Lactalis USA is currently seeking an intern to join our Corporate Quality team in Nampa, ID. 

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands including Galbani®, Président®, Kraft® Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond®, Parmalat®, Siggi’s®, and Stonyfield Organic® in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe. 

At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to building a safe, diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE!  You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company. 

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. 

From your PASSION to ours

The Project Coordinator Intern will have the opportunity to coordinate various functions within the Quality Assurance Department. This department is responsible for the technical data for the many various dairy products manufactured for the entire USA and as well as countries around the world. The Project Coordinator Intern will support a team of QA professionals with projects and daily administrative tasks in the QA department. The internship is a full-time position for one year, and is based out of Nampa, ID. 

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

· Help Quality engineers to manage Food Safety related projects in Nampa manufacturing site, including, but not limited to:

o Foreign objects management

o Rework program

o MNC program

o Validation of CIP procedures 

o Metal Detectors management

o New Environmental plan implementation

· Act as the collection point of information from multiple departments to coordinate activities necessary to reshape the Food Safety policies that are used in production.

· Prepare progress reports on projects mentioned above. 

· Propose sustainable actions and improvements to the current system

· This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education

· In order to fill this position, the candidate should be a either a recent college graduate with a Bachelor’s degree or pursuing a Bachelors. Preferred study in Food Science. 

· Previous work experience with information databases is a plus. 

· Strong communication skills, and Project Coordination skills, with experience in Excel is necessary for this role.

Skills/Abilities

· To perform this job successfully, an individual should have very strong computer skills, and be comfortable using Excel, Access and Word at a proficient level.

· Must be very comfortable working with data management software systems 

· Self-starter, able to track and manage own workload. 

· Strong communication skills, and Project Coordination skills

· Have a basic understanding of quality management systems used in the food industry