you’ll put everything you have learnt into practice to deliver projects of real business benefit, and build on your knowledge to understand what goes on behind the scenes to consistently deliver great tasting, safe products to our 22 million weekly customers whilst upholding our strong brand credentials. 

More about the role 

On the Sainsbury’s Brand Product development team, you’ll spend a year working alongside and being supported by experts in the Sainsbury’s Brand team. You will have the opportunity to build on your breath of knowledge within a range of areas, whether that be Agriculture, Product Technology or Product Development.

Across the year you will: 

Complete two 6 month projects- these will be specific to your area and will provide an opportunity to work cross-functionally within the Sainsbury’s Own Brand division 

Gain invaluable insight in to the Food Retail industry and how our business works 

Develop presentation and stakeholder management skills through presenting the findings of your two projects to leaders within the business 

Have the opportunity to work with and visit our suppliers, giving you access to the whole supply chain 

Have the opportunity to work in Store, exploring how your work affects our retail colleagues, and how we work as one team 
 

What we're looking for 

A genuine foodie with a real passion for food and food retail 

A food related degree

A desire to build on the learnings gained during your degree, and apply your knowledge to real life / work situations   

Ability to soak up knowledge from others within our business 

Time management and organisational skills 

Teamworking skills with the ability to thrive in a team environment  

Excellent communication skills and ability to present to a range of stakeholders