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About the Role
The Packaging Co-Op Internship will work closely with Marketing, Research and Development, Plants, Engineering, and Purchasing to understand and contribute to sustainability goals, provide recommendations to meet those goals, and execute projects. Projects will include testing of current packaging, exploring new packaging, creating and managing specs, collecting data for CSR reporting, and analyzing packages with our sustainability tool.
Responsibilities
- Analyze current packaging using our sustainability tool to create priority list of sustainability projects.
- Work with cross-functional teams (Marketing, R&D, Quality, Plants, CSR, Engineering and Purchasing) to develop, design, test and make packaging recommendations for new and existing (line extensions) products.
- Support spec and data input across zones to analyze current sustainability footprint and find largest impact projects.
- Assist other packaging engineers with plant/supplier/DC visits, inspections and trials.
- Test packaging in partnership with product R&D, may include shelf life and light studies.
- Develop an understanding of the packaging production machinery used at each plant.
- Create cost requests for procurement to analyze savings projects.
- Travel and / or extended or off work hours may be required.
Requirements
- Working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science or related field
- Packaging related Internship or other work experience preferred
- Packaging terms and basic understanding of general food packaging
- OSHA, Food Safety, FDA and USDA awareness
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
- Effective and proficient communicator, written and verbal
- Business acumen to include problem solving and analysis
- Able to manage time through efficient planning and organizing
- Ability to travel
Skills
- Problem solving
- Analysis
- Time management
- Planning
- Organizing
- Communication
Location
- Buffalo, New York
- Chicago, Illinois
Work Type
- Internship
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Internship
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- Paid co-op
About the Company
- Lactalis is the world leader in dairy, a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe.
- In the US, Lactalis proudly offers an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk.
- Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.
- At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity.
- We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.
Equal Opportunity
- Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.
- Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.