Corporate Food Technology Intern Summer 2025 - Military Veterans

Are you a dynamic creative thinker with a passion for food? Are you eager to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced innovative environment? Are you looking for an internship where you can utilize your newly acquired education, skills, and experience to help get your career started?

Kroger is looking for current college students who are interested in gaining on the job training, mentorship, and real-world experience in their field of choice. Summer 2025 Rotation Dates: May 19 - August 8.

Our program offers competitive pay, hands-on learning experiences, company exposure to senior leaders, and professional development opportunities. Spend your summer driving projects, refining your professional skills, working along industry leaders, and connecting with other students from across the country.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kroger Co (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Summer internship opportunity for college students in their sophomore or junior year of study. The summer internship position is designed to prepare students for entry level, full-time positions upon successful completion of the summer internship program. Interns will build technical and leadership competencies in the selected area of expertise while gaining a broad knowledge base of all core business functions critical to food safety and quality of Kroger processes and products. Relocation is a requirement of the internship program.

Responsibilities:

• Apply theoretical concepts that have been learned in the classroom to hands-on work assignments
• Support Corporate Food Technology department and assist with activities of assigned department(s) including, but not limited to, product development, manufacturing food safety and quality, and retail food safety and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with other corporate groups to include Supply Chain Manufacturing, Own Brands, Merchandising, and Divisions to deliver business goals.
• Learn processes related to product development, consumer testing, review of nutrient profiles and labels for adherence to current and applicable regulations, food safety auditing, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, and data management
• Assist with the maintenance and improvement of data analysis and reporting functions
• Gather and analyze food safety, quality, and product development data to provide qualitative and quantitative evaluation based on data findings.
• Potential to engage in plant, lab, or store visits learning to risk assess processes to ensure safe, quality production, storage, and sale of food items
• Demonstrate project planning and execution skills through use of available resources to ensure project completion
• Contribute and participate in practical, challenging and meaningful assignments
• Complete cumulative project and present to the executive team and cross-functional stakeholders
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

• Minimum
  Pursuing a degree in food science, food microbiology, food chemistry, preferred, must be actively pursuing a degree at an accredited college or university with a preferred minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Highly motivated student with the desire to take initiative on their own work
  
  Desired
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to work in groups or independently
• Accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to preserve confidentiality of information
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to present information to various levels of the organization
• Proficient in the use Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to analyze and interpret information and apply to business needs
• Commitment to providing customer service