Sensory Science Industrial Placement UK 2022

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With over 300 years of innovation, we’re a science-led global healthcare company that delivers billions of innovative products each year. Our industrial placements are real roles with real responsibility, where you can gain experience in a purpose-led, performance-driven healthcare business. Join us and help millions of people do more, feel better, live longer.

Take the first step in your career 

To work on a wide range of sensory projects including process/ingredient changes and how it affects the sensorial experience, new flavour development or measuring product design attributes of prototypes and competitors, working with the expert sensory panel to translate consumer attributes into technical solutions to improve the total product experience

About you

You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree, but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You may be expected to provide evidence from your university to show you will be an undergraduate student for the duration of the placement year and they are supportive of your placement.
You will be an undergraduate or Integrated Masters student currently studying a Science, life science or engineering degree

You may be expected to provide evidence from your university to show you will be an undergraduate student for the duration of the placement year and they are supportive of your placement. 

Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible, because we accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once we have enough applications.  

What will you do?

• Engaging with people both internally and externally 
• Work on a wide range of projects across the Oral Health category 
• Measuring product design attributes of GSK prototypes and competitor products 
• Working with an expert sensory panel to translate consumer behaviour, barriers and insights to into technical solutions to improve the total product experience  
• Process/ingredient changes and how it affects the sensorial experience 

You’ll be excited by the thought of

• Define consumer needs and expectations and how these can be translated to product attributes 
• Gain experience and first-hand knowledge whilst working on several critical projects 

You’ll need

• Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues 
• Be well-organised flexible thinking individual demonstrating problem-solving skills 
• Passionate about product understanding, proactive at all times 
• Good analytical and communication skills  
• Good ability to work with different teams 

Get to grips with our recruitment process

If you have what we’re looking for apply today!

This opportunity has the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2022:

• Eligibility Form
• World of GSK Online Assessment
• Application Form
• Virtual Assessment Centre  

You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website –

Apply now for our Early Talent programmes | GSK 
We have changed the way we recruit in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, you can learn more about how our practices have adapted here.

Please note

Worthing/Irvine are Penicillin Manufacturing sites in the UK - please consider this if you are applying to a role here and are allergic to beta-lactam penicillin. 

We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients and consumers. And also because it’s the right thing to do. 

You can learn more about Inclusion and diversity at GSK here. 

Need help with your application? 

Please email us at UK.InternRecruitment@gsk.com and let us know how we can help you. Or email us your number and we’ll call you back. We’ll make all reasonable modifications to support you throughout the recruitment process and we’ll treat all information you give us in confidence. Please get in touch to help us process your application as soon as possible. 

As a company driven by our values of Patient focus, Transparency, Respect and Integrity, we know inclusion and diversity are essential for us to be able to succeed. We want all our colleagues to thrive at GSK bringing their unique experiences, ensuring they feel good and to keep growing their careers.  As a candidate for a role, we want you to feel the same way.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you’d like to discuss any adjustments to our process which might help you demonstrate your strengths and capabilities.  You can either call us on 0808 234 4391, or send an email ukdiversity.recruitment@gsk.com

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it.  Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

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