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R&D Product Management Intern

Fall River, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Mar 2025

About the role

Job Summary Blount’s Internship Program aims to grow students from our community in a way that is mutually beneficial by providing experiential learning opportunities and connecting concepts learned in the classroom to real-world applications in order to contribute to the professional readiness of tomorrow’s workforce. Interns can expect timely feedback, accessible supervisors, bi-weekly meetings with the internship program lead, assistance with career readiness, and networking opportunities. In the event of an absence, position will be filled by trained personnel. Duties/Responsibilities

Commercialization: Assist the Project Management and Commercialization teams with new product launches and existing product updates by coordinating project deliverables and entering product information into controlled databases.

Regulatory: Work with our Regulatory Specialist to review new items, create food labels, perform nutritional analysis via computer software, and assist with compliance activities for our certifications and our customers.

Product Development: Assist with developing new products by researching trends, writing formulations, creating bench samples, and conducting tastings.

Food Technology: Help coordinate shelf-life studies and sensory analyses; conduct benchtop experiments to test ingredient functionality.

Packaging Technology: Research, sample, and test various types of food packaging with our Packaging Engineer.

Other responsibilities w/ similar skill and work conditions as assigned.

Responsibilities for Food Safety

Responsible for completing required paperwork accurately and honestly as applicable.

Must adhere to all corporate GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices), established SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and all Food and Employee Safety policies.

Must adhere to all Allergen control programs and procedures as applicable.

Responsible for reporting suspicious packages, activities, and individuals.

If monitoring CCPs (Critical Control Points), must be trained in HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) and adhere to approved HACCP plan(s).

Required Skills/Abilities

Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Eagerness and willingness to learn

Ability to work and problem solve

Maintain a positive attitude to continued learning and support of the overall business

The ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally in English as it pertains to individual position.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to interpret graphs.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office software, competent with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Education and/or Exper