Research & Development Internship

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Description
Harry David is looking for a student interested in the Research and Development in a Food Manufacturing realm for a paid Summer 2023 internship at our Medford, OR location. Our internship offers the chance to join one of Jackson County's premier employers and apply their education and experience in a practical setting.
This position will be responsible for supporting and assisting the R D team with exciting projects and daily duties in a food production and plant environment. The R D Intern's primary responsibilities are the execution of sample requests within lead times as well as data collection/charting and graphing. In addition, the R D Intern will assist in the development and execution (kitchen to production conversion) of new products/product lines. The R D Intern will also maintain records of R D activities to track status of projects, priorities of projects as well as data collected during testing.
Major responsibilities of the internship position are listed below. Other duties, assignments and specific projects may be assigned at the discretion of executive management.

• Support requests for samples (bakery items as well as candy items) within lead time.
• Provide support to the R D team in project research, data collection, and reporting.
• Assist with experiment execution and documentation.
• Make observations and provide feedback relative to experiments at all stages.
• Opportunity to conduct and document some research as assigned by the Director of R D.
• Willing to work at any level of project execution ranging from planning to clean-up and everything in between.
• Develop PowerPoint presentations, charts, reports and other types of correspondence and communication materials if the need arises.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Working towards a Bachelor of Arts/Science program, preferably majoring in Food Science, Chemistry or Biology or related field of study
• Junior level student (or above) currently enrolled in an accredited college or university
• Strong analytical, project management, and problem solving skills with proven ability to organize and analyze data
• Be extremely focused and driven on learning and growth
• Proficient to expert knowledge of Excel 2007 spreadsheets and graphs.
• Proficient to expert knowledge of PowerPoint and preparing presentations.
• Result-oriented, with demonstrated experience of balancing multiple tasks and priorities
• Strong communication and relationship building skills
• Teamwork-oriented, dedicated to support the team
• Ability to work within a collaborative and ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated time-management and multi-tasking skills.
• Comfort with communicating with internal partners at all levels and as well as an external audience.

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About Us
About Harry David®
Since 1934, Harry David has been America's premier choice in gourmet food gifting. Headquartered in Southern Oregon, Harry David owns and operates 20 different orchards, spread over 100 square miles, featuring fresh yearly crops of handpicked delicious fruit, including peaches, Bosc pears and the iconic Royal Riviera® pears. Harry David offers a wide variety of options for everyday sharing and entertaining, including Moose Munch® premium popcorn, Wolferman's Bakery®, Cushman's® and Stock Yards® branded products. Harry David is part of the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. family of brands. Shares in 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, ticker symbol: FLWS.
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