Ice Cream Innovation Trainee (GRIT - GRaduate Industry Traineeship) [6-months] Roles & Responsibilities Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people. **Ice Cream R&D Unit:** We are a small team of around 10 people, responsible for developing new ice cream products for markets out of Asia, North America and Latin America regions. The responsibilities for this R&D team comprises of supporting markets and business units in front-end innovation work, product development and project management for launches, as well as technical support in sensory profiling and other engineering and manufacturing assistance. **Traineeship Description:** The trainee will have an exposure to the end-to-end innovation process that the R&D Ice Cream unit undertakes. **Specific Responsibilities:** The job scope will include the following: 1) Front-end Innovation - Understanding the landscape of ice cream through research (desktop and in-field). This will include learning about the ice cream category, adjacent categories, as well as the market landscape that we operate in. There will also be in-field research to understand the ice cream category - Exposure to consumer research to learn more about consumer behavior and attitudes towards ice cream, via social listening and specific consumer researches - Organizing and participating in front-end innovation workshops, as well as related work such as crafting concepts and running concept tests - Learning about ice cream by organizing and creating new online training modules for ice cream 2) Innovation Process towards Market Implementation - Participating in projects where new innovations are developed in collaboration with markets - Engaging in simple project management duties such as stakeholder engagement, timeline management Male individuals who have completed National Service in CY2024 and CY2025 are also encouraged to apply. **Qualification:** Degree or background in marketing/ business/ innovation-related studies or work experience would be ideal.